Curriculum Vitae Dr. Bart Cammaerts Born in Wilrijk - Belgium, 23.09.1969 e-mail: tel: b.cammaerts@lse.ac.uk 00+44(0)20/7955-6649 (Office) 00+32(0)473/94-99-07 (Mobile) 1. Education * Secondary Education Sciences, Prins van Luik School - Kinshasa, Zaïre/Congo (1981-1987). * Non-Universitary Higher Education Social Worker - Oriëntation Socio-Cultural, SIVEHO, Antwerp (1989-1992) * Universitary Higher Education Master in Political Sciences, Free University Brussels - Erasmus-student, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Title Thesis: 'Dilemmas for NGO's as a consequence of a changing geo-political en economical context' (Dutch). Casestudy: Sub-Sahara Afrika - Promotor: Prof. dr. Jan Gorus (1994-1996) Doctor in the Social Sciences, Free University Brussels. - Title Doctoral Thesis: 'Social Policy and the Information Society: an assesment of the changing role of the state, social exclusions and the divide between words and deeds.' (Dutch) - Promotor: Prof. dr. Jean-Claude Burgelman (30th of May 2002) * Other Education Training Interview-Techniques & Writing for Radio, BRTn (1991) Training Cyclus Development Aid, ABOS (1992) 2. Language Skills Dutch: mother tongue English: fluent Français: fluent Español: moderate Deutsch: basic
3. Non-academic Activities * Kabinet of Vice-Prime Minister & Minister of Economic Affairs and Telecommunciation: Spokesperson Dutchspeaking and foreign media for Elio Di Rupo - Advisor Information Society [nov.1996 - may 1997] Member of expert-commission child-pornography on the Internet [sept. 1996] Study into the image of Elio Di Rupo in the Dutchspeaking media [sept. 1996] * Journalistic Experiences: Radio Centraal: independent non-commercial radio station Production, co-presenting, and co-ordination of radiophonic projects [1996-1999] Editor in chief and project co-ordinator [1990-1994] - [1996-1997] Production, co-presenting, and co-ordination of a weekly critical newsshow [1989-1997] Production, co-presenting and mixing of musicprograms, [1989-now] Freelance journalist for: Zooion Politikon: student magazine at Free University of Brussels [1995-1996], Passatge: Revista de reflexió social i política [1995], América Revista: Political-cultural tmagazine dealing with Latin- America [1993], Markant: independent progressive weekly [1992-1993] 4. Academic Activities Lecturer @ Department of Media & Communication of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [October 2005 - ] Post-Doc researcher @ Department of Media & Communication of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) - Marie Curie Fellowship 'Internet-mediated Civil Society Consultations in Europe and Beyond' - Promotor: Prof. dr. Robin Mansell [October 2003 - September 2005] Post-Doc researcher @ ASCoR (Universiteit van Amsterdam) - project EMTEL-II 'Electronic Media Technologies and Everyday Life' - subpolitical participation and the role of ICTs in the consitution of a transnational civil society - Promotor: Prof. dr. Kees Brants [March 2002 - April 2003]
Scientific researcher @ SMIT (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) - project IUAP4 'Research and Interdisciplinary Assessment on the Information Society: Networks, Uses and Roles of the State' financed by DWTC, diensten van de eerste minister - Promotor: Prof. dr. Jean-Claude Burgelman [May 1997 - Feb 2002] Further scientific activities: Chair of communication and democracy section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Member of WSIS-taskforce, now the Global Media and Communication Taskforce, of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Co-organising session of the European Forum of Communication Rights (EFCR), Media Culture and Communication Rights Network, 14/10/2004, European Social Forum, London Co-organising Final Conference COSTa16 'Transnational Communities: Citizenship and Participation', Rovaniemi, Finland, 20-22/05/2004 Chairman of EU-COST A16 scientific network - 'Policy and regulatory responses to the use of electronic communications technologies by transnational communities in Europe', (2000-2004) Organisation & Chair high-level seminar 'Linking digital inclusion policies to a user-oriented approach', VUB-Brussel, 01/06/2001 Organisation open seminar 'Paving the way to a new telecommunications policy', CIV-Brussel, 21/11/1998 Design website SMIT - website Vakgroep Communicatie - website IUAPnetwerk - website COST A16 - website Community Media Resources, Intensive European Program for Doctoral Research in Communication (IEPDC)-website webmaster site SMIT & Vakgroep Communicatie (till 2002).
5. Publications en Papers 5.1 Books (edited & monographs): 2007 Cammaerts, B. (forthcoming - 2007) Transnational Civil Society Activism & their Media Strategies. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield. Cammaerts, B. (forthcoming 2007) Internet-Mediated Participatory Practices beyond the Nation State: The WSIS and the European Convention. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Bailey, O., Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (forthcoming 2007) Understanding Alternative Media: a panoptic approach. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 2006 Carpentier, N., Pruulman-Vengerfeldt, P., Nordenstreng, K., Hartmann, M. and Cammaerts, B. (eds) (2006) Researching Media, Democracy and Participation, Tartu: Tartu University Press. Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (eds.) (2006) Reclaiming the Media: Communication Rights and Democratic Media Roles. Bristol: Intellect, p. 292. 2003 Cammaerts, B., Van Audenhove, L., Nulens, G. & Pauwels, C. (eds.) (2003) Beyond the Digital Divide: Reducing Exclusion and Fostering Inclusion, Brussels: VUBpress, p. 333. 2001 Nulens, G., Hafkin, N., Van Audenhove, L. & Cammaerts, B. (eds.) (2001) 'The Digital Divide in Developing Countries: towards an information society in Africa'. Brussels: VUBPress, p. 342. 2000 Cammaerts, B. & Burgelman, J-C (eds.) (2000) Beyond Competition: broadening the scope of telecommunication policy', Brussels: VUBpress, p. 255.
5.2 Book chapters: 2007 Hartmann, M., Carpentier, N. & Cammaerts, B. (forthcoming - 2007) Learning about Democracy: Familyship and negotiated ICT users' practices, in P. Dahlgren (Ed.) Young Citizens, New Media, Participation and Learning. London: Taylor & Francis. Cammaerts, B. (forthcoming - 2007) Civil Society Participation in Multi- Stakeholder Processes: in between realism and utopia, in L. Stein, C. Rodriquez & D. Kidd, (eds.) Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere. Cresshill NJ: HamptonPress. 2006 Cammaerts, B. & Carpentier, N. (2006) The Internet and the Second Iraqi War: Extending participation and challenging mainstream journalism?, in N. Carpentier, P. Pruulman-Vengerfeldt, K. Nordenstreng, M. Hartmann and B. Cammaerts (eds) (2006) Researching Media, Democracy and Participation, Tartu: Tartu University Press. Carpentier, N. and Cammaerts, B. (2006) Introduction: Reclaiming the Media: communication rights and expanding democratic media roles, in B. Cammaerts and N. Carpentier (eds.) Reclaiming the Media: communication rights and expanding democratic media roles, Bristol: Intellect, pp. xi-xviii. Cammaerts, B. (2006) Citizenship, the Public Sphere and Media, in B. Cammaerts and N. Carpentier (eds.) Reclaiming the Media: communication rights and expandingdemocratic media roles, Bristol: Intellect, pp. 1-8. Cammaerts, B. (2006) Activism and Media, in B. Cammaerts and N. Carpentier (eds.) Reclaiming the Media: communication rights and expanding democratic media roles, Bristol: Intellect, pp. 217-24. Cammaerts, B. (2006) 'Media and communication strategies of glocalised activists: beyond media-centric thinking', in B. Cammaerts & N. Carpentier (eds.) Reclaiming the Media: communication rights and expandingdemocratic media roles, Bristol: Intellect, pp. 265-88. 2005 Van Audenhove, L., Lievens, B. and Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'Neue Demokratie durch neue Medien?' in K. Arnold and C. Neuberger (Hrsg.) Alte Medien - neue Medien: Theorieperspectiven, Medienprofile, Einsatzfelder, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 263-290. Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (2005) 'The Unbearable Lightness of Full Participation in a Global Context: WSIS and Civil Society participation, in J.
Servaes and N. Carpentier (Eds.) Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Beyond WSIS. Bristol: Intellect, pp. 17-49. Cammaerts, B. (2005) ' ICT-Usage among Transnational Social Movements in the Networked Society - to organise, to mobilise and to debate', in Silverstone, R. (ed.) 'Media, Technology and Everyday Life in Europe: From Information to Communication', Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 53-72. 2004 Cammaerts, B.: (2004) 'Gelijke Toegang, Burgerschap en de Informatiesamenleving: Internet-gebruik en -gebruikers in de Vlaamse openbare bibliotheken', in: Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C. and Van Oost, O. (Eds.), 'Het On(be)grijpbare Publiek', pp. 297-326, Brussel: VUBpress. Van Audenhove, L. and Cammaerts, B.: (2004) 'Transnational Civil Society and novel forms of political participation in the Networked Society: A theoretical exploration', in: Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C. and Van Oost, O. (Eds), 'Het On(be)grijpbare Publiek', pp.269-295, Brussel: VUBpress. 2003 Cammaerts, B., Deuze, M. and Platon, S. (2003) 'Indymedia en de nieuwe piraten: alternatieve media op het Web', in: Blanken, H. and Deuze, M. (Eds) 'De Media Revolutie: 10 jaar WWW in Nederland', pp. 85-96, Amsterdam: Boom. Cammaerts, B.,Van Audenhove, L. and Pauwels, C. (2003) 'Dominant Digital Divide Discourses: a short introduction'; in Cammaerts, B., Van Audenhove, L and Nulens, G. (eds.): Beyond the Digital Divide: reducing exclusion and fostering inclusion, pp. 7-14, Brussel: VUBPress. Cammaerts, B.,Van Audenhove, L. and Pauwels, C. (2003) 'Beyond the Digital Divide'. in Cammaerts, B., Van Audenhove, L and Nulens, G. (eds.): Beyond the Digital Divide: reducing exclusion and fostering inclusion, pp. 301-306, Brussel: VUBPress. Cammaerts, B. (2003) 'Social Policy and the Information Society in Belgium: Equal access to infrastructure, content and capabilities', in Cammaerts, B., Van Audenhove, L., Nulens, G. and Pauwels, C. (eds.): Beyond the Digital Divide: reducing exclusion and fostering inclusion, pp. 143-192, Brussel: VUBPress. 2002 Verhoest, P. and Cammaerts, B.: (2002) 'Universal Service: a tool for social and economic development?', in Van Audenhove, L. and Verhoest, P. (eds.) Meda Telecom Project. New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy in Mediterranean Countries. Case Study Collection. Montpellier, ENCIP, reader, CD-Rom, Website at http://meda.encip.org/
2001 Nulens, G., Hafkin, N., Van Audenhove, L., and Cammaerts, B., (2001) 'Introduction', in: Nulens, G., Hafkin, N., Van Audenhove, L., Cammaerts, B. (eds.) 'The digital divide in developing countries: towards an information society in Africa', pp. 9-14 Brussel: VUBPress Van Audenhove, L., Burgelman, J-C, Nulens, G. and Cammaerts, B.: (2001) 'Telecommunications and Information Society Policy in the Developing World: The dominant scenario reassessed'. In Nulens, G., Hafkin, N., Van Audenhove, L., Cammaerts, B. (eds.) 'The digital divide in developing countries: towards an information society in Africa', pp.17-54 Brussels: VUBPress. 2000 Burgelman, J-C and Cammaerts, B. (2000) 'Introduction', in: Cammaerts, B. and Burgelman, J-C. (eds.): 'Beyond Competition: broadening the scope of telecommunication policy', pp.13-17, Brussel: VUBpress. Van Audenhove, L. and Cammaerts, B.: (2000) 'A new Social Contract for the Information Society', in Cammaerts, B. and Burgelman, J-C. (eds.): 'Beyond Competition: broadening the scope of telecommunication policy', pp. 21-23, Brussel: VUBpress. Cammaerts, B.: (2000) 'Economic and Policical Restructuring, Social Citizenship and New Social Rigths in the Information Society' in: Cammaerts, B. and Burgelman, J-C. (eds.): 'Beyond Competition: broadening the scope of telecommunication policy', pp. 45-64, Brussel: VUBpress, Lobet-Maris, C., Van Bastelaer, B., and Cammaerts, B.: (2000) 'On the Role of Government in the Information Society' in: Cammaerts, B. and Burgelman, J-C. (eds.) 'Beyond Competition: broadening the scope of telecommunication policy', pp. 65-85, Brussel: VUBpress. Van Audenhove, L. and Cammaerts, B.: (2000) 'Political Perspectives - Synthesis of the Debate: Welfare and the Information Society' in: Cammaerts, B. and Burgelman, J-C. (Eds): 'Beyond Competition: broadening the scope of telecommunication policy', pp. 87-89, Brussel: VUBpress.
5.3 Articles in refereed journals. 2006 Cammaerts, B. (2006) 'Jamming the Political: beyond counter-hegemonic practices', Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 20(4): in press. Carpentier, N. and Cammaerts, B. (2006) Hegemony, Democracy, Agonism and Journalism : An interview with Chantal Mouffe, Journalism Studies 7(6): 964-75. Cammaerts, B. (2006) 'The econvention on the Future of Europe: Assessing the participation of civil society and the use of ICTs in European decisionmaking processes', Journal for European Integration, 28(3): 225 45. Padovani, C. and Cammaerts, B. (2006) Il World Summit on the Information Society: esercizi di e-governance fra spazi di luogo e spazi di flusso, Comunicazione Politica 7(1): 113-32. 2005 Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'Through the Looking Glass: Civil Society participation in the WSIS and the dynamics between online/offline interaction', Communications & Strategies, Special Issue - WSIS Tunis: 151-74. Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L. (2005) 'De rol van het Internet in de transnationalisering van het sociale middenveld en burgerschap', Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschappen, 33(2): 162-81. Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L.: (2005) 'Online Political Debate, Unbounded Citizenship and the Problematic Nature of a Transnational Public Sphere', Political Communication 22(2): 179-96. Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'Critical European Perspectives on the Information Society', Book Review Essay, Information Society, 21(1): 73-75. 2003 Van Audenhove, L., Burgelman, J-C, Nulens, G. and Cammaerts, B.: (2003) 'Discourse and Reality in International Information Society Policy. The dominant scenario and its application in the developing world', Communicatio 29 (1&2): 79-113. 2001 Cammaerts, B. and Burgelman, J-C, (2001) Belgisch telecommunicatiebeleid voor een nieuw millemnium: schipperen tussen sociale ambities en competitie, Informatie & Informatiebeleid 18(1): 28-35 2000
Cammaerts, B. and Burgelman, J-C, (2001) 'Belgian Telecommunciation Policy: a Conflict between Social and Competition Regulation', in Telecommunications Journal of Australia 49(4): 55-62 Cammaerts, B.: (2000) 'Sociaal beleid en de Informatiesamenleving: de digitale kloof in een Belgisch/Vlaams perspectief.', Ethiek & Maatschappij, 3(4): 36-63 1999 Van Audenhove, L., Burgelman, J-C, Nulens, G. and Cammaerts, B.: (1999) 'Information society policy in the developing world: a critical assessment', Third World Quarterly 20(2): 387-404
5.4 Articles and editorials in non-refereed journals or newspapers. 2005 Cammaerts, B. (2005) Brug over de Informatiekloof: WSIS', MO*Magazine, n 28: 61 Cammaerts, B. (2005) Gelijke toegang, een universeel informatie recht? De openbare bibliotheek als tussenoplossing, Perspectief 1(1): 14-21 2004 Cammaerts, B., Van Audenhove, L. and Pauwels, C. (2004) 'De digitale kloof in perspectief: Van empirische en theoretische analyse tot beleidsaanbevelingen', Digibeet 6(2): 2-6 Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (2004) 'Pleidooi voor een nieuwe politieke mediacultuur: Revisited:', Samenleving & Politiek 11(5): 15-18 2000 Carpentier, N. and Cammaerts, B. (2000) 'Media moeten anti-democatische krachten helpen ontmaskeren', Tribune in De Standaard, (24/02), p.11 Carpentier, N. and Cammaerts, B. (2000) 'Pleidooi voor een nieuwe politieke mediacultuur: naar een 4-punten plan voor de strijd tegen extreem-rechts:', Samenleving & Politiek 7(4): 4-13 1999 Nulens, G., Van Audenhove, L., Burgelman, J-C, Cammaerts, B.: 'Naar een informatiesamenleving in Afrika: tussen discours en realiteit', in VUB Tijdschrift, pp. 29-40 1998 Cammaerts, B.: (1998) 'De kabel en convergentie in 1998, het dromen voorbij', Tribune in AV-industrie 10, januari/februari, p.31. Cammaerts, B.: (1998) 'De Sociale Chipkaart: technologische vooruitgang of aantasting van de privacy?', Samenleving & Politiek 5(10): 34-38. Burgelman, J-C, Cammaerts, B., Neukens, F., Nulens, G, Pauwels, C., Punie, Y., Pierson, J., and Van Audenhove, L (1998) 'Je kan thuis ook NIET met de computer werken: Vragen over de Zin en Onzin van de (Vlaamse) Informatiemaatschappij', VUB Tijdschrift Burgelman, J-C, Cammaerts, B., Neukens, F., Nulens, G, Pauwels, C., Punie, Y., Pierson, J., and Van Audenhove, L (1998) 'Je kan thuis ook NIET met de
computer werken: Vragen over de Zin en Onzin van de (Vlaamse) Informatiemaatschappij', Opinie in De Morgen, 18/03/1998 1996 Cammaerts, B. (1996) 'China: De Draak met de Januskop', Zooion Politikon 3(2): 3-4 1995 Carpentier, N. and Cammaerts, B. (1995) 'Het sluipend gif van het Vlaams Blok', Opinie in De Morgen, 27/07, p2 Cammaerts, B. (1995) 'Una democràcia no ha de tolerar la intolerància', El Pasatge 4: 37-38 Cammaerts, B. (1995) 'België-Zaïre: Een echtpaar dat niet meer 'on speaking terms' is, maar elkaar toch niet wil verlaten', Zooion Politikon 3(1): 5-6 1993 Cammaerts, B. (1993) 'De wolkenkrabbers van de Maya's', América Revista 20 (224): 32-35 Carpentier, N. and Cammaerts, B. (1993) 'De lange mars van de Niet- Openbare radio's', Opinie in De Morgen, 30/12
5.5 Scientific Papers, Working Papers, Presentations & Lectures 2006 Cammaerts, B. (2006) Community Radio Policies in the West: a comparative perspective, paper presented at final conference of the International Radio Research Network (IREN), Louvain-la-Neuve/Brussels, 9-10/11. Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (2006) The Internet and the Second Iraqi War: Extending participation and challenging mainstream journalism?, paper and lecture presented at Intensive European program for Doctoral research in Communication, University of Tartu, Estonia, 20/08-01/09. Cammaerts, B. and Padovani, C. (2006) Theoretical Reflections on Multi- Stakeholderism in Global Policy Processes: The WSIS as a learning space, paper presented at the 25 th IAMCR Conference, Cairo, 23-28/06. 2005 Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'Activist Media Strategies in the Information Society: beyond media-centrists thinking in the relationship between media and democracy', paper presented at 1st European Communication Conference, November 24-26 Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'Through the Looking Glass: Civil Society participation in the WSIS and the dynamics between online/offline interaction', paper presented at the 3rd ECPR general conference, Corvinus University, Budapest, 08-10/09 Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (2005) 'The Unbearable Lightness of Full Participation in a Global Context: WSIS and Civil Society', Media@LSE electronic working papers n 8, London: LSE Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'Jamming the Political Realm: beyond counterhegemonic practices', paper presented at Intensive European program for Doctoral research in Communication, University of Tartu, Estland, 23-28/08 Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'Alternative Communication and Information in the Information Age: on radical pluralism opportunities and limits', presentation at Civitas 2005: session 'Informazione e società nella società dell informazione', Padova, 6-8/05 Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'International Struggles for Social Change: a plea for the co-existence of realism and utopia', presentation at International Colloquium: A Rights Revolution?Communication Rights and Global Justice, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1-3/04 2004
Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (2004) 'The Unbearable Lightness of Full Participation in a Global Context: WSIS and Civil Society', paper presented at seminar 'Reflections on the Civil Society Agenda', Oxford Internet Institute, 10/12 Hartmann, M., Carpentier, N. and Cammaerts, B. (2004) 'Learning about Democracy: Familyship and negotiated ICT users' practices', paper presented at seminar 'Young Citizens, New Media, Participation and Learning', University of Lund, Sweden, 23/09 Cammaerts, B. (2004) 'Internet and Civil Society Stakeholder Participation ', paper presented at conference of Italian Society for Political Science (SISP), session: Political Communication and Communication Policies: the international dimension, Padova, Italy, 15-17/09 Cammaerts, B. (2004) 'ICT-usages in informal and formal political processes', lecture at Intensive European program for Doctoral research in Communication, University of Helsinki, Finland Cammaerts, B. (2004) 'Civil Society 'Participation' in Multi-Stakeholder Processes: Does it really make a difference?', paper presented at 24th IAMCR conference, 'Communication and Democracy: Perspectives for a New World', Porto Alegre, Brasil, 25-30/07 Van Audenhove, L., Lievens, B. and Cammaerts, B.: (2004) 'edemocracy in Europe', presentation at Link Centre, Johannesburg, 14/07 Cammaerts, B. and Carpentier, N. (2004) 'The Unbearable Lightness of Full Participation in a Global Context: WSIS and Civil Society', paper presented at Final Conference COSTa16, Rovaniemi, Finland, 20-22/05 Cammaerts, B. (2004) 'Transnational Communities: Citizenship and Participation', opening keynote, Final Conference COSTa16, Rovaniemi, Finland, 20-22/05 Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L. (2004) 'ICTs & Transnational Civil Society:To Organise, To Mobilize, To Debate', paper presented at Symposium 'Het on(be)grijpbare publiek', VUB, Brussel, 14/05 2003 Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L.: (2003) 'Online Political Debate and the construction of a transnational public sphere', paper presented at ICA/IAMCR conference 'Digital Dynamics: Control, Participation and Exclusion, Loughborough, 7-9/11 Cammaerts, B.: (2003) 'Unbounded Citizenship and the difficult road towards a transnational public sphere', lecture at Research Seminar, Westminister University, London, 5/11
Cammaerts, B.: (2003) 'From the Receptor to the User: Dealing with the Complexities of the Sender-Receiver Model in Internet-Research', lecture given at the European Doctoral Summerschool, Westminister University, London, 26/08-04/09. Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L.: (2003) 'ICT-usage's of Transnational Social Movements: to organise, to mediate & to influence', presentation in the session 'ICT, participatory politics and the public sphere' at the Euricom- Conference: Information Society: Visions and Governance, University of Padova, Venice, 5-7/05 (with Leo Van Audenhove) Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L.: (2003) 'Transnational Social Movements, the Networked Society and Unbounded Notions of Citizenship', paper presented in Plenary session 2: Citizenship, EMTEL2-Conference, London School of Economics and Political Science-London, 23-26/04 (with Leo Van Audenhove) Cammaerts, B.: (2003) 'Gelijke Toegang, burgerschap en de informatiesamenleving: Internet-gebruik en -gebruikers in de Vlaamse Openbare Bibliotheken', presentation at workshop Steunpunt Re-Creatief Vlaanderen, het pand, 13 Februari, Gent 2002 Van Audenhove, L., Cammaerts, B. and Van Langenhove, L.: (2003) 'Transnational Civil Society in the Networked Society', CISS Millenium Series, 9-10 November 2002, Heidelberg Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L.: (2003)'Differentiated Political Participation, Organic ICT-use and the case of Transnational Civil Society, paper presented at 'The Internet & the Public Sphere' Workshop of the EURICOM colloquium, ASCoR, University of Amsterdam, 8/10/2002 Cammaerts, B., (2002) 'Social Policy and the Information Society: a conflictual relationship', lecture given at the European Doctoral Summerschool, 27-30/08/2002, Westminister Univ., London. Cammaerts, B. (2002) Gelijke Toegang, burgerschap en de informatiesamenleving: Internetgebruik en -gebruikers in de Vlaamse openbare bibliotheken, Working paper 2002/07, Gent: Steunpunt Re-Creatief Vlaanderen. Cammaerts, B. (2002) 'New forms of political participation and the Internet: The case of Transnational Civil Society', lecture given at the European Doctoral Summerschool, 27-30/08/2002, Westminister Univ., London. Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L.: (2002) 'Transnational Civil Society, the Network and the Fluid Nature of Sub-Political Participation: Four differentiated cases of virtual civil society organisations', paper presented at
23rd IAMCR-conference, Communication & Technology Policy - EMTELpanel', Barcelona, 21-27/07 (with Leo Van Audenhove) Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L.: (2003)'Transnational Civil Society in the Networked Society', paper presented at Infonomics-Workshop 'The Internet and International Affairs', Session 3, Maastricht, 12-13 June (with Leo Van Audenhove) Cammaerts, B., Georgiou, M. and Durieux, D.: (2002) 'Exclusion and ICTs: beyond binary assumptions, beyond technological determinisms?', paper presented at EMTEL-meeting, Seville, 13-16 March 2001 Cammaerts, B.: (2001) 'Digital Inclusion Policies in Belgium: words vs. deeds', IUAP-seminar 'Linking digital inclusion policies to a user-oriented approach', Brussels, 01/06 2000 Cammaerts, B.: (2000) 'Naar een nieuw evenwicht tussen economisch en sociaal beleid', KUB-studentencongres - sessie 'missen niet-surfers de boot?', Brussel, 24/02 Cammaerts, B.: (2000) 'Access, the Digital Divide and Welfare State Regimes: a comparative analysis', 22nd IAMCR-conference, Communication & Technology Policy - Section 'Comparative analysis', Singapore, 17-21/07 Cammaerts, B.: (2000) 'Het falende beleid inzake de digitale kloof: sociale implicaties van de kennismaatschapij', kaderweekend jongsocialisten 'de kennismaatschappij', Brussel, 25/11. 1999 Cammaerts, B.: (1999) 'The need for a renewed social contract tuned to the information society'. European Network of Doctoral Studies in Communication and Media, Westminister-London, 29/8-03/9 1998 Cammaerts, B.: (1998) 'The Crisis of the Sovereign Welfare State: What about Communication Policy'. 21st IAMCR Conference, Communication & Technology Policy - Section "Access, Policies and Exclusion". Glasgow, 26-30/07. Cammaerts, B.: (1998) 'The Road to the Information Society leads towards the Right to Access and Protection', IUAP-seminar 'Paving the Way for a New Telecommunications Policy', Brussels, 21/10.
Van Audenhove, L., Cammaerts, B. and Verhoest, P. : (1998) 'Telecommunication Policy for Sub Sahara Africa: an Inquiry into Models on Development', Jemstone/McBride Roudtable Conference 'Culture and Communciation: A Global Information Society', Amman, 23-25/11 (with Van Audenhove, Leo and Verhoest, Pascal) Cammaerts, B., Van Audenhove, L., Burgelman, J-C and Nulens, G.: (1998) 'Converging Technologies in a Global Perspective'. Jemstone/McBride Roudtable Conference 'Culture and Communciation: A Global Information Society', Amman, 23-25/11 Cammaerts, B.: (1998) 'Access and the Information Society' presentation at IUAP-workshop 'La question de l'accès aux TIC et le rôle de l'etat', Brussels, 29/02
5.6 Scientific Reports 2005 Van Audenhove, L., Lievens, B. and Cammaerts, B. (2005) 'E-Democratie voor Vlaanderen: een stand van zaken', Rapport in opdracht voor viwta, Brussel: SMIT 2004 Cammaerts, B. (2004) 'Policy and regulatory responses to the use of electronic communications technologies by transnational communities in Europe (PRECTE)', COST-A16 Final-Report for the Technical Committee 2003 Cammaerts, B. and O'Conner, B. (2003) 'Policy and regulatory responses to the use of electronic communications technologies by transnational communities in Europe (PRECTE)', COST-A16 Progress-Report for the Technical Committee, Cammaerts, B. and Van Audenhove, L. (2002) 'ICT-Usage's of Transnational Social Movements in the Networked Society: to organise, to mediate & to influence', EMTEL2, Key-Deliverable, ASCoR/TNO-STB: Amsterdam/Delft (with Leo Van Audenhove) Carpentier & Van Oost, O., and Cammaerts, B. (2003) 'Cultuur en ICT: Verkennende analyses en gevalstudies (2002-2003)', eindrapport 2002, Steunpunt Re-Creatief Vlaanderen: Gent (with ) 2002 Cammaerts, B. and O'Conner, B. (2001) 'Policy and regulatory responses to the use of electronic communications technologies by transnational communities in Europe (PRECTE)', COST-A16 Progress-Report for the Technical Committee, Cammaerts, B. (2002) Gelijke Toegang, Burgerschap & de Informatiesamenleving: Internet-gebruik en -gebruikers in de Vlaamse openbare bibliotheken, Working Paper 2002-07, Steunpunt Re-Creatief Vlaanderen: Gent. Van Audenhove, L., Cammaerts, B., Frissen, V., Engels, L. and Ponsioen, A.: (2002) 'Transnational Civil Society in the Networked Society: A study on the relation between ICTs and the rise of a transnational civil society', Study in the framework of TERRA 2000, EU Project under IST 2000 for Institute of Infonomics 2001
Cammaerts, B. and O'Conner, B. (2001) 'Policy and regulatory responses to the use of electronic communications technologies by transnational communities in Europe (PRECTE)', COST-A16 Progress-Report for the Technical Committee, 30/09 Cammaerts, B., Lefebvre, A and Van Audenhove, L. (2001) 'The Information Society, and Economic and Social Cohesion', Report Conference Ministery of Economic Affairs, 13-14/09 (with Lefebvre, Axel and Van Audenhove, Leo) Cammaerts, B. (2001) 'Een kwantitatieve analyse van de Internet-gebruikers en het Internet-gebruik in de Vlaamse Openbare Bibliotheken', SMIT-VUB, 01/07. Cammaerts, B. and Lefebvre, A. (2001) 'From Digital Divide to Digital Bridge', Report Workshop Ministery of Economic Affairs, 28/03 (with Lefebvre, Axel) Verhoest, P. and Cammaerts, B. (2001) 'Universal Service: a tool for social and economic development?', report for MEDA - Euro-Mediterranean Action Plan for the development of the Information Society in Mediterranean countries - Supported by the European Commission, World Bank and ITU, Managed by ENCIP, March
5.7 Chair, Respondent, other activities 2006 Chair and respondent of student sessions group 3, Intensive European Program for Doctoral research in Communication (IEDPC), University of Tartu, Estonia, 20/08-01/09/2006 Discussant final session of ESRC-seminar series: 'Critical perspectives on the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS): civil society participation and issues', Oxford Internet Institute, 24 April. 2005 Chair and respondent student sessions group 2, Intensive European Program for Doctoral research in Communication (IEDPC), University of Tartu, Estonia, 23-28/08/2005 2004 Co-organising session of the European Forum of Communication Rights (EFCR), Media Culture and Communication Rights Network, 14/10/2004, European Social Forum, London Chair and respondent student sessions group 1, Intensive European Program for Doctoral research in Communication (IEDPC), University of Helsinki, Finland, 22/08-1/09/2004 Respondent Theme panel 'Oppositional New Media: Reframing the Public Interest', ICA-conference 'Communication in the Public Interest', New Orleans, 27-31/05/2004 Chair concluding plenary session 'Final Conference COSTa16', University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, 20-22/05/2004 Chair, '7th COSTa16 Management Commitee Meeting', Rovaniemi, Finland, 22/05/2004 Chair session 'Theoretical perspectives on the public', Symposium 'Het on(be)grijpbare publiek', VUB, Brussel, 14/05/2004 2003 Chair '6th COST-a16 Management Commitee Meeting', COST-secretariate, Brussels 12/12/2003 Co-Chair & discussant 'Student Session', European Doctoral Summerschool, 26/08-04/09/2002, Westminister Univ., London.
Co-Chair Training Sessions on theory and policy issues, EMTEL-Conference, LSE - London, 26/04 Chair parallel session: Citizenship in the Information Society - ICT, Participation and Citizenship: dreams and nightmares, pros and cons, EMTEL-Conference, LSE - London, 24/04 2002 Chair '5th COST-a16 Management Commitee Meeting', Media@LSE, London School of Economics, 28/09/2002 Chair parallel strategy session 'Ethnic Media: Direction, Problems, Visions', European Workshop 'Minority media in Europe: A Revolution From Below?' Media@LSE, London School of Economics, 26-27/09/2002 Chair ''4th COST-a16 Workinggroup Meeting', Media@LSE, London School of Economics, 26/09/2002 Co-Chair & discussant 'Student Session', European Doctoral Summerschool, 27-30/08/2002, Westminister Univ., London. Chair '4th COST-a16 Management Commitee Meeting', Universitaire Stichting, Brussels, 1-2/03/2002 2001 Chair '3rd COST-a16 Workinggroup Meeting', Center for Tele-Information based at the Technical University of Denmark - Lynby, 8-9/6/2001