IFIP EGOV-JeDEM-ePart is one of the core conferences in digital government. An overview of references is maintained in the Digital Government Reference Library (DGRL).
Special Issues Government Information Quarterly (GIQ) and Journal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM) 2022
Each year the best papers are invited to submit to GIQ and JeDEM. The best paper winners will be invited to submit their revised papers to GIQ following a fast-track reviewing process, runners up will be invited to submit to a JeDEM special issues which will be published in 2022.
Award Categories
Three types of paper awards are used. These are loosely aligned with the types of papers the IFIP EGOV-EPART conference was looking for:
Category 1 – The most innovative research contribution or case study. Awards the paper with the most out-of‐the‐box and forward-looking idea and concept. Relevance is more important than rigor.
Category 2 – The most compelling, critical research reflection. Awards the paper with the most compelling critical reflection on and discussion of a relevant research topic.
Category 3 – The most promising practical concept. Awards the paper delivering a concept or solution with the highest potential to have a high impact in e-government implementations and applications.
Selection Process
Step 1 (after submission): Nomination All research and ongoing papers submitted to the conference are “eligible” for the prize. Papers submitted to the conference are reviewed by independent reviewers and nominated as for one of the Awards during the double-blind review process.
Step 2: Shortlist On the basis of the papers that gained the greatest number of nominations and highest peer-review scores during from the review process, the Outstanding Paper Awards Committee prepares a shortlist of papers for each of the 3 Award categories.
Step 3: Selection All the Track Directors review the shortlisted camera-ready papers on the basis of the following criteria per awards category: The originality of this paper’s contribution to knowledge (usefulness of the information and generalisability to research and/or policy development); The quality of the paper’s writing (accuracy, clarity readability, and organisation of the paper)
Step 4: Final Decision The Awards Committee considers the papers suggested and may take a final decision in case of a tie.
Best Paper Awards committee
| Best Paper Prize Committee
Noella Edelmann Evangelos Kalampokis Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar
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Reviewers
Boriana Rukanova Marius Rohde Johannessen Csaba Csáki Habin Lee Themis Tambouris
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Jolien Ubacht Marijn Janssen Shefali Virkar Naci Karkin |
Nominations
CATEGORY 1: The most innovative research contribution or case study. Awards the paper with the most out-of‐the‐box and forward-looking idea and concept.
Coping with Opportunities and Challenges of Smart Policing: A Research Mode – Muhammad Afzal and Panos Panagiotopoulos
Dismantling digital cages: Examining design process practices for public algorithmic system design – Sem Nouws, Marijn Janssen and Roel Dobbe
Data-driven Applications for Policy Making: a Case Study on the Energy Transition in Four Dutch Municipalities – Devin Diran, Marissa Hoekstra and Anne Fleur van Veenstra
CATEGORY 2: The most compelling, critical research reflection. Awards the paper with the most compelling critical reflection on and discussion of a relevant research topic.
Assessing the Quality of Covid-19 Open Data Portals – Igor Sampaio, Eduardo Andrade, José Viterbo Filho and Flávia Bernardini
Assessing the Suitability of Social Media Data for Identifying Crisis Events in Smart Cities: An Exploratory Study on Flood Situations – Magaywer Moreira de Paiva, José Viterbo Filho and Flavia Bernardini
Sharing, Cooperation or Collective Action? A Research Agenda for Online Interaction in Digital Global Governance – Tove Engvall, Leif Skiftenes Flak and Øystein Sæbø
CATEGORY 3: The most promising practical concept. Awards the paper delivering a concept or solution with the highest potential to have a high impact in e-government implementations and applications.
A Methodology for Aligning Categories from Open Government Data Portals to a Comprehensive Set of Categories – Higor Pinto, Raissa Barcellos, Flavia Bernardini and Jose Viterbo
Interrogating e-Justice: Lessons from Digitalizing Courts in Chile – Joaquín Santuber, Reem Abou Refaie and Christoph Meinel
The winners will be revealed in the Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 7 September.