A call for papers has been announced for the Surveillance and Privacy track at the UK Academy for Information Systems Conference (UKAIS 2026). The conference will be held at the University of Sheffield, UK, 9-10 April 2026. The track chairs are Dr Oliver G Kayas, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Dr Anand Sheombar, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands.  The deadline for submissions is 31st October 2025. Papers may either be full papers (completed research) or developmental papers (research-in-progress).

Here is the blurb:

Advances in digital technologies—such as artificial intelligence (AI), analytics, big data, biometrics, facial recognition, machine learning algorithms, location tracking devices, sensors, smartphones, smart homes, and social media networks—have enabled unprecedented forms of data collection, monitoring, and analysis. This raises critical questions about the implications of surveillance and privacy across multiple levels of contemporary society, from national and state governance in the global north and global south, to organisational operations, institutional practices, and individual experiences. At the national and state levels, surveillance technologies raise profound privacy questions about citizenship, (digital) rights, and state power, while at the organisational and institutional levels, surveillance practices reshape cities, work, education, healthcare, policing, politics, security, civic space, and service provision. At the individual level, surveillance technologies increasingly blur the boundaries between public and private life and have significant implications for children, consumers, citizens, employees, marginalised communities, patients, and students to name a few. This track invites scholarly engagement with the complex dynamics of surveillance and privacy through the examination of their multifaceted implications for societies, states, organisations, institutions, and individuals. By addressing these pressing issues, this track contributes to the conference’s commitment to fostering critical debate on the most pressing challenges of our time.

Happy abstracting!