"Governing the AGI Transformation through Technology Ecosystems: Global Power, Technology-Institutional Co-evolution, and Societal Impact"

Call for Papers-"Governing the AGI Transformation through Technology Ecosystems: Global Power, Technology-Institutional Co-evolution, and Societal Impact"

Journal: Technology in Society

Publisher: Elsevier

Submission Deadline: 1 Nov 2026

Key Requirements:

• Focus on AI/AGI governance through technology–institution ecosystems.

• Strong emphasis on global power, institutional co-evolution, and societal impact.

• Contributions should go beyond technical AI performance and examine ecosystem-level governance, labor, talent, and geopolitics.

Overview

This special issue argues that AI and AGI are increasingly embedded in interconnected technological ecosystems rather than existing as standalone tools. It highlights how institutional capacity, university–industry linkages, labor markets, and cross-organization coordination shape where AI capabilities concentrate and how they are governed. The issue is especially interested in work that reframes AI governance as an ecosystem problem involving power concentration, openness versus enclosure, and long-term societal consequences.

Key Research Themes

• AI ecosystems and systemic dependencies.

• Institutional capacity, agglomeration, and AI superpowers.

• Governance architectures and responsible design.

• Geopolitics and global AI governance.

• Talent, labor, and innovation systems.

• Openness, risk, and AI as a global commons.

Submission Details

• The special issue opens for submission on 1 Aug 2026.

• Full papers are due by 1 Nov 2026.

• Submit via the journal’s Editorial Manager system.

• Select “VSI: AGI Transformation” as the article type.

Guest Editors

• Marijn Janssen

• Hans Jochen Scholl

• Corey Kewei Xu

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