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<p class="MsoNormal">From Carlisle George, Middlesex University <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">I would also like to take this opportunity to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of the
<i>Journal of Smart Cities and Society</i> on the theme “Legal & Ethical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence”, which I am guest editing. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 April 2026, and there are no article processing charges for this journal. Further
information about the Special Issue and the submission guidelines can be found here:
<a href="https://shorturl.at/BX0GB">https://shorturl.at/BX0GB</a>. Please feel free to circulate this Call for Papers to any colleagues who may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Kind Regards, <br>
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