Special issue on the topic „Sociotechnical imaginaries and practices of artificial intelligence in healthcare: revolutionising care or amplifying new risks?”

Datum
21. Juli 2025 

CfP for a journal

CfP for the spe­cial issue „Sociotech­ni­cal imag­i­nar­ies and prac­tices of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence in health­care: rev­o­lu­tion­is­ing care or ampli­fy­ing new risks?” in the Health Risk and Soci­ety, co-edit­ed by Veron­i­ca Moret­ti and Francesco Miele.

We wel­come con­tri­bu­tions that crit­i­cal­ly explore the dual nature of arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI): as a tool for inno­va­tion and as a sys­tem deeply embed­ded with­in com­plex social, tech­ni­cal, and eth­i­cal infra­struc­tures. This spe­cial issue aims to bal­ance the promise of AI with a crit­i­cal exam­i­na­tion of its risks, lim­i­ta­tions, and poten­tial vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties in health­care contexts.

The full call for abstracts is attached. To par­tic­i­pate, please sub­mit a 500–800 word abstract by Feb­ru­ary 3, 2025. Authors of select­ed abstracts will be invit­ed to sub­mit full papers by July 21, 2025.

For any ques­tions or inquiries, feel free to con­tact me at our insti­tu­tion­al email: francesco.miele@dispes.units.it and veronica.moretti4@unibo.it