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The Vienna Centre for Societal Security (VICESSE) and the AIT Austrian
Institute of Technology are happy to announce their continuous
collaboration to host the Social-Science Track on the 5^th June 2025 at
the International Digital Security Forum (IDSF) in Vienna, Austria on
the theme: Sovereignty and Solidarity in the Digital Age a critical
view.
The Social-Science Track Sovereignty and Solidarity in the Digital Age
a critical view aims to discuss solidarity and sovereignty against
the backdrop of the developments termed the Digital Age, such as
increased datafication, connectivity and surveillance. It provides a
space for critical reflection of the challenges and opportunities the
Digital Age affords to solidarity and sovereignty, both with a view of
its infrastructures as well as looking ahead towards potential
alternative futures.
The Social-Science Track at the IDSF 2025 provides a unique opportunity
to discuss insights from novel research undertakings on solidarity and
sovereignty in the digital age with a diverse international audience
academic and non-academic alike. This also includes stakeholders from
the private sector, from the national and international governments and
public bodies, such as the United Nations, OSCE or the European
Commission, as well as from non-governmental organisations.
We invite conceptual-theoretical and/or empirical contributions from
social science and legal scholars. We also explicitly welcome
contributions based on first-hand experience from activist groups and
technology developers. Contributions should address one or more of the
following general topics:
- Challenges to sovereignty and solidarity in the digital age:
exploring how digital technologies disrupt solidarity and
sovereignty, including deliberate forms of disruption
- The role of infrastructures and actors: investigating how
techno-social and regulatory infrastructures, as well as the actors
who design, maintain, and govern them, impact sovereignty and
solidarity in the digitalized world
- Opportunities for strengthening solidarity and sovereignty:
analyzing how digital technologies, policies, or grassroots
initiatives offer pathways to reinforce sovereignty and solidarity
-
Imagining alternative futures: envisioning alternative trajectories
for a digitalized world that foster and reinvent sovereignty and
solidarity
The full Call for Abstracts can be found here
Information on abstracts and submission:
- A 500-word abstract in English is required.
- The deadline for abstracts is 9^th March 2025.
- Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail to office@vicesse.eu
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Review results and information to the authors by 4^th April 2025.
ยท For more information or inquiries please contact:
office@vicesse.eu
Best wishes,
Michaela Scheriau
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