Call for Proposals
University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia (Hybrid)
30 September – 2 October 2026
Policy & Internet invites you to join our biennial conference, which will bring together scholars, policymakers, industry leaders and civil society to discuss the most pressing issues shaping our field in the next three years.
From the development and deployment of artificial intelligence to digital sovereignty agendas reshaping geopolitics, the Internet and digital technologies sit at the centre of policy discussions globally.
Across issues of platform power, political trust, individual safety and social inclusion, diverse stakeholders are contesting and reconfiguring the rules, infrastructures and power dynamics of the digital sphere.
The challenges these issues pose—to democracy, accountability, equity and sustainability—cannot be solved by a single discipline, actor or nation. They require international, interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration.
Bring your ideas, insights and innovations—through papers, panels, workshops, or roundtables—to Sydney in 2026 and help shape the future of Internet policy research and practice.
We invite submissions that address the most pressing and current digital society issues, including but not limited to:
- Artificial intelligence and algorithmic governance
- Digital sovereignty, geopolitics and global governance
- Platform power, competition and market regulations
- Digital infrastructures and cybersecurity
- Trust, democracy and ethics
- Inclusion, access, digital participation and online safety
- Digital media, communication and societal change
- Data governance, privacy and surveillance
You are welcome to present work-in-progress papers, empirical or theoretical research, policy analysis, case studies, methodological innovations, and real-world perspectives.
All proposed sessions should be designed to maximise discussion and deliberation.
Submission guidelines
Submit an abstract or one page proposal, including 3-5 keywords and a short ~100 word author biography, to [email protected] by 14 February 2026.
Outcomes will be notified by 28 February 2026.
Questions? Contact Editor-in-Chief, Dr Joanne Gray [email protected]