News and Research articles on Sociotechnical imaginaries

Volume 15, Issue 3

How Brussels reproduces Silicon Valley technosolutionism: Sociotechnical imaginaries in the EU’s regulatory approach to AI (2019‒2025)

Alvaro Oleart, Université libre de Bruxelles
Alejandro Flores Moleón, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Aug 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.3.2111

The article shows how EU regulatory approaches to AI align with Silicon Valley technosolutionist imaginaries.

KEYWORDS: Sociotechnical imaginaries, European Union, AI Act, Big tech, Artificial intelligence
Volume 6, Issue 1

Coding and encoding rights in internet infrastructure

Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam
Niels ten Oever, Article 19 & University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 17 Jan 2017 DOI: 10.14763/2017.1.442

Do ICANN’s policies and operations have an impact on human rights? Civil society engagement in the organisation seeks to inscribe human rights in internet infrastructure.

KEYWORDS: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Civil society, Human rights, Sociotechnical imaginaries, Bottom-up design