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The New Infrastructure of Power: AI, Data & Global Inequality
Artificial intelligence and data systems are becoming the infrastructure through which economic, political, and epistemic power is exercised. This conference asks who builds, owns, and governs that infrastructure — and what it means for global justice.
How to participate: Submit an extended abstract. Accepted contributions will be featured in a special issue of the ASAP Journal.
Presenting: Selected authors will be invited to present — either in person at Yale on November 6, or as a recorded video during the online days.
"Who builds, owns, and governs the infrastructure of power — and what does it mean for global justice?"The question at the heart of this conference
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How AI and data are reshaping power, justice, and inequality worldwide.
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Who benefits and who is left behind — including voices from the communities most affected.
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Ethical, legal, and political questions raised by automated decision-making.
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Rethinking fairness, rights, and democracy — practical paths to more just, accountable technology.
Submission Deadline
October 5, 2026
Submit To
tan.gurpinar@qu.edu
Publication
Special issue, ASAP Journal
Format
In person (Yale) or recorded video
Featured Speakers
Voices shaping the conversation
Luciano Floridi
Founding Director, Digital Ethics Center, Yale University
Luciano Floridi is Professor in the Practice of Cognitive Science and founding director of Yale's Digital Ethics Center. Widely regarded as one of the leading philosophers of our time, he founded the philosophy of information as a field and is a foremost authority on digital and AI ethics. He previously held the OII Professorship in Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, has authored over 300 publications including The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2023), and was awarded Italy's Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit in 2022.
Jennifer Strong
Journalist & Audio Producer, AI & Technology
Jennifer Strong is an award-nominated journalist and audio producer who has spent her career examining technology's impact on society. She has held senior editorial roles at The Wall Street Journal and MIT Technology Review, where she served as editorial director for audio and live journalism. She created and hosted In Machines We Trust and The Future of Everything, and now hosts SHIFT with Jennifer Strong, exploring AI, trust, and the future of work.
Aleksandra Przegalińska
Professor & Vice-Rector for Innovation and AI, Kozminski University
Aleksandra Przegalińska is Professor and Vice-Rector for Innovation and AI at Kozminski University and a Fellow at Harvard Law School's Center for Labor and a Just Economy. Her research explores artificial intelligence and human-AI collaboration, and how emerging technologies are reshaping organizations, work, and decision-making. She serves on Poland's Council of the Future advising the Prime Minister, co-founded the EUonAIR European University Alliance, and has authored several books on AI and digital society.
Michelle Miller
Director of Innovation, Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School
Michelle Miller is Director of Innovation for the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, where she researches the impact of artificial intelligence on working women. She joined the Center after a decade as co-founder and co-director of Coworker, supporting worker-led organizing at companies including Starbucks, Google, and REI. Her work highlights the imaginative capacity, joy, and humanity that working-class people bring to their jobs and communities.
Muhammad Ashfaq
Academic Director, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Muhammad Ashfaq is Academic Director at IU International University of Applied Sciences in Germany, researching AI, FinTech, sustainability, Islamic finance, and digital asset management. His talk, "AI-Enabled Financial Inclusion: Promise versus Reality in Emerging Markets," examines how AI-driven financial technologies are reshaping access to finance across developing economies.
More speakers to be announced — check back soon.
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Help shape the conversation on power, technology, and justice.
Submit your extended abstract by October 5, 2026 — accepted work will be featured in a special issue of the ASAP Journal.
