Bits and Biomes—Understanding the Materiality of Digital Technologies in Green Capitalist Projects
Submission DeadLine: 31 May 2025
Ecological Economics invites contributions for a special issue on Bits and Biomes—Understanding the Materiality of Digital Technologies in Green Capitalist Projects; guest edited by Miriam Boyer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Sarah Hackfort (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Carlos A. López-Morales (El Colegio de México).
Guest editors:
Miriam Boyer
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
miriam.boyer@hu-berlin.de
Sarah Hackfort
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
sarah.hackfort@hu-berlin.de
Carlos A. Lopez-Morales
El Colegio de México
calopez@colmex.mx
Special issue information:
We welcome original research articles and commentaries from various fields, including ecological economics, industrial ecology, human geography, political economy, political ecology, or the history of science and technology. Contributions may include but are not limited to the following:
1. Empirical and historical studies on material aspects of digital technologies in enabling ‘green’ economic activities in areas such as agriculture, forestry, market-based conservation, primary resource extraction, finance, etc.;
2. Analyses of the connection between digital technologies and environmental outcomes, including, environmental monitoring, access to information, the strategies of environmental social movements, and the implications of these factors for participation and ecological justice, among others;
3. Conceptual or methodological innovations for understanding the material aspects of (digital) technologies within social science disciplines in general and ecological economics in particular;
4. Studies addressing how material aspects of (digital) technologies structure the wider political economy (e.g. inequalities, ecologically unequal exchange, work/labor conditions, power and resource grabs, property rights, access to resources and information, corporate power).
Manuscript submission information:
The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2025. Submissions must be made through the journal’s online submission platform, Editorial Manager: https://www.editorialmanager.com/ecolec/default1.aspx.
Contributions to the special issue may be Analysis, Survey, or Commentary as described in the Guide for Authors (https://www.elsevier.com/journals/ecological-economics/0921-8009/guide-for-authors). When submitting your contribution, select “VSI: ‘Bits and Biomes’ as the article type.
Keywords:
Digital technologies, green capitalism, material aspects of technology, Ecologically unequal exchange
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