[Bigdatasur] DEADLINE APPROACHING! Fourth international Data Justice conference

[Emiliano Treré]

*CALL FOR PAPERS*
*Fourth international Data Justice conference*
Date:  *1-2 June, 2026*
Location: *Cardiff University in Cardiff, UK*
Host: *Data Justice Lab*



Although contested and multifaceted, the field of data justice continues to
engage critical debates on the societal implications of datafication in all
its iterations, from social media to platform capitalism to the current
hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI). Much of this focus has been on
the potential harm of such technologies on different communities and on the
societal shifts associated with their uses by a diverse range of actors.
Less focus, perhaps, has been on the way the advent of data-driven
technologies has intermingled with and transformed the state. From
high-stake uses, such as those revealed in the Snowden leaks, to crisis
management as evidenced during the Covid-19 pandemic, to the mundane and
everyday delivery of public services, platforms and AI systems are now
deeply embedded within roles and functions associated with the state. At
the same time, the state has been instrumental in the advancement of
datafication and the role that technology, and its providers, now play in
society. At a time when governments and technology companies are seen to be
closer than ever, examining their relationship and its consequences seems
pivotal for our understanding of data justice.


This two-day conference will therefore explore the role and transformations
of the state in an age of datafication and what this means for social
justice and resistance. It will examine the interrelations between
data-driven technologies and government, the changing role of corporations,
emerging popular responses, and efforts to democratise datafication. Hosted
by the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media
and Culture (JOMEC) in the UK, it will bring together international
scholars, practitioners and community groups to discuss the nature and
implications of the datafied state.


Keynote Speakers include:
Oriana Bernasconi, UC Chile, Chile
Sarah Myers West, AI Now, US
Nick Srnicek, King’s College London, UK


Submission of abstracts of max 500 words to *DataJusticeLab at cardiff.ac.uk
<DataJusticeLab at cardiff.ac.uk>*


Deadline for submissions of abstracts: *31st of December, 2025*


Conference registration fees:
Regular: £175  (£150 early bird)
Students: £125 (£100 early bird)


Conference registration deadlines:
6th of March 2026 – early bird
17th of April 2026 – final deadline


Conference attendance:
Data Justice 2026 will be an in-person conference. After previous Data
Justice conferences were held in-person (2018), online (2021), and hybrid
(2023), the next conference should allow participants to come together
physically to discuss their work. We have tried to keep registration fees
as low as possible in order to enable attendance for as many of you as
possible. This will unfortunately not allow for meaningful hybrid
participation, but we will try to provide online streams or recordings of
keynotes and major events.


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*Dr Emiliano Treré*

Distinguished ATRAE Researcher, Faculty of Communication Sciences,
University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and Institute of Studies and
Development of Galicia (IDEGA), Spain

Co-director Data Justice Lab

Reader in Data Agency and Media Ecologies, School of Journalism, Media and
Culture (JOMEC), Cardiff University (on career break)
EmilianoTrere.com <https://www.emilianotrere.com/>
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