We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for Volume 35 of the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE), focusing on the intersection of advanced digital technologies (ADTs) and migration management.
The use of advanced digital technologies (ADTs) in migration management has notably increased in recent years, facilitating the processing of migrants’ personal data. As ADTs such as blockchain, AI, IoT, and big data analysis reshape the landscape of migration, they bring both opportunities and challenges. This volume aims to explore how these technologies are used in migration management by states and civil society actors and their ethical implications. Key themes include the impact of ADTs on migrants’ fundamental human rights such as privacy and data protection, and procedural rights such as rights to due process, non-discrimination, appeal, and effective remedy.
To this end, we invite submissions from any discipline and methodology that address the topics listed below, including, but not limited to:
• Ethical frameworks and principles for the use of ADTs in migration management
• Case studies on the implementation of ethical guidelines in migration data handling
• The impact of digitization on border control
• Surveillance and its effects on migrants
• AI, social media, and big data in migration contexts
• Legal and ethical considerations of digitalization of migration
• Digital activism in migrant advocacy
• Ecocritical migration studies on the human, natural, and technological relationships
Submission Deadline: January 25, 2025, 11:59 PM (AoE)
Submission Guidelines: Proposals should be no more than 500 words and prepared for anonymous review. Please send your proposals as a PDF file to yoldas@ualberta.ca. In a separate PDF attachment, please include your name, academic affiliation, e-mail address, and proposal title. For more information, please visit https://informationethics.ca/index.php/irie/cfp-35 to view the complete call and contact us at yoldas@ualberta.ca.