Digital Sovereignty: Special issue in the Information Systems Journal (ISJ)

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I’m delighted to announce a Special Issue of the Information Systems Journal (ISJ) on Digital Sovereignty

We invite empirically grounded and theoretically ambitious research that examines digital sovereignty as a socio-technical accomplishment – including its tensions, trade-offs, and unintended consequences.

While fields such as policy, philosophy of information, internet governance, and law have engaged with digital sovereignty, information systems research remains limited. This is a missed opportunity: the socio-technical tradition in IS is uniquely positioned to advance understanding of digital sovereignty in context.

We welcome qualitative, quantitative, and conceptual information systems research on topics including, but not limited to:

  • Foundations and mechanisms of digital sovereignty
  • Architecture, governance, and emerging technologies
  • Public sector digital sovereignty, governance, and regulation
  • Rights, justice, and Indigenous or minority data sovereignty
  • Strategy

:date: Submission deadline (hard deadline): 31 March 2027

Call for Papers

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Thank you for posting this in the DHIS2 Community of Practice @Petter ! The CoP members are a great source for this issue because of their experience in using open-source and Digital Public Goods (DPGs) like DHIS2 to be used across sectors.

DHIS2 is a great example for Digital Sovereignty in practice because the implementers own and have full control over their DHIS2 instances. No matter how you are using DHIS2 then you have an aspect to share about Digital Sovereignty, so you’re all strongly encouraged to share your thoughts and experiences.

Thanks!