Call for Papers Paternalism, Nudging, and the Digital Sphere Moral Philosophy and Politics (MOPP) special issue https://www.mopp-journal.org/go-to-main-page/call-for-papers/ Submission deadline: January 15, 2020 Information technologies (broadly construed) provide corporations and governmental institutions with tools that enable them to push the behavior of their citizens/users into directions they consider “right”. For example, E-health-applications or smart homes might promote healthier or more sustainable lifestyles while the Chinese government currently experiments with implementing the so called digitally administered ‘Social Credit System’ with the aim of improving behavioral regulation of both, their citizens and businesses. In a similar vein, the information-architecture of e.g. Google`s search…

Call for Papers MeCCSA 2020 – Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association 2020 Conference Theme: Media Interactions and Environments University of Brighton, UK 8-10 January 2020 http://www.meccsabrighton2020.co.uk/call-for-papers.html Submission deadline: 31 August 2019 Keynote Speakers: Professor Trine Syvertsen, University of Oslow Professor Sarah Kember, Goldsmiths University of London Dr. Deborah Gabriel, Bournemouth University, UK The Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association are pleased to invite the submission of abstracts, panel proposals and practice-based contributions for the MeCCSA 2020 Conference, to be held from 8-10 January 2020 at the University of Brighton. The theme of the conference is Media Interactions and Environments.…

Call for Papers Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects of Wearable Robots Topical Issue in PALADYN, Journal of Behavioral Robotics https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/1932 Submission deadline: 31st October 2019 GUEST EDITORS Dr. Eduard Fosch Villaronga (lead GE: e.fosch.villaronga@law.leidenuniv.nl), Leiden University, NL Dr. Heike Felzmann, NUI Galway, Ireland Dr. Ann-Marie Hughes, University of Southampton, U.K. Ms. Alexandra Kapeller, Linköping University, Sweden ADVISORY EDITORS Prof. Deborah G. Johnson Department of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia, dgj7p@virginia.edu Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics, Emeritus Adjunct Professor, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Prof. Mohamed Bouri Group leader of Rehabilitation and Assistive…

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS BudPT: Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology 2019 12-13 December 2019 Budapest University of Technology and Economics Building “Q” 2 Magyar Tudósok körútja 1117 Budapest, Hungary (for more information about the venue click here) https://www.budpt.eu/ Deadline for abstract submission: 14 August 2019 THEME OF THE WORKSHOP The second Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology will seek to explore a wide variety of topics connected to the Ethics of AI, Epistemology of Engineering and the Metaphysics of Artifacts. Any other high-quality submissions in the field of philosophy of technology are welcome. Keynote Speaker: Mark Coeckelbergh, University of Vienna…

Call for Papers Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Science and Engineering Special issue of Computing in Science & Engineering https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/cs/call-for-papers-virtual-and-augmented-reality-applications-in-science-and-engineering-cfp Submission deadline: 1 September 2019 (to Scholar One Manuscripts) Publication: May/June 2020 This is a call for papers for an upcoming special issue of Computing in Science & Engineering to be published in May/June 2020. Affordable consumer-quality virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) hardware and software tools are just becoming available, but significant research is needed to adapt VR and AR for important and difficult scientific and engineering applications such as telepresence, medicine, education and training, manufacturing, service,…

Call for Papers Conference on Somaesthetics in Fashion, Craft, and the New Media May 8-9, 2019 Shangai, China Submission deadline: January 15, 2019 The Somaesthetics Center of East China Normal University (Shanghai) and the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture of Florida Atlantic University invite paper proposals for a conference on “Somaesthetics in Fashion, Craft, and the New Media” that will be held at ECNU’s Shanghai Campus on May 8-9, 2020. Somaesthetics was introduced as a new name to revive and productively integrate some valuable old ways of thinking. This conference highlights both the traditional and the new in its…