Call for Papers: UNESCO x ENS-PSL Advancing Research on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 2026 – YOA

Deadline: October 30, 2026

UNESCO and the AI and Society Institute at École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL), Paris, launch a name for papers inviting latest PhD graduates (inside 5 years of commencement) to submit proposals presenting analysis on the ethics of synthetic intelligence.

Grounded in the UNESCO 2021 Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, this initiative seeks to advertise rising analysis, foster interdisciplinary trade and strengthen connections between tutorial scholarship, public coverage and observe.

Authors of chosen proposals could have the OPPORTUNITY to current their analysis at a one-day tutorial occasion hosted by ENS in Paris on 10 December 2026. The occasion will deliver collectively rising students, established researchers and representatives of tutorial establishments for thematic discussions and professional suggestions.

Research Topics

Submissions might deal with, however will not be restricted to, the following areas:

• Multistakeholder and adaptive governance and collaboration; 
• Fairness, accountability and transparency; 
• Human rights and AI; 
• Awareness and AI ethics literacy;
• Youth / psychological well being / well being and ethics of AI
• Social inclusion; 
• Culture and information techniques; 
• Environment, sustainability and local weather motion; 
• Gender equality; 
• Vulnerable or underrepresented teams; 
• Ethical dimensions of AI in public coverage, analysis and innovation; 
• AI ethics and the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals;
• Ethics of AI and STEM and fundamental sciences; and
• Ethics of AI and frontier applied sciences. 

Eligibility

• Open to researchers who’ve accomplished a PhD inside the previous 5 years and whose work addresses points associated to the ethics of synthetic intelligence.
• Applications are welcomed from all related disciplines and geographic areas.
• Interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral views are significantly inspired.
• Theoretical, empirical, comparative, interdisciplinary and observe-oriented contributions are welcome.
• Co-authored proposals could also be submitted, supplied that each authors meet the eligibility necessities.

Application

Applicants are invited to submit an prolonged summary of 800–1,000 phrases, excluding references. The summary ought to embrace the following parts:

• Title of the proposed paper;
• Research query and its relevance to the name;
• Conceptual or theoretical framework;
• Methodology, the place relevant;
• Principal findings or argument;
• Paper’s contribution to analysis on the ethics of AI;
• Three to 5 key phrases.

The submission should additionally embrace a separate writer data web page containing:

• Full title;
• Institutional affiliation;
• Country;
• Email deal with;
• Title, establishment and yr of PhD completion;
• A brief biography of not more than 150 phrases.

Submissions have to be written in English and supplied in Word or PDF format. To facilitate the assessment course of, the prolonged summary shouldn’t comprise the writer’s title or different figuring out data.

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For extra data, go to Advancing Research on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.