Call for Papers | Emerging Data and Policy Challenges to Digital Rights | Data & Policy (Cambridge University Press)

About the Call

Data & Policy, the open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, invites submissions for a special collection titled “Emerging Data and Policy Challenges to Digital Rights.”

As digital technologies evolve rapidly—particularly with the rise of large language models, predictive analytics, and data-intensive systems—questions surrounding the accessibility, effectiveness, and enforceability of digital rights have become increasingly urgent. The scale of data collection used to train modern algorithms may generate transparency deficits, complicate regulatory oversight, and intensify risks such as digital redlining and algorithmic discrimination.

This special collection aims to deepen scholarly understanding of how data governance, policy frameworks, and emerging technologies intersect with digital rights.

Scope of Submissions

Submissions may address, inter alia:

Data protection rights, including the right of access, rectification, and erasure
Information rights, such as freedom of information and transparency obligations
Digital rights as human or human–machine rights
Implications of generative AI and predictive analytics for digital equality
Governance challenges posed by large-scale data collection and algorithmic systems