Call for papers/Topics

All Abstracts, Reviews, short articles, Full articles, Posters are welcomed related with any of the following research fields:

Foundational & Independent Topics

These areas focus on how technology fundamentally alters the core structures of daily human life, distinct institutional systems, and traditional practices.

1. The Impact of Technology on Society

The restructuring of civic life, economics, and human interaction through technological advancement.

• The Future of Work and Automation: The shift from manufacturing to knowledge economies, remote and hybrid work structures, gig economy platforms, and workforce displacement by artificial intelligence.

• Digital Civics and Governance: E-governance portals, algorithmic bias in public policy, online political mobilization, and surveillance capitalism.

• Social Connectivity and Isolation: Parasocial relationships via social platforms, the erosion of local physical communities, and the psychological impact of hyper-connectivity.

• Privacy, Security, and Surveillance: Big data collection, facial recognition technology, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and the monetization of personal identity.

2. The Impact of Technology on Culture

The evolution of human expression, identity formation, and the sharing of values across global networks.

• Digital Identity and Self-Expression: The curation of online personas, avatar culture, virtual worlds, and the blurring lines between physical and digital reality.

• Media Consumption and Entertainment: The rise of streaming algorithms, virtual and augmented reality storytelling, user-generated content economies, and the decline of centralized mainstream media.

• Language and Communication Aesthetics: The emergence of digital-native dialects (memes, emojis, internet slang), shortened attention-span content forms, and instantaneous global translation.

• Global Homogenization vs. Cultural Preservation: The spread of Western-centric digital ideals versus the use of technology to archive endangered indigenous languages and cultural histories.

3. The Impact of Technology on Education

The transformation of how knowledge is preserved, transmitted, accessed, and evaluated.

• Pedagogical Shift to EdTech: Asynchronous learning platforms, flipped classrooms, and adaptive learning software tailored to individual student paces.

• The Democratization of Knowledge: Open-access academic journals, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and the destruction of geographic barriers to elite education.

• Digital Literacy and Information Fluency: Teaching students how to evaluate source credibility, identify deepfakes, navigate algorithmic confirmation bias, and manage digital wellness.

• Assessment and Institutional Redesign: Moving away from rote memorization due to ubiquitous information access, restructuring academic integrity policies around artificial intelligence, and the devaluation of traditional four-year degrees in favor of micro-credentials.

Interrelated & Overlapping Topics

These cross-cutting disciplines exist precisely at the intersections of society, culture, and education, where a change in one domain triggers a ripple effect across the others.

1. The Digital Divide and Socio-Economic Inequality

Intersection of Society, Culture, and Education

• Infrastructure Disparities: How unequal access to high-speed broadband and hardware reinforces class divides in education and limits upward economic mobility in society.

• Cultural Capital in the Digital Age: The gap between basic digital literacy (using a smartphone for entertainment) and advanced digital literacy (using technology for creation, programming, and financial growth).

• Global Knowledge Stratification: The concentration of technological ownership in specific geographic hubs, creating educational and cultural dependencies for developing nations.

2. Artificial Intelligence Ethics and the Human Experience

Intersection of Society and Culture

• Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination: How AI models trained on historical data replicate systemic social prejudices in hiring practices, judicial systems, and cultural representations.

• The Philosophy of Human Labor and Creativity: AI-generated art, music, and literature challenging the cultural definition of unique human creativity, while simultaneously disrupting creative career paths in society.

• Cognitive Offloading: The societal and cultural implications of outsourcing memory, decision-making, and critical analysis to algorithmic assistants.

3. Misinformation, Polarization, and Public Discourse

Intersection of Society, Culture, and Education

• Echo Chambers and Filter Bubbles: How social media algorithms maximize engagement by feeding users polarizing content, fracturing shared cultural narratives, and destabilizing democratic societies.

• The Post-Truth Era: The cultural normalization of skepticism toward established scientific and journalistic institutions, demanding immediate educational updates to media literacy curriculums.

• Information Warfare: State-sponsored digital disinformation campaigns targeting societal stability and exploiting cultural vulnerabilities.

4. Digital Health, Well-being, and Development

Intersection of Society and Education

• Screen Time and Child Development: Educational challenges arising from attentional deficits, sleep disruption, and decreased face-to-face social skills in younger generations.

• The Economy of Attention: How platforms purposefully design psychological hooks (dopamine feedback loops) that compete directly with institutional educational goals and productive societal engagement.