Overview
This book is the first scholarly work dedicated to examining the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and communicating the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Moving beyond techno-optimist narratives, the book advances a critical theoretical intervention: the AI Sustainability Exclusion Theory. This framework identifies interconnected biases that systematically exclude populations from AI's developmental benefits, contradicting the 2030 Agenda's pledge to ""leave no one behind."" It is essential reading for communications and development scholars, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to ensure that the AI economy advances human flourishing rather than exacerbating global inequality. This is probably the first book which attempts to integrate three previously less connected domains: communications, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and artificial intelligence (AI). The contributions edited by Dr. Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u advance our understanding that AI can be utilized as a communication for development tool to achieve the SDGs. ---Jan Servaes (PhD, former UNESCO Chair in Communication for Sustainable Social Change A sharp and timely collection that shows why AI must be at the centre of global sustainability debates. It is essential reading for anyone committed to fair and inclusive development.---Massimo Ragnedda (Associate Professor at the University of Sharjah and Honorary Professor at Lomonosov University).
Full Product Details
Author: Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9783032167996
ISBN 10: 303216799
Pages: 523
Publication Date: 25 April 2026
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Author Information
Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u is a researcher, development and communications expert, and former journalist with the BBC World Service. He is the author and editor of The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development, SDG18: Communication for All, and Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria. He was an Edward S. Mason Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School where he obtained a Master in Public Administration and graduate certificate in public policy and management. He holds a PhD in Journalism Studies and MA in Political Communication from the University of Sheffield; an MBA from IE Business School; and a BA in Mass Communications from Bayero University, Kano. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Africa Policy Journal at Harvard Kennedy School.
