Dear colleagues,
We are excited to announce our call for papers for a special issue of the Information Systems Journal on "Addressing Refugees and Migration Issues through Critical Information Systems Research". We welcome all topics and methods related to refugees and migration related issues in the context of information systems research.
We welcome diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches from a wide range of disciplines and fields of studies. Contributions should be made to both IS research and refugees (or migration related) research. Some examples of topics that would be appropriate include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Critical analyses of the interrelated themes of identity, refugeeness, and belonging.
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Exploring the ethics of (forced) migration.
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Analysing the politics of responsibility and the integration of refugees and migrants in digital contexts.
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Technology, racial marginalization and refugees experience.
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Digital biopolitics, identities, and datafication of migrants and refugees.
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Online activism and digital social movements in the context of refugees or migrants.
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Agency, resistance and coping mechanisms of migrants and refugees.
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Examining the issues at the intersections of gender, technology, and migrants/refugees (including queering migration and issues of gender-based violence).
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Digitally-entangled lived experiences of minorities among refugee populations.
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Datafication of borders and algorithmic management of migrants and refugees.
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Decolonial justice and/for migrants and refugees.
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Digital justice and human rights issues affecting migrants and refugees.
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Digital and data surveillance and control on migrants and refugees.
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Issues related to power and exploitation of migrants and refugees.
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Critical narratives of displacement.
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Digital accounts and narratives of refugee experience.
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Technology and the political philosophy of migration and refuge.
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Novel theoretical lenses to study migration and refugee issues such as decolonial theory,
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spatial and temporal perspectives, Indigenous viewpoints, critical race theory, and feminist approaches.
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Novel methodological approaches to examine refugee issues such a visual ethnography,
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visual research, and digitally mediated bodily experiences.
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Application of novel technologies such as Blockchain and AI.
Deadlines
The special issue deadlines are below and will not be extended.
Submission of extended abstract (optional): November 30, 2024
Submission of manuscript: March 30, 2025
Guest Senior Editors
Safa'a AbuJarour, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Hameed Chughtai, Lancaster University Management School, UK
Yingqin Zheng, University of Essex, UK
Please see the full call for papers for more information.
Please consider submitting your best work to the special issue. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
Please feel free to reach out to me or guest editors as you see fit with your questions, ideas, or concerns related to this special issue, in particular, to sound out and shape submission ideas.
Best wishes
Hameed, Yingqin, and Safa'a
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Hameed Chughtai
Programme Director, Managment and Information Technology
Department of Organisation, Work, and Technology
Lancaster University Management School, UK
Associate Editor for Information Systems Journal