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.

All issues of the journal are guest edited and curated around a theme.

Proposals for themed issues should use the template included at the bottom of this page and include a title, a 300-word description of the proposed topic, a list of potential article topics or titles, and a list of confirmed or potential authors.

Proposals should take into account the journal’s aim to publish groundbreaking or agenda setting collections on key topics relevant to the scope of the journal, to engage multiple subject disciplines, and to promote dialogue between policymakers, practitioners, professionals and academics. They should also take into account the aim to include regional perspectives and to seek to engage a broad global readership. 

Proposals will be evaluated based on their quality, their fit with the journal’s remit, their original contribution to academic and policy discussions, the diversity of perspectives reflected in the proposed issue, the timeliness of the topic and the feasibility of the issue being completed within the specified timeframe. We encourage submissions developed by or including scholarship from groups under-represented in academia and welcome the inclusion of early-career researchers.

All articles submitted for a selected themed issue will be subject to the standard peer-review process operated by the journal. We expect Guest Editors to ensure that articles are of suitably high quality before submission to the journal and reserve the right to reject, before or after peer review, any that are not.

Guest Editors will be asked to draft a call for papers in the style used by the journal if their proposal is accepted. It is anticipated that themed issues will include papers initially invited by the Guest Editor(s) along with papers originally submitted in response to an open call.

Questions and proposals can be sent to the Editors-in-Chief of Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance, at cfl@cambridge.org.

Themed issue proposal template

Guest Editor(s): Names, affiliated institutions, email addresses.

Guest Editor(s)' bios: No more than 100 words (each).

Issue title

Issue description: 300 words. Summarize the topic of the proposed issue, explaining its scope and the basic questions, problems, texts, people, events, ideas, and/or arguments that it will explore. 

Keywords: Provide 3-5 keywords describing the issue.

Is the issue linked in any way to an existing symposium, working group, project, etc.? Please provide details.

Anticipated number of articles and likely article types: List of confirmed authors (full name and affiliation), article titles, article types with short description for each one where available; if none confirmed, please list authors you propose to approach with topics and article types.

(Note: We will post an open call for papers for each themed issue to complement commissioning activity in order to foster openness, transparency and diversity within the journal.)

Publication timeline (author submission deadline): Please provide an expected submission deadline for authors (this will inform the closing date for the open call).

We expect that the issue will publish in its entirety 6-7 months after the author submission deadline (following peer review, manuscript revision and production).

Additional notes: Please include any additional context (e.g., intended audiences, key differentiators, notes for marketing, previous conversations about your proposed issue with members of the Editorial Team).

Note on peer review model: Journals in the Cambridge Forum series follow a double-anonymous peer review model. Guest Editors are expected to consult with the Editors-in-Chief when selecting reviewers. Following peer review of each paper, Guest Editors make a recommendation to the Editors-in-Chief, who have responsibility for all final decisions. Guest Editors may desk reject unsuitable contributions