Members of this list might be interested in this new special issue on 'Datafication and the Welfare State' edited by Lina Dencik and Anne Kaun and published open access in Global Perspectives: https://online.ucpress.edu/gp/pages/dws The collection of articles in the special issue illustrate the breadth and depth in which the process of datafication of the welfare state has taken shape. Although they congregate around case studies from Western societies, they situate these within a global context and engage with questions that are applicable to developments happening around the world. The articles unite around an understanding of datafication as a political development that has significant implications for how we think about the welfare state. These stretch across the shifting nature of public service media, the allocation of benefits, the assessment of the unemployed, the construction of population registers and the varying regulatory frameworks in different countries. Through these different case studies and analyses we are provided with a rich and in-depth exploration of the most recent expressions of how democratic values and state-citizen relations are changing with and through datafication. Best, Lina -- Dr Lina Dencik Reader / Co-Director Data Justice Lab PI Data Justice: Understanding datafication in relation to social justice (DATAJUSTICE) ERC Starting Grant 2018-2023 School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS Email: DencikL@cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:DencikL@cardiff.ac.uk>, Tel: +44 (0)29 208 75461 Twitter: @LinaDencik Fellow, Center for Media, Data and Society, Central European University