The Internet, Policy & Politics Conferences

Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

Programme 2012

Thursday 20 September 2012

  Track A:
POLITICS
Track B:
POLICY
Track C:
DATA & METHODS
11.00 Registration opens [MOT]  
12.00-13.30 Lunch and Posters [Dining Hall]  
13.30-14.45 Welcome (Helen Margetts) and Plenary Panel: Big Data: Potential and Perils for Public Policy (Helen Margetts, Lance Bennett, Theo Bertram, Patrick McSharry, Chair: Victoria Nash) [MOT]  
14.45-15.30 Opening Keynote (Nigel Shadbolt) [MOT]  
  Coffee Break (30 min) [Dining Hall]  
16.00-17.10 1A: Campaigning and Social Networks [Chair: Gonzalez-Bailon] [MOT] 1B: Big Data to Inform Public Policy [Chair: Bright] [SR2] 1C: What is Big Data? [Chair: tbc] [SR1]
  Coffee Break (15 min) [Dining Hall]  
17.25-18.50 2A: Information Environments and Political Participation [Chair: Calderaro] [SR1] 2B: Modelling and Prediction [Chair: Nash] [MOT] 2C: New Research Opportunities I [Chair: Hale] [SR2]
19.00-21.00 Reception (Ashmolean Museum)  

Friday 21 September 2012

  Track A:
POLITICS
Track B:
POLICY
Track C:
DATA & METHODS
09.00-10.00 3A: Open Meeting of the ECPR Internet and Politics Standing Group (all welcome) [Chair: Calderaro] [SR1] 3B: Learning from Big Data: Feedback loops between Online Education and Pedagogic Strategies [Chair: Rich] [MOT]  
  Coffee Break (30 min) [Dining Hall]  
10.30-12.00 4A: Political Organisations and Mobilisation [Chair: Calderaro] [MOT] 4B: Big Data and Government [Chair: Margetts] [SR1] 4C: Data Visualisation: Big Data’s Best Friend [SR2]
  Lunch and Posters and Demos [Dining Hall]  
13.45-15.15 5A: Topics, Memes, and Sentiment Analysis [Chair: Gonzalez-Bailon] [MOT] 5B: Privacy [Chair: Bright] [SR2] 5C: New Research Opportunities II [Chair: Meyer] [SR1]
  Coffee Break (30 min) [Dining Hall]  
15.45-17.15 6A: The Arab Spring and Political Dissent [Chair: Margetts] [MOT] 6B: Legislation and Public Policy [Chair: Nash] [SR2] 6C: Challenges of Big Data Analysis [Chair: Schroeder] [SR1]
  Break (15 min)   
17.30-18.50 Closing Keynote (Duncan Watts) and Prizes [MOT]  
19.00-21.00 Reception (University Museum of Natural History)  

Dining Hall (breakfast for StAnnes guests, lunch, coffee breaks)
MOT: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre (registration, keynotes, panels)
SR1: Seminar Room 1 (panels)
SR2: Seminar Room 2 (panels)
SR3: Break out room (coffee all day)

IPP2012 Programme
Poster Prize Winner Shawn Walker (left) and Paper Prize Winner Jonathan Bright (right) with IPP2012 convenors Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon (left) and Helen Margetts (right).