INFRASTRUCTURE Workshop — 2nd Edition
INFRASTRUCTURE is a workshop on the often-neglected infrastructures behind cloud computing and AI systems. It focuses on their environmental impacts and on the socio-technical challenges they create.
Theme:
Deconstructing Infrastructural Expansion: Circulation across Sea, Land, and Sky
The 2nd INFRASTRUCTURE Workshop brings together researchers from Science and Technology Studies (STS), Political Economy, Social and Human Geography, Computer Science, and related fields to critically examine the material, environmental, political, and socio-technical foundations of today’s computing systems.
📅 Date: 28–29 January 2027
📍 Location: Critical Infrastructure Lab, University of Amsterdam
We welcome short position papers (3 pages max, 1500 words) that engage with infrastructural expansion and circulation.
Important Dates
Paper-related
- 15 September 2026 – Short position paper submission deadline
- 1 November 2026 – Notification of acceptance
Participation-related
- 28–29 January 2027 – Workshop (Amsterdam)