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Call for Chapters: Springer Book Series – The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology

  • 1.  Call for Chapters: Springer Book Series – The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology

    Posted 07-31-2025 08:25
    We are pleased to announce a Call for Chapters for two upcoming edited volumes in Springer's book series, The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Both volumes are under contract with Springer and will be co-edited by Ljubisa Bojic, Zoran Eric, and Ana Lipij.

    The book titles are:
    1. Ethics of AI Alignment: Rethinking Society Beyond Human
    2. Ethics of AI Alignment: The Challenge of International Alignment

    We have already confirmed a number of contributors, but we are seeking up to 10 additional chapter authors. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and perspectives.

    Possible overarching topics (indicative, not limited to):

    - Part I: Theoretical Foundations of AI Ethics
    - Part II: Societal, Environmental, and Existential Implications
    - Part III: Global Challenges and Future Directions
    - Part IV: AI in Creative and Applied Domains

    Please send an abstract of up to 200 words (using this template) to Ljubisa Bojic at: ljubisa.bojic@ifdt.bg.ac.rs

    Deadline: 31 August

    We look forward to receiving your proposals and to exploring the important issues at the intersection of AI alignment, ethics, global challenges, and societal changes.


    Best regards,

    Ljubisa Bojic, Zoran Eric, and Ana Lipij

    Editors


    Kind regards,
    Ljubisa Bojic, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow >
    Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research and Development of Serbia >
    University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Digital Society Lab >
    External Faculty - Complexity Science Hub Vienna >
    Member - UNEP's Foresight Expert Panel >

    Selected Publications
    [2025] Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Does GPT-4 surpass human performance in linguistic pragmatic? >
    [2025] Information, Communication & Society - The Dual Impact of Virtual Reality: Examining the Addictive Potential and Therapeutic Applications of Immersive Media in the Metaverse >
    [2025] Scientific Reports - Comparing large Language models and human annotators in latent content analysis >
    [2025] Computers in Human Behavior - Help me, Doctor AI? A cross-national experiment on the effects of disease threat and stigma on AI health information-seeking intentions >
    [2024] Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Signs of consciousness in AI: Can GPT-3 tell how smart it really is? >
    [2024] Royal Society Open Science - Personality testing of large language models: limited temporal stability, but highlighted prosociality >
    [2024] European Journal of Futures Research: - CERN for AI: A Theoretical Framework for Autonomous Simulation >
    [2024] Futures: AI alignment: assessing the global impact of recommender systems >
    [2024] Scientific Reports: Cross-platform social dynamics: an analysis of ChatGPT and COVID-19 vaccine conversations >
    [2022] European Journal of Futures Research: Metaverse through the prism of power and addiction >

    Public Policy Highlights
    2025/06/26 I write for Springer Nature Research Communities about our recently published research - When AI Reads Between the Lines >
    2025/02/20 I comment Von der Leyen's plan to develop 'CERN for AI' for Research Professional News >
    2025/01/23 TWON's Horizon Project Policy Handout recommends regulating content diversity on social media, which is an outcome of my research >
    2025/01/03 Psychology Today features our research on artificial consciousness: 25 Ways AI Will Change How We Think and Feel in 2025 >
    2024/10/15 I discuss our research on personality traits in LLMs for Scientias, the leading Dutch science portal >
    2024/09/26 I write for 'Human Futures', a magazine of the World Futures Studies Federation, about complex testing of AIs in virtual reality >
    2025/08/31 Our article 'CERN for AI' was featured by the World Economic Forum's Strategic Intelligence Insights >
    2024/07/15 I contributed to the UNEP's Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing >
    2024/05/31 Our research was cited by the G7 Policy Brief "Towards Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI: Implementing Hiroshima Policy Framework" >
    2024/05/31 I was invited to present my work at the High-Level Policy Dialogue on AI and Democracy at the EUI School of Transnational Governance >
    2024/03/01 Our article 'CERN for AI' was cited by the Forbes magazine: Musk Claims OpenAI Has Abandoned Pursuit Of 'Benefit For All Humanity' >
    2024/02/20 I was featured by the Edinburgh Companion to the New European Humanities as the founder of a new multidisciplinary approach >
    2024/02/06 I present at the Global Forum on the Ethics of AI 2024 hosted by Slovenia under the patronage of UNESCO >
    2023/06/29 I write for Balkan Insight about global AI threats: AI Models-R-Us Has Big Implications for Democracy >
    2023/01/07 Regulatory Review, Penn Program on Regulation, features my metaverse research >
    2022/12/18 The Belgrade Digital Freedom Pledge has been signed. This pledge emphasizes the need for diverse content on large platforms. >