Presentation of the Journal

The University of Luxembourg Institute for Digital Ethics (IDEP) focuses on exploring and addressing the ethical, social and societal implications of digitalisation and related technologies. It provides research-based evidence to national and international stakeholders, including white papers for government (commissioned or self-initiated) and requested studies from other stakeholders. The ULIDE Papers series is designed to make the final versions of these studies available to a wider audience.

Management Board

Editorial office

Contacts

ULIDE Papers - Johannes Pause

Université du Luxembourg - FHSE
11, Porte des Sciences
L-4366 ESCH

E-Mail:

Frequency of Publication

ULIDE Papers publishes contributions one time a year on average.

Editorial Board

Under preparation.

Scientific Comittee

Under preparation.

Referees

Under preparation.

Open Access Policy

IDEP disseminates its contents in open access to ensure the widest possible spread of knowledge and the exchange of knowledge at a global level.

Authors retain their rights over their work. They grant the journal IDEP the right to publish on a non-exclusive basis. Anyone reading the journal will be able to download, reuse, print and distribute the contributions published in IDEP, provided that the author and the title of the journal are correctly cited, and that the use does not conflict with the licensing terms.

Fees

IDEP adopts a policy of complete gratuity for contributors during the entire editorial process (submission, evaluation and online publication of articles).

There will be no processing charges, submission or publication fees.

Licensing Terms

Contributions to the series are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Information about this license can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Images and other resources used inside a contribution are subject to the same license unless licensed otherwise or coming from another source.

Review Process

The research question, methods and scope of each IDEP publication are negotiated and contractually defined in advance with the external stakeholders and the ULIDE Steering Committee. The production of the studies is supported and iteratively reviewed by the respective stakeholders as well as by qualified members of the IDEP Scientific Advisory Board. The final version is reviewed before publication by the editorial board and approved by both the stakeholders and the series editors.

Submission Process

This series presents the results of external research projects commissioned to ULIDE. Any White Paper or Expert Report co-authored by ULIDE will be made available in the ULIDE Papers, unless otherwise contractually agreed.

Stylesheet and Conventions

The ULIDE papers uses Melusina's default template and stylesheet, available here.

Code of Ethics

IDEP is an annual peer-reviewed scientific journal that adheres to the Code of Publication Ethics developed by the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE) : https://publicationethics.org

Authors and contributors to the series are expected to familiarise themselves with the COPE principles, and to respect them throughout the entire publication process.

Archiving

Publications and publication assets are archived in different formats and in different places, most suitable to those formats. An XML version, which assures software-independent, human-readable long-term-preservations, is archived and versioned in a data repository of the University of Luxembourg. A PDF version is archived in the document repository of the University of Luxembourg and at the National Library of Luxembourg.

Data Management and Protection Policies

The management of the journal complies with data protection standards, notably with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) concerning “data owners’ rights”.

Names, email addresses and other personal information provided to the journal will only be used for the stated purposes and will not be made available for any other use. Only information that is essential for the evaluation and publication of contributions, for informing readers of the authorship of contributions, and more generally for scientific communication purposes, will be collected.

Authors are responsible for the data they provide on the persons mentioned in their contributions.