Browse Recent Transactions on Technology and Society Contents

By on July 2nd, 2026 in Blog Posts, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact, Transactions

The past three issues of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (which just achieved an impressive Clarivate Web of Science Journal Impact Factor of 5.9), are full of tremendous content. Listed here for browsing are the tables of contents, and direct IEEE Xplore links, for the three most recent issues of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society:

 

 

 

Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2026

Special Issue on Architecting Human-Centric Digital Realities: Informing The IEEE Response

Editorial

From Realism to Relevance: Rethinking Simulator Fidelity in the Era of Generative AI by J. R. Schoenherr

Special Issue Papers 

Battery Smarts: Assessing Public Knowledge and Habits of Charging Lithium-Ion Cells by E. Isbell and W. LePage

Trimodal Thinking for Architecting Human-Centric AI Systems: Fast, Slow, and Control by A. Q. Gill

Technological Impact Assessment: A Framework for Designing a TIA Project Method by R. Clarke

Multimedia-Based Digital Reality Technologies: Ad Hoc Committee That Informed IEEE’s Response by S. Mozar

Achieving Information Equilibrium: An Integrated Economic-Sociotechnical-Institutional Framework for Governing Artificial Intelligence Asymmetries by S. Nandagopal

Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2026

Editorials

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY Achieves Major Indexing Milestone by K. Michael, G. Roussos, and J.R. Schoenherr

Building on a Legacy of Interdisciplinary Excellence: A New Chapter for IEEE TTS by G. Roussos and J. R. Schoenherr

Poisoning the Well: The Prospective Impacts of Generative AI on Collective Memory by J.R. Schoenherr

Guest Editorial

GenAI: Our Tool Or Our Future Master? by D. Petkovic

Papers

Using Large Language Models in Cluster Analysis in the Social Sciences by J. Miller and R. Nicholls

Cross-Layered Sentiment Analysis for Identifying Learner Intent in AI Chatbots  by M.H. Ali, M. Afrin, R. Mahmud, and A. Krishna

A Trope-Based Computational Approach to Participatory Propaganda Analysis by T.S. Niven, C.-T. Li, and Y.-R. Lin

A Survey of Accessible Explainable Artificial Intelligence Research by C.H. Nwokoye, M. J.P. Peixoto, A. Pandey, L. Pardy, M. Sukhai, and P.R. Lewis

Is Trust Correlated With Explainability in AI? A Meta-Analysis by Z. Atf and and P.R. Lewis

Trust and Privacy in Commercial and Recreational Drone Navigation by M.A. Khan and H. Menouar

Volume 6, Issue 4, December 2026

Editorials

Betting on Dual-Use Technology: How AI and Marketing Rewires Modern Gambling by Xuanyan Zhu, Si Min Liu, Shashank Vaid, Daniel Gozman, and Katina Michael

In Memoriam – Lindsay James Robinson (1954-2025)

Special Issue on Imagining Tomorrow’s Infrastructure

Special Issue Editorial

Imagining Tomorrow’s Infrastructure by Lindsay J. Robertson, Clinton J. Andrews, and Lucy Resnyansky

Special Issue Papers

Technological Resilience Deconstructed by Lindsay J. Robertson

A Structural Analysis of the User Behavior Dynamics for Environmentally Sustainable ICT by Stefan Roth and Aydin Sezgin

Transitioning to a 100% Renewable Power Grid: Key Challenges and Opportunities by Ashish Shrestha, Prajal Pradhan, Mohammed A. M. Yassin, Binod Sharma, and Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt

6G Cellular Networks: Mapping the Landscape for the IMT-2030 Framework by Ekram Hossain and Angelo Vera-Rivera

Digital Twins and Cyber–Physical Systems Toward the Digitalization of Power and Energy Systems by Le Nam Hai Pham, Ashish Shrestha, Charu Sharma, Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt

Shock Treatment: Can Generative Artificial Intelligence Defibrillate the Dead Aesthetics of Electricity Infrastructure? by Jan Przybyszewski and Jiajing Li; Paul Cuffe

Special Issue on Extraction by Design—AI, Value, and the Future of Work

Special Issue Editorial

Extraction by Design—AI, Value, and the Future of Work by Mallory James, Daniel S. Schiff, Heather A. Love, Iven Mareels, Ketra Schmitt, and Greg Adamson

Special Issue Papers

The Future of Work in the Age of Automation: Proceedings of a Workshop on Norbert Wiener’s 21st Century Legacy by Heather A. Love, Greg Adamson, Mallory James, Jason Lajoie, Iven Mareels, Zach Pearl, Daniel S. Schiff, Ketra Schmitt, Thirumala Arohi, John Buchanan, Stéphanie Camaréna, Marten Kaevats, Jeremy Reynolds, Pedro H. Albuquerque, John C. Havens, Davis Chacón-Hurtado, Sucheta Lahiri, Ayse Ocal, Alexi Orchard, Michael Rigby, Rebecca Sherlock, Victor Sundararaj, and Qin Zhu

Four Compelling Reasons to Urgently Integrate AI Development With Humanities, Social and Economics Sciences by Iadine Chades, Melanie McGrath, Erin Bohensky, Lucy Carter, Rebecca Coates, Ben Harwood, Md Zahidul Islam, Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi, Cheng Soon Ong, Andrew Reeson, Samantha Stone-Jovicich, Cécile Paris, Mitchell Scovell, Kirsty Wissing, and David M. Douglas

AI Ethics and Governance in the Job Market: Trends, Skills, and Sectoral Demand by Lucas Wiese, Sonali Subbu Rathinam, Matthias Oschinski, Bryan DeWitt, and Daniel S. Schiff

“AI Is Not Gonna Take Our Jobs”: Perspectives From Skilled Trade Labor Union Apprentices by Chelsea McCullough, Jessica P. Needle, Haley Triem, Kenneth R. Fleischmann, and Sherri R. Greenberg

The Future of Digital Feminism: Surviving Surveillance, Misinformation, and Machine Learning Misogyny by Brianna I. Wiens and Amaya Kodituwakku

Index

2025 Index IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society Vol. 6