About the Journal

IRIE is the official journal of the International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE). It envisions an international and intercultural discourse concerning the ethical impacts of information technology on human practices and thinking, social interaction, science, research and society.

The journal provides a general forum for ethical scholarship in the field of Information Ethics, publishing the best available scientific works bi-annually in an open access online format. Subscribers as well as the submission of manuscripts are welcome. Subscription is free of charge.

For over a decade, the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) has led the field in exploring new frontiers of ethics and technology. Having covered topics ranging from robotics to religion, IRIE has ventured some of the most thought-provoking conversations of the digital age.

The editors are proud to announce that after 15 years of publication under the leadership of IRIE Founders, Editor-in-Chief, Professor Rafael Capurro, alongside Dr. Felix Weil, whose operative management of IRIE has been key to its success, and Professor Thomas Hausmanninger, IRIE was re-launched in 2020 at the University of Alberta. The Kule Institue for Advanced Study under Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell facilitated the redevelopment of the journal. The journal has undergone a new design and has adopt a renewed commitment to its editorial advisory board.