The Age of Digitality and the Future of Society
Rethinking Knowledge, Ethics, and the Role of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Digital technologies now mediate how we learn, work, govern, care and relate to one another. They generate new forms of knowledge and new forms of exclusion. The 2026 conference invites contributions that take digitality seriously as a social, political and epistemic condition – not merely as a set of tools.
Conference Tracks
Digital transformation and society
How digital systems are reshaping institutions, labour, livelihoods and social relations.
Data, artificial intelligence and ethics
Governance of data and AI, algorithmic accountability, privacy, and research ethics in digital environments.
Digital inequality and inclusion
Access, affordability, digital literacy, and the uneven distribution of digital opportunity across the continent.
Knowledge systems and the humanities
Indigenous knowledge, archives, language, culture and memory in a digital age.
Governance, policy and digital futures
Evidence-informed policy, regulation, digital public infrastructure and state capacity.
Health, education and digital wellbeing
Digital health, learning technologies, and the social determinants of wellbeing in connected societies.
Track descriptions are provisional and will be finalised with the Scientific Committee.