Call for papers
Special issue on the regulation of AI
Date of publication: 8 May 2024
Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2024
Call for papers
After three years of intense legislative work following the European Commission's initial proposal, published on 21 April 2021, the Artificial Intelligence Act has finally seen the light of day in its final form. In its wake are thousands of proposals for amendment, complex consolidations of the Council's and the Parliament's approaches, attempts to introduce a regime for large models, changes in terminology, political battles in the trilogies, and bulky substantive and formal corrections. The final result is a long-winded and extensive text, with compromises providing solutions on essential points, and with many aspects which may only be clarified when the Commission issues its guidelines. Although the text is fixed, it also seeks to be dynamic in keeping pace with evolutions in technology and the market, and allows for whatever modifications the Commission may adopt through delegated acts.
Throughout this process there have been reflections and comments from academia, but now is the time to analyse the final text, assess its successes and its errors, and offer guidelines on the interpretation and scope of the most sensitive points.
This call for papers seeks to provide reflections on the key aspects of the AI Act and its application. Articles should address issues directly relating to the AI Act and topics such as:
- The impact the AI Act is expected to have on the development of AI and the mitigation of risks derived from its use.
- Studies comparing the AI Act with legislative initiatives in other jurisdictions.
- The regime of AI governance, and the role of the AI Office.
- The role of standardization organizations in the practical application of the AI Act.
- Particular high-risk uses in the AI Act.
- The impact of the AI Act in the workplace.
- Intellectual property and AI models.
- The treatment of general-purpose models.
- How the AI Act fits in with harmonized product safety legislation.
- Case studies in specific sectors.
- How the AI Act fits in with data protection regulations.
- The protection of fundamental rights in the AI Act.
- Obligations relating to transparency and misinformation.
- The impact of the AI Act on the activity of the public administrations of the Member States.
Submission of articles for this special issue
Date of publication: March 2025
Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2024
The coordinators of the special issue will be Agustí Cerrillo-i-Martínez, Professor of Administrative Law at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, and Miquel Peguera, Professor of Commercial Law at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
The articles must be in the journal's usual format (available at https://raco.cat/index.php/IDP/about/submissions), have a maximum length of 6,000 words, and make an original contribution to research.
About IDP. Revista de Internet, Derecho y Política / Internet Law and Politics E-Journal
IDP is a scientific journal indexed in SCOPUS and with the FECYT quality seal. It follows normal peer review protocols to guarantee the highest possible academic quality. Furthermore, it offers its content on an open access basis and, to keep as up to date as possible, publishes its issues on an online-first basis.