CALL FOR PAPERS

ILPC Annual Convention 2022 – On-line Security in a Related World

We’re happy to announce this name for papers for the Info Legislation and Coverage Middle’s seventh Annual Convention on 17-18 November 2022 hosted by the Institute of Superior Authorized Research (IALS) and supported by the College of Superior Research (SAS) and Bloomsbury’s Communications Legislation journaling. You possibly can examine our earlier annual occasions right here.

We’re on the lookout for prime quality contributions that discover the influence of policymaking centered on making certain ‘on-line security’ and the elevated use of data-driven methods which can be rising connecting all facets of society, the significantly implications of those adjustments for the rights and tasks of people and organisations. Papers ought to handle the event and future of those measures for regulation, policymaking, and governance throughout the UK, Europe, and/or internationally.

The convention organizers particularly welcome submissions from Early Profession Researchers, together with PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers who’ve been awarded their PhD throughout the previous 5 years. Interdisciplinary papers are additionally inspired.

Subjects of curiosity embody:

  • AI applied sciences and innovation
  • On-line security and safety of kids’s rights
  • Finish-to-end encryption and knowledge safety
  • UK On-line Security Invoice and EU Digital Providers Act
  • Proper to be forgotten/proper to erasure
  • Algorithmic bias and susceptible teams
  • On-line anonymity and the best to protest
  • Freedom of expression and freedom of speech
  • Reliable establishments and disinformation

The ILPC Annual Convention may even embody the ILPC Annual Lecture 2022 and the ILPC is delighted to announce that Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE shall be delivering this 12 months’s Annual Lecture. Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a full professor within the Division of Media and Communications, LSE. She has revealed 20 books on media audiences, together with Parenting for a Digital Future (Oxford College Press 2020). She has suggested the UK authorities, European Fee, European Parliament, UN Committee on the Rights of the Little one, OECD, ITU and UNICEF on youngsters’s web security and rights within the digital surroundings. She directs the Digital Futures Fee (with the 5Rights Basis) and World Youngsters On-line (with UNICEF).

Attendance (in individual and on-line) shall be free because of the help of the College of Superior Research (SAS) and our sponsors, though registration is required as locations are restricted. The very best papers will characteristic in a particular difficulty of Bloomsbury’s Communications Legislation journal, following a peer-review course of. These giving papers shall be invited to submit full draft papers to the journal by 1st December 2022 for consideration by the journal’s editorial workforce.

How you can apply: Please ship an summary (250-300 phrases) and a brief bio to Eliza Boudier, Fellowships and Administrative Officer, IALS: [email protected] by Monday 15 August 2022. Abstracts shall be thought of by the Middle’s educational workers and advisors, and the Communications Legislation editors. Tell us if you happen to choose to current in individual at IALS (17 November) or on line (November 18).

Concerning the Info Legislation and Coverage Centre: The Middle relies at IALS and was launched in 2015. Its mission is to undertake, promote, and facilitate, cross-disciplinary scholarship and analysis within the areas of knowledge legislation and coverage, domestically and internationally, in collaboration with a wide range of organisations inside the private and non-private sectors, and civil society.

About Communications Legislation: Communications Legislation is a well-respected quarterly journal revealed by Bloomsbury Skilled overlaying the broad spectrum of authorized points arising within the telecoms, IT, and media industries. Dr Peter Coe, Lecturer in Legislation on the College of Studying, is the journal’s Editor-in-Chief.