[Commlist] Extended Call for Chapters: Communicating SDGs in the Age of AI

*Call for Chapters:*

*Communicating Sustainable Development Goals in the Age of Artificial 
Intelligence*

*(Extended Deadline)*

The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has generated a lot of 
debate on its impact on society, the economy, and the environment. These 
debates range from the impact of AI in promoting inequality, as espoused 
by the two recent Nobel Prize winners in Economics, Daron Acemoglu and 
Simon Johnson, in their recent work, /Power and Progress/ (2023)[1] 
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to the more in-depth analysis on the role of artificial intelligence in 
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by Vinuesa et al. (2020).[2] 
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found that AI can serve as an enabler on 134 targets (79%) across all 
SDGs, while 59 targets (35%) may likely experience a negative impact on 
the SDGs due to the consequences of the development of AI.

These facts emerged at a time when the UN Secretary-General, Antonio 
Guterres, admitted that the SDGs are off-track, with only 15% of the 
global goals being on course to be achieved by 2030. Yet, the SDGs are 
the most ambitious development agenda agreed upon by 193 countries at a 
time when global consensus on issues affecting humanity remains as 
arduous as it has ever been in history.

While the debate on the role of AI in achieving the SDGs continues, with 
experts from different fields making scholarly and professional 
contributions to this phenomenon that would have a reverberating impact 
on society and the economy, the question to be asked is, what is the 
role of communication in achieving the SDGs in the age of artificial 
intelligence? This is the gap that this edited book seeks to fill.

AI is an important enabler that can help to achieve the SDGs. Some 
additional questions to consider include: What role can AI play in 
communicating how to alleviate poverty, eradicate hunger, ensure quality 
education, or address the pressing challenge of climate change? How can 
AI mitigate the effects of misinformation, which could hinder the 
realization of the SDGs by undermining peace, partnerships, and other 
sustainability initiatives? How can AI support the reduction of digital 
inequality, promote decent work, and serve as an effective platform for 
stakeholder engagement?

This call for chapters is an opportunity for media and communication 
scholars/professionals, journalists, and development experts to 
contribute to the literature on how communication would play a role in 
achieving the SDGs in the age of artificial intelligence. The book, 
expected to be published by Palgrave Macmillan, seeks contributions in 
the following areas, but not limited to these:

  * Artificial Intelligence as a tool of communication for development
  * Communicating SDGs through Artificial Intelligence
  * Data journalism, Artificial Intelligence, and Sustainable
    Development Goals
  * Misinformation, Sustainable Development Goals, and Artificial
    Intelligence
  * Role of Artificial Intelligence in mobilizing stakeholders to
    achieve the SDGs
  * Communicating climate action through Artificial Intelligence
  * SDGs, big data, and Artificial Intelligence
  * Peace Communication and Artificial Intelligence
  * Energy journalism, SDGs, and Artificial Intelligence
  * Communication, education, and Artificial Intelligence
  * Communication, digital inequality, and Artificial Intelligence
  * Health communication in the age of Artificial Intelligence
  * Artificial Intelligence, SDGs and Social Media
  * Advocacy, SDGs and Artificial Intelligence

Contributors should submit a 250-300 word abstract to the editor, 
Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u via email: (mjyushau /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(mjyushau /at/ gmail.com)> by 1^st April 2025.

Abstracts should comprise the following information:

  * Name of contributors, affiliation, and contact details
  * 200-word biography of contributors
  * Corresponding authors should be specified

Contributors whose abstracts meet the high-quality criteria will be 
notified by 15^th   April 2025. Full chapters would be expected by 27^th 
   June 2025.


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[1] 
<file:///var/mobile/tmp/com.apple.email.maild/EMContentRepresentation/com.apple.mobilemail/FD96A86B-DBCF-4B79-8CCF-AAEFA54D030B/10C27601-551D-409D-9383-13EB1039B265.html#_ftnref1> Acemoglu, 
D., & Johnson, S. (2023). /Power and progress: Our thousand-year 
struggle over technology and prosperity/. Hachette UK.

[2] 
<file:///var/mobile/tmp/com.apple.email.maild/EMContentRepresentation/com.apple.mobilemail/FD96A86B-DBCF-4B79-8CCF-AAEFA54D030B/10C27601-551D-409D-9383-13EB1039B265.html#_ftnref2> Vinuesa, 
R., Azizpour, H., Leite, I., Balaam, M., Dignum, V., Domisch, S., ... & 
Fuso Nerini, F. (2020). The role of artificial intelligence in achieving 
the Sustainable Development Goals. /Nature communications/, /11/(1), 1-10.


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