Name for Papers: ILPC Annual Convention 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS

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

We’re happy to announce this name for papers for the Info Legislation and Coverage Centre’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 top quality contributions that discover the affect of policymaking targeted on making certain ‘on-line security’ and the elevated use of data-driven techniques which can be more and more connecting all facets of society, notably the implications of those adjustments for the rights and duties of people and organizations. Papers ought to tackle 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.

Matters of curiosity embrace:

• 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 Companies Act
• Proper to be forgotten/proper to erasure
• Algorithmic bias and weak teams
• On-line anonymity and the correct to protest
• Freedom of expression and freedom of speech
• Reliable establishments and disinformation

The ILPC Annual Convention will even embrace the ILPC Annual Lecture 2022 and the ILPC is delighted to announce that Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE will probably be delivering this yr’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 printed 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 atmosphere. She directs the Digital Futures Fee (with the 5Rights Basis) and World Children On-line (with UNICEF).

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

The way to 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 will probably be thought-about by the Centre’s tutorial employees and advisors, and the Communications Legislation editors. Tell us in case you choose to current in individual at IALS (17 November) or on line (November 18).

In regards to the Info Legislation and Coverage Centre: The Heart relies at IALS and was launched in 2015. Its mission is to undertake, promote, and facilitate cross-disciplinary scholarships and analysis within the areas of data legislation and coverage, domestically and internationally, in collaboration with quite a lot of organizations inside the private and non-private sectors, and civil society.

About Communications Legislation: Communications Legislation is a well-respected quarterly journal printed by Bloomsbury Skilled masking 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.