Call for Papers: Digital Criminology Session of the STS Conference in Graz

The 24th Annual STS Conference Graz 2026 „Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies“ is the joint Annual Conference of the Science Technology and Society Unit of the Institute of Human-Centred Computing of Graz University of Technology, the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) and the Institute for Advanced Studies of Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS).

Call for papers for the Digital Criminology session of the STS Conference Graz 2026 (4–6 May, TU Graz).

This conference session brings together scholars from criminology, science and technology studies (STS), sociology, media studies and related fields to explore how digital technologies reshape crime, harm, justice and socio-technical systems of control. Moving beyond narrow or technologically determinist understandings of ‘cybercrime’, the session highlights the entanglement of online and offline environments and the ways in which digitalisation reconfigures everyday practices, institutions and forms of governance.

Organisiers particularly welcome theoretically informed and/or empirically grounded contributions that advance conceptual debates or offer critical empirical insights into exploring hybrid environments, platform-mediated illicit economies, datafication and surveillance, AI and algorithmic control, digital harms, and innovative methodologies for studying crime and control in socio-technical contexts.

The submission deadline is 27 January 2026. Abstracts should be 400-600 words (session ID: 12).

Call for papers: https://www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu/d/i/sozio/Dateien_zu_News/CfA_Digital_Criminology_STS_Graz_final.pdf