CFP: SIpEIA Special Track on AI and Algorithms: Ethical Governance and Manipulation Prevention

The rise of Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies has reshaped fundamental ethical and political questions. AI-driven systems and algorithms influence decision-making in governance, justice, and communication, raising concerns about normativity, regulation, accountability, and political manipulation compromising personal autonomy. Issues such as the political use of AI, digital disinformation (fake news), algorithmic bias, and the role of law and justice in the digital ecosystem demand urgent interdisciplinary analysis. With reference to Michel Foucault’s theory, the use of behaviorism and neurobiological knowledge serve as a new form of “Bio-power”.

This Special Track invites contributions that critically examine the intersection of ethics, politics, and digital technologies, with a particular focus on the challenges of AI governance, legal frameworks, and democratic values in the digital era. We welcome papers that explore these themes from philosophical, legal, political, sociological, and technological perspectives. 

Topics of Interest

We encourage submissions on topics including, but not limited to:

• Ethical and political implications of AI decision-making
• AI regulation and legal frameworks (e.g., the European AI Act)
• The role of AI in democracy and political strategy
• Fake news, algorithmic manipulation, and disinformation
• AI and the future of labor, surveillance, and digital rights
• Algorithmic accountability and Transparency
• Bio-power and Behavioral control through AI
• Interdisciplinary approaches to AI ethics and governance
• AI for Social Good (AI4SG)

Submission Guidelines

All submissions will undergo a single-blind review process to ensure the scientific quality of accepted contributions. The evaluation criteria will focus on originality, methodological accuracy, and relevance to the special track’s theme.

The Conference language is English. Papers submitted to the Special Track have to satisfy the same criteria and formatting instructions as for the main conference. 

They must be original works and must not have been previously published. Manuscripts for Special Tracks should not exceed 9 pages in length (ACM double-column format: template is available on Submission Guidelines – GoodIT 2025 – Antwerp, Belgium – section “ACM Templates”). All papers using the ACM Template must be submitted online, as a PDF document, through the online submission portal, available at GoodIT 2025

Accepted papers will be published in the GoodIT 2025 Conference Proceedings published in ACM Digital Library. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference on site; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings.

For further information about the submission process: Submission Guidelines – GoodIT 2025 – Antwerp, Belgium

Important Dates:

• Paper submission deadline (all): May 4th, 2025
• Acceptance Notification Deadline (all): July 8th, 2025
• Camera-Ready Submission (all): July 19th, 2025

Organization: 

Italian Society for AI Ethics (SIpEIA) SIpEIA – Società Italiana per l’Etica dell’Intelligenza Artificiale

Track Chairs

Aldo Pisano Università della Calabria, University of Nantes, SIpEIA

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Luca Tenneriello Sapienza Università di Roma, SIpEIA

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For further inquiries, please contact the Track Chairs.

Additional information on GoodIT 2025 – Antwerp, Belgium