Call for Papers: for Special Issue: Authoritarianism in the Digital Age, Proposal deadline: May 16, 2025

Dialogues on Digital Society
Special Issue: Authoritarianism in the Digital Age
Proposal deadline: May 16, 2025
Submission deadline: July 1, 2025
Max length: 2,000 words, including references.

We welcome short commentary articles (1,500-2,000 words) that report on, reflect on, critique, and illuminate our picture of the role of digital technologies in building, sustaining, and challenging authoritarian rule. We especially welcome papers that place this role in the longer histories of these political systems and those that explore these dynamics as they are occurring within a variety of jurisdictions. We are particularly keen to include analysis from across the global geopolitical landscape and not just the present U.S. moment – that is, an analysis of digitally-mediated authoritarianism in Asia, Africa, South and Central America, North America, and Europe.

Submission Guidelines

Send a proposed title and abstract (150-250 words) by May 16, 2025 to [email protected]. Submission of completed commentaries will be by July 1, 2025. All submissions will be subject to review. Also, feel free to get in touch if you have concerns about the risks associated with such a publication but still wish to contribute (we are prepared to facilitate anonymous publication).