Call for Papers: Special Issue on Neurotechnology and Law, Law, Technology and Humans Journal [Abstracts by 15 January 2027]
Law, Technology and Humans.About the special issue and the journal
Law, Technology and Humans (ISSN 2652-4074) is an open access journal on the human and humanity of law and technology. It is supported by the Humans Technology Law Centre and the School of Law at Queensland University of Technology, and is indexed in international databases including Scopus and Web of Science, and in DOAJ.
The call is for a special issue titled Neurotechnology and Law. The guest editors are Darshan Datar (RMIT, Australia), Phoebe Galbally (RMIT, Australia) and Avantik Tamta (Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia).
Theme
Advances in neuromodulation, neuroimaging and brain-computer interfaces are challenging the conceptual architecture of law. Technologies capable of altering cognition, decoding neural activity for evidentiary purposes or modulating personality traits are generating constitutional litigation, disrupting employment frameworks and exposing the limits of existing non-discrimination and privacy doctrine.
The special issue invites rigorous, original scholarship on what these developments demand of law and legal theory. The editors are particularly interested in work on freedom of thought, and also welcome contributions that approach neurotechnology expansively, including the cognitive manipulation effected by technologies such as deepfakes.
Areas of interest
- Freedom of thought
- Constitutional law
- International human rights
- Employment law
- Torts and contracts
- Legal theory
- Socio-legal studies
- Cognitive manipulation and deepfakes
How to apply
Send a 500-word abstract together with a 250-word biography by email to darshan.datar@rmit.edu.au. The abstract deadline is 15 January 2027.
Publication timeline
- Abstracts due: 15th January 2027 (by email to Darshan Datar)
- Online workshop: 5th April 2027
- Full papers due: 31st July 2027
- Publication: 2028
Contact
Queries about the journal can be sent to Chief Editor Professor Kieran Tranter at lawtechhum@qut.edu.au. The call page does not state a submission or publication fee.