Call for Papers: Vol. 2, No. 1 (May 2026) | No APC This Issue

2025-12-02

Dear authors and researchers,

AI & Future Society (ISSN: 3053-4011) is now accepting submissions for Volume 2, Issue 1 (May 2026).

Submission deadline: April 15, 2026

This is a regular issue of the journal.
There are no Article Processing Charges (APC) for this issue.

Editorial theme for this issue

The editorial theme of Volume 2, Issue 1 (May 2026) is:

AI, Algorithmic Thresholds, and Social Fairness:
AI Systems, Social Theory, Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy Governance in the Context of the U.S. Middle-Class “Cut-Off Line” Debate

In recent years, AI-driven decision systems have increasingly relied on algorithmic thresholds, scoring mechanisms, and cut-off points in areas such as social welfare, healthcare, credit evaluation, education access, taxation, and housing policy.

Public debates—particularly in the United States—have highlighted how these threshold-based systems may contribute to the structural exclusion of middle-income and near-threshold populations, often described in public discourse as a “middle-class cut-off line.”

This issue encourages submissions that critically examine:

  • AI-driven threshold and scoring systems as socio-technical arrangements

  • The interaction between algorithmic decision-making and social stratification

  • Ethical issues related to fairness, responsibility, and accountability

  • Economic rationales embedded in algorithmic governance

  • Public policy and regulatory responses to AI-mediated exclusion

Contributions may draw on social theory, ethics, economics, public policy, law, or interdisciplinary approaches.

Scope and sections

As a regular open-topic issue, submissions are welcome on the above theme as well as on other topics, provided they align with one of the journal’s core sections:

Peer-reviewed research sections:

  • AI & Ethics (AIE)

  • AI Governance & Regulation (GOV)

  • Human–AI Interaction (HAI)

  • Technology & Future Society (TFS)

  • Critical AI Studies (CAS)

  • AI in Medicine & Health (AIMH)

Non–peer-reviewed section:

  • Perspectives & Commentary (COM)

Important notes

  • This is not a special issue.

  • Manuscripts related to the editorial theme are particularly encouraged, but other relevant submissions are also welcome.

  • All submissions undergo initial editorial screening and, where applicable, double-blind peer review.

Submission system

Please submit your manuscript via the journal’s online submission system :
https://grhas.centraluniteduniversity.de/index.php/AFS

We look forward to your contributions.

Editorial Office
AI & Future Society