Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance

Call for Papers

AI and The Corporation

Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance publishes content focused on the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) from law, rules, and regulation through to ethical behaviour, accountability and responsible practice. It also looks at the impact on society of such governance along with how AI can be used responsibly to benefit the legal, corporate and other sectors.

Following the emergence of generative AI and broader general purpose AI models, there is a pressing need to clarify the role of governance, to consider the mechanisms for oversight and regulation of AI, and to discuss the interrelationships and shifting tensions between the legal and regulatory landscape, ethical implications and evolving technologies. Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance uses themed issues to bring together voices from law, business, applied ethics, computer science and many other disciplines to explore the social, ethical and legal impact of AI, data science, and robotics and the governance frameworks they require. 

Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance is part of the Cambridge Forum journal series, which progresses cross-disciplinary conversations on issues of global importance.

The journal invites submissions for the upcoming Themed Issue: AI and The Corporation, Guest Edited by Patrick J. O’Malley (University of Navarra) & Peter Underwood (University of Auckland).

The deadline for abstract submissions is 1 April 2025. The deadline for full paper submissions is 31st July 2025. Abstracts should be emailed to pomalley@unav.es or peter.underwood@auckland.ac.nz

Purpose and content of the themed issue

This themed issue is called AI and The Corporation and seeks to engage with a broad range of challenges and opportunities which arise from the use of AI in the corporate landscape, in its broadest sense. Corporations play a fundamental and ever-growing role in society, and the governance of those corporations in a developing world presents unique challenges, especially in light of the rise of AI and other new technologies. The themed issue seeks to provide an insight into both ongoing debates, together with the new debates that are inevitably arising due to the novelties of AI development. Focus on AI regulation will be increased following EU, US and Chinese plans, inter alia, to manage and regulate AI use. Numerous other jurisdictions are preparing new AI regulation that may impact its use as a corporate governance tool. This themed edition will reflect new norms and developments, as well as argue for and advocate key policy positions concerning AI and corporate governance, at what will surely be a complex time for global markets.

Potential contributions to the issue could address, but are not limited to, topics such as:

• The Role of AI in Corporate Law
• AI in Compliance and Regulation
• AI and the Future of Management
• Managing risks and enforcing misuse of AI from a corporate governance perspective
• AI and Innovation
• AI and corporate ethical issues’ interaction with the law and regulation (especially regarding human & civil rights)

Collectively these themes will provide a contribution to the current and potential relationships between AI and the Corporation, and corresponding externalities they create. Given that Corporations sit at the centre of nearly all capitalist economies, there is a natural interdisciplinary interest in their study.

Scholars with relevant expertise in AI or Corporate law, from any disciplinary perspective, are invited to submit an article for consideration in the Themed Issue.

Submissions are welcome from researchers at any career stage. All submitted papers will undergo a double-anonymous peer-review. In addition to the originality and significance of the argument, and the rigour of the underlying research, articles will be assessed on their clarity and accessibility to a diverse audience and, importantly, on their fit with the Themed Issue’s stated scope and purpose.

All final submissions must be in English and include the following:

• Cover page - full name(s), affiliation, contact information and title of the submission
• Paper - 6,000 to 10,000 words
• Short CV (500 words)

Submission guidelines 

Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance seeks to engage multiple subject disciplines and promote dialogue between policymakers and practitioners as well as academics. The journal therefore encourages authors to use an accessible writing style.

Authors have the option to submit a range of article types to the journal. Please see the journal’s author instructions for more information.

Articles will be peer reviewed for both content and style. Articles will appear digitally and open access in the journal.

All submissions should be made through the journal’s online peer review system. Author should consult the journal’s author instructions prior to submission.

All authors will be required to declare any funding and/or competing interests upon submission. See the journal’s Publishing Ethics guidelines for more information.

Contacts

Questions regarding submission and peer review can be sent to the journal’s inbox at cfl@cambridge-org.demo.remotlog.com.