CfP for the Topical Collection Untangling the Quantum Ecology: Charting the Impact of Quantum Theory and Quantum Technologies on Technoscience and the Digital Transformation, guest-edited by Dr Stefano Calzati (Joint Research Centre, Brussels) and Prof. Robert Braun (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna) in the journal Digital Society.

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We welcome research articles (8000 words) or commentaries (3000 words), which can be sent until the 30th of September 2026 via Editorial Manager by selecting "TC-Quantum Ecology". Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis and, if accepted, published as soon as they are ready.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly embedded in nearly every part of our lives. While this widespread integration offers immense opportunities, it also raises a wide range of ethical, legal, and social aspects (ELSA) or implications (ELSI) that require serious attention. Recent theoretical and empirical research has shown that these aspects often manifest at multiple, interconnected levels (Wang & Blok, 2025; Ryan et al., 2024; Bolte & van Wynsberghe, 2024) — from ethical and legal concerns at the level of newly designed artefacts, such as biased or discriminatory outcomes, infringements on privacy, and lack of transparency, to structural socio-political issues related to the power of big tech companies (Ryan et al. 2024) and ontological issues related to the identification of human and artificial intelligence and its transferability (Blok 2025; Ryan 2025).

Editor: Ted Nannicelli (The University of Queensland, Australia)