Submit Your Abstract to INDL-9 (ILO, Geneva, 9-11 Sept. 2026)!

In collaboration with the ILO (International Labour Organization), ACM SIGCAS (the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computers and Society), and Yale University, DiPLab is proud to share the call for papers of the 9th annual conference of the International Network on Digital Labor. INDL-9 will take place from September 9 to 11, 2026 and, for the first time, will be hosted at the headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva. The deadline for abstract submissions is April 30, 2026 (via the Sciencesconf platform).

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We aim for this call to reach every scholar, practitioner, and organizer working on digital labor and AI. INDL conferences have consistently provided a space where rigorous research intersects with real-world practice, and where interdisciplinary dialogue is not only encouraged but expected. With this ninth edition, we aim to raise the bar even higher.Hosting our conference at the ILO — the United Nations agency at the heart of global labor governance — lends this edition a singular importance.

This is a moment of convergence for our field and a unique opportunity to deepen our collective commitment by connecting scholarship with workers’ advocacy and global policy debates.

“AI Supply Chains: Building an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda for AI and Labor”

Theme of this edition

This edition seeks contributions that explore:
•  Transparency and traceability in AI models
•  Working conditions and occupational safety and health of human-in-the-loop workers
•  Best practices in ethical AI and corporate social responsibility
•  Social dialogue in AI-mediated work
•  Organizational, legal, and financial perspectives on investment in ethical AI
•  Regulatory compliance, including developments such as the EU AI Act
•  Proposals for genuinely human-centric AI supply chains
•  Ecological sustainability of AI infrastructure

We also warmly welcome submissions on themes that have defined and strengthened our community over the years, including (but not limited to): algorithmic management and workers’ resistance, platform cooperativism and alternative business models, legal and institutional responses to platform labor, and the gendered dimensions of digital labor.Please consider submitting your work and, above all, help us spread the word.

See you in Geneva!

Read the Full Call for Papers

This edition of the INDL conference is organized through a collaborative partnership between DiPLab (Digital Platform Labor), the ILO (International Labour Organization), ACM SIGCAS (the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computers and Society), and Yale University.