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2-year Postdoc position on Digitalization in the Global South at Tilburg University
by Saif Shahin 04 Apr '24

04 Apr '24

Junior Researcher (postdoctoral) Position for Project on Digitalization in the Global South at Tilburg University APPLY AT https://shorturl.at/fnyQ0 <https://shorturl.at/fnyQ0?fbclid=IwAR0YvozTQ9fjGW2wwL_v04OWKJJl_ItiYnSQ_DS_…> Position in brief School : Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences Department : Culture Studies Location : Tilburg Monthly gross salary (0,8 FTE) € 2976,- till € 3348,- Duration of employment contract : 24 months Weekly hours : 32 (0.8 fte) The Department of Culture Studies at Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University is seeking to appoint a junior researcher (postdoctoral) for a new project on Digitalization in the Global South. The successful candidate will conduct outstanding research on the growing use of digital technologies in Asia, Africa, and/or Latin America and help manage a proposed research lab that will serve as a hub for the project. The appointment is for two years (0.8 fte/32 hours a week). Find out more information about the department on TSHD- DCU <https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/tshd/departments/dcu>. The position is open to candidates with a research profile in data science, digital humanities, science and technology studies, media and communication studies, culture studies, information science, internet governance, or a related area. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out innovative research on the social, political, and economic impact of digitalization in one or more regions of the Global South, with a focus on digital policymaking. They will also be expected to participate in the management of a research lab, including online content development and the organization of activities such as roundtable discussions and colloquia, under the supervision of dr. Saif Shahin and dr. Mingyi Hou. *Your Responsibilities* The main duties of the position are as follows: - Produce cutting-edge scholarship as part of a new research lab on digitalization in the Global South; - Produce original content for the lab’s website, such as research briefs, policy summaries, and/or data-driven reports; - Curate documents and procure and archive data from public sources for the website; - Help organize periodic roundtable meetings with scholars on campus; - Help organize an international symposium; - Publicize the work of the lab on social media; and - Help secure research funding to expand the work of the lab. *Selection Criteria* The successful candidate will meet the following expectations: *Essential* - Have, or be close to completing, a doctoral degree in data science, digital humanities, science and technology studies, media and communication studies, culture studies, information science, internet governance, or a related area; - A publication record commensurate with the candidate’s career stage; - An outstanding program of empirical research related to digitalization in the Global South; - Evidence of the potential to obtain significant peer-reviewed research funding; - Demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues; - Proficiency in academic-level written and spoken English; - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate with non-academic audiences; and - Awareness of legal and ethical principles related to digital research. *Desirable* - A track record of successful grant applications; - Experience in writing for non-academic audiences; - Experience in organizing research conferences or symposia; - Experience in data management and/or web administration; and - Proficiency in a major language from the Global South. *Terms of employment* The successful candidate will be given a two-year position. The position will be graded in the Dutch university job ranking system (UFO) as Researcher 4. Depending on the candidate's experience, the salary for this position based on 0.8 FTE is between € 2976 and € 3348 gross per month based on a salary scale 10 step 3 minimum and 10 step 6 maximum of the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities. The preferred starting date is 1 September 2024. Tilburg University is rated among the top of Dutch employers and has excellent terms of employment, such as a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% (annually), an options model and reimbursement of moving expenses. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may qualify for a tax-free allowance equal to 30% of their taxable salary. The university will apply for such an allowance on their behalf. The Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences will provide assistance in finding suitable accommodation. The Collective Labor Agreement of Dutch Universities applies. *Information and application* The deadline for application is 15 May 2024. If you have any questions about the position or the project, please contact the project leaders, dr. Saif Shahin (s.s.shahin(a)tilburguniversity.edu) and dr. Mingyi Hou ( m.hou(a)tilburguniversity.edu) For more information about the department, you may reach out to head of the Department of Culture Studies, dr. Tom Van Hout (tom.vanhout(a)tilburguniversity.edu) The only way to apply is online. To apply, please submit the following information: - A cover letter explaining how you meet the selection criteria for the position, drawing on examples from your educational and/or professional experiences; - Curriculum vitae; and - Names and contact details of three references. Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences Research and education at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences (TSHD) has a unique focus on humans in the context of the globalizing digital society, on the development of artificial intelligence and interactive technologies, on their impact on communication, culture and society, and on moral and existential challenges that arise. The School of Humanities and Digital Sciences consists of four departments: Communication and Cognition, Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, Culture Studies and Philosophy; several research institutes and a faculty office. Also the University College Tilburg is part of the School. Each year around 275 students commence a Bachelor or (Pre) Master Program. The School has approximately 2000 students and 250 employees. Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences <https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/humanities/> Recruitment code Tilburg University applies the recruitmentcode <https://kmt.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/download/?id=21374> of the Dutch Association for Personnel Management & Organization Development (NVP). Disclaimer The text of this vacancy advertisement is copyright-protected property of Tilburg University. Use, distribution and further disclosure of the advertisement without express permission from Tilburg University is not allowed, and this applies explicitly to use by recruitment and selection agencies which do not act directly on the instructions of Tilburg University. Responses resulting from recruitment by non-contractors of Tilburg Universities will not be handled. ____ Saif Shahin, Ph.D. Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences Tilburg University, Netherlands Associate Editor Journal of Information Technology & Politics Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pzy87iEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> | ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saif-Shahin> Recent publications Black Lives Matter Goes Global <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14614448211057106> (*New Media & Society*, 2024) Platform Affordances and Spiral of Silence <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160791X23002361> (*Technology in Society*, 2024) Reciprocity and Asymmetry in Digital Diplomacy <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/poi3.355> (*Policy & Internet*, 2023)

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Workshop CFP "Intersections of Youth, Gender, and Religion under Digital Media in the MENA Region"
by Ülker Sözen 04 Apr '24

04 Apr '24

Apologies for cross or double posting. *Call for Papers* *Intersections of Youth, Gender, and Religion under Digital Media in the MENA Region* *Workshop* *26-27 September 2024, Leipzig University, Germany* *German* *Research Foundation Project **“**Contested Pieties and Secularities: Family** a**nd Youth Politics in (post-Kemalist) 'New Turkey'* *”* This workshop aims to offer a platform to case studies and theoretical undertakings concentrating on the intersections of youth, gender, and religion under digital media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Some possible themes and topics for contributions to be analyzed within the framework of youth and/ or gender, religion, and digital media in the MENA region are: - Expressions and performances of religious identities - Governance strategies and policies targeting the youth, gender, and sexuality - New age religions and spiritualities - Social media influencer economies - Trans-regional and global flows and networks enabled by the digital condition - Youth cultures - Feminist and LGBTQ politics and collective movements - Anti-gender politics and ideologies - Negotiation of the religious-secular divide - Anti-religious and secularist politics and post-secularity on digital media Travel and accommodation costs of the selected participants will be covered or subsidized. However, due to limited budget, participants are encouraged to use their institutional funding if available. One of the aims of the workshop is producing a special journal issue or a joint publication. After the workshop, submission of the final papers for publication will be expected within a reasonable amount of time. *Please send your abstracts of up to 500 words accompanied by a short bio** and information regarding whether you will need financial support for travel* *and accommodation **to* *uelker.soezen(a)uni-leipzig.de* <uelker.soezen(a)uni-leipzig.de>* by May 3, 2024. * *Convener:* Dr. Ülker Sözen, Institute for the Study of Religion, Leipzig University & Associate Member, Multiple Secularities Research Team *Deadline for abstracts: **03 May **2024* *Announcement of the selected papers: **17 **May 2024* *****

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Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2024
by ijwa dline.info 04 Apr '24

04 Apr '24

Sixth International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2024) Tien Giang University My Tho (near Ho-chi-Minh) Vietnam October 17-19, 2024 www.socio.org.uk/rtis Springer Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) The International Conference on Real-time Intelligent Systems (RTIS) has traveled from Beijing, China (2016), to Ho-Chi-Min, Vietnam. The sixth edition will take place at Tien Giang University. Over the last few years, real-time intelligent computing has radically transformed the human lifestyle. Research on real-time intelligent systems is multi-disciplinary, exploiting concepts from diverse areas such as big data processing, computational intelligence, location-based services, recommendation systems, and multimedia processing. In today’s highly dynamic environment, analysing data in real-time is necessary to understand how systems process data, reason the outputs, and anticipate trends in intelligent computing. To this end, this conference will serve as a platform to manifest the ongoing research in the field. Thus, RTIS welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically sound papers that address aspects related to topics, such as: Artificial Intelligence and Data mining Streaming data, streaming engines Trace-based intelligent real-time services Adaptive vision algorithms Location-based services Intelligent Robotic Systems Collaborative Intelligence Data capture in real-time Data quality and cleansing Intelligent Data Analysis Intelligent Database Systems Knowledge representation and reasoning Intelligent information fusion Large Language Models, cognitive methods, sequential inference, data mining, pattern/behavioral analysis, Big Data systems and applications for high-velocity data Intelligent Information Systems Privacy and security in Intelligence Software Engineering Solutions Intelligent Soft Computing Real-time multiprocessor systems Internet of Things Architectures for Intelligence Real-time distributed coding Smart services and platforms Real-time modelling user information needs Wireless Communication Real-time intelligent communication Real-time intelligent network solutions Mobile Smart Systems Broadband Intelligence Cloud Computing and Intelligence Collaborative Intelligence Analysis in domains such as energy, sensors Decision support systems in real-time Multi-agent Intelligent Systems Multilingual information access Recommendation systems Real-time intelligent alert systems Real-time remote access systems Intelligent Transportation Systems Autonomous systems (incl. autonomous vehicles and drones) Distributed systems Cloud/edge computing/fusion Defence/security, robotics, aerospace, intelligent transportation Mining/Manufacturing Environmental monitoring Critical Real-time Applications Real-time noise removal systems Event-driven analytics Intelligent Fuzzy Systems Machine translation in real-time OLAP for real-time decision support Crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence Submission, proceedings Papers must be submitted online through OpenConf. Author instructions and LaTex2e (preferred) and Word macro files are available on the submission page. Submitted papers should be at most 14 pages (long papers) and 8 pages (short ones), including figures, tables and references (in the Springer template). Authors of accepted papers are required to transfer their copyrights. For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors MUST register for the conference by the camera-ready submission deadline with a full registration. Springer’s Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) (https://www.springer.com/series/15179) will publish the accepted papers and be indexed in SCOPUS, EI Compendex, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, and SCImago. All the papers published in the series are submitted for consideration in the Web of Science. Important Dates Submission of papers: September 01, 2024 Notification: September 30, 2024 Camera-ready: October 01, 2024 Registration: October 01, 2024 Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2024 Honorary Chair Vo Ngoc Ha, Tien Giang University, Vietnam General Chairs Le Minh Tung, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Martín LÓPEZ-NORES, University of Vigo, Spain Program Chairs Nguyen Hoang Vu, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs, India & UK Dion Goh Hoe Lian, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Co-Program Chairs Duong Van Hieu, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Ricardo Rodriguez-Jorge, Technological Centre Ceit, Spain Pavel Losket, Zhejiang University-University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Institute, China Organizing Chair Cao Nguyen Thi, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Publicity Chair Beniysa Mohsin, LTI laboratory, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco Paper submission at https://socio.org.uk/rtis/paper-submission/ Contact stm(a)socio.org.uk

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CfP G&G/HICSS 2025
by Nathaniel Poor 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Call for Papers: Game Scholars and Hawaii in January! Games & Gaming at HICSS 58th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) January 7-10, 2025, at the Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island For the ninth straight year, the Games & Gaming minitrack at HICSS is seeking papers that examine the social aspects of digital gaming. We feature work related to digital games and sociality that covers a variety of methods: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods papers are welcome, ranging from interviews to big data analyses, detailed observations of games and associated social or streaming networks, as well as theoretical papers looking at digital gaming practices in general. Types of games studied may include mobile, social, free to play, AAA, MMOs, PC, console, multiplayer, and indie games. As part of the Digital and Social Media track, papers must contain a social dimension, examining, for example, sociability, social practices, communities (in-game, out-game, across multiple spaces or time), use of social affordances, or some other social dimension. Student authors are welcome! See here for HICSS author instructions and guidelines: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ <http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/>. Also, see below for links to previously accepted papers to get an idea of what we are looking for, and a list of other game-related mini-tracks that will be at HICSS 58. DATES April 15: Submission site opens (see http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ <http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/>) June 15, 11:59 pm HST: Papers due August 17: Decision notification September 22: Camera ready version due October 1: Deadline for at least one author to register for HICSS January 7-10, 2025: Conference! G&G TOPICS Community management Cooperative and competitive play Fans and fan communities Game curation via sites like Steam Game design for sociality Intercultural play Multigenerational play Multiplayer games Network analysis of game-related groups and communities Player communities Social affordances of games Social issues in game development Social practices (in-game, out-game, both) Streaming gameplay (e.g., Twitch, YouTube Live, etc.) Toxicity online …or email us! LINKS HICSS: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ <http://hicss.hawaii.edu/> Author Instructions: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ <http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/> Digital and Social Media track: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-57/digital-and-social-media/ <https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-57/digital-and-social-media/> Papers from 2024: https://hdl.handle.net/10125/107457 <https://hdl.handle.net/10125/107457> Papers from 2023: https://hdl.handle.net/10125/102510 <https://hdl.handle.net/10125/102510> Papers from 2022: https://hdl.handle.net/10125/79200 <https://hdl.handle.net/10125/79200> Papers from 2021: https://hdl.handle.net/10125/72169 <https://hdl.handle.net/10125/72169> CO-CHAIRS Nathaniel Poor (Primary Contact Co-Chair) Underwood Institute natpoor(a)gmail.com <mailto:natpoor@gmail.com> Steph Orme Key Lime Interactive orme.stephanie(a)gmail.com <mailto:orme.stephanie@gmail.com> Andy Phelps American University & University of Canterbury andymphelps(a)gmail.com <mailto:andymphelps@gmail.com> OTHER GAME-RELATED MINI-TRACKS AT HICSS 58 (and track) Beyond Video Games: Alternative Game Technology Applications and Game Experiences (in Software Technology) Esports (in Internet and the Digital Economy) Dark And Bright Sides Of The Metaverse (in Internet and the Digital Economy) Digitalization of Work (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems) Game-based Learning (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems) Games for Impact (in Software Technology) Gamification (in Decision Analytics and Service Science) Metaverse, Mixed Reality, And Remote Interactions (in Decision Analytics and Service Science) Social Media Influencers and Influencing (in Digital and Social Media) Streaming Media Services (in Digital and Social Media) ------------------------------- Nathaniel Poor, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Underwood Institute http://www.underwood-institute.org/ <http://www.underwood-institute.org/> http://github.com/natpoor <http://github.com/natpoor> http://natpoor.blogspot.com/ <http://natpoor.blogspot.com/> http://sites.google.com/site/natpoor/ <http://sites.google.com/site/natpoor/> ------------------------------- Nathaniel Poor, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Underwood Institute http://www.underwood-institute.org/ http://github.com/natpoor http://natpoor.blogspot.com/ http://sites.google.com/site/natpoor/

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WEBCAST APR 3 – IPNSIG Academy Keynote: Chasing Peaceful Innovation – Exploring intersections between technical Internet and Lunar governance – Jacob Malthouse
by Joly MacFie 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Just starting. You may remember Jacob Malthouse as the guy who started the #savedotorg campaign. On this topic, by coincidence the US DoD today released their Commercial Space Integration Strategy <https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3728370/dod-releases-…> . Real Time Text https://bit.ly/4amWZBS Read on blog <https://isoc.live/17561/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=dbbc3709f33ae51230352e1…> On *Wednesday April 3, 2024*, at *5pm-6pm EDT* (21:00-22:00 UTC), the *Interplanetary Networking Special Interest Group <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=467fa3defc0f5da93b05d39…>* (IPNSIG) presents an IPNSIG Academy Keynote '*Chasing Peaceful Innovation - Exploring intersections between technical Internet and Lunar governance <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=467fa3defc0f5da93b05d39…>*'. The *Open Lunar Foundation <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4dd74c444d1f311faa5f864…>* generates and invests in solutions that enable peaceful Lunar exploration. *Jacob Malthouse <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8bd5e99b4d70099226e08c6…>* will share Open Lunar’s planned projects for 2024 and potential alignments with IPNSIG’s vision for the expansion of the Internet into space. He is particularly interested in the evolutionary arc of Solar System Internet governance approaches presented in the latest IPNSIG AWG publication “*Solar System Internet Architecture and Governance <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=62d977d0258f1c95ee78452…>* ". *SPEAKER* *Jacob Malthouse* – Executive Director, Open Lunar Foundation *HOST / MODERATOR* *Scott Burleigh* – Vice President, IPNSIG *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/ipnsigacademy18 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=6ad828971406f0d612a45a4…>* *ADD TO CALENDAR https://calndr.link/event/FAC5e3p6eF <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f9627cb5e20c32dff532018…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3TKb318 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e027c4ff7676409fab75036…>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (See *ISOC.LIVE <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=dbbc3709f33ae51230352e1…>* ) *TWITTER #IPNSIGacademy <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a26169d3cdddb74484eaff2…> #LunarGov @IPNSIG @jacobmalthouse @openlunar @LauraChappell #space * *MASTODON #IPNSIGacademy <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=44c6f6123af208e3a7e17e5…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=1755d1a3320c61b2785d49a…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=27033efdbf3c91a6df1c303…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/* <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=103e37d52c232388119d229…> (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ipnisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=9adee5dacc9bd455ef7fd7b…> *(AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy18 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=109d0f6572e5fb8df74cd43…>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Workshop CFP "Intersections of Youth, Gender, and Religion under Digital Media in the MENA Region"
by Ülker Sözen 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

*Call for Papers* *Intersections of Youth, Gender, and Religion under Digital Media in the MENA Region* *Workshop* *26-27 September 2024, Leipzig University, Germany* *German* *Research Foundation Project **“**Contested Pieties and Secularities: Family** a**nd Youth Politics in (post-Kemalist) 'New Turkey'* *”* Digital media and online communication technologies have a deep impact in shaping the expressions, experiences, and governance techniques concerning the religious lives and affiliations of individuals across the globe. This transformation takes place under a myriad of features introduced by digital media such as the fast-paced, multi-directional, and global character of information flows, the monetization of content production, the algorithmic architecture of digital platforms, and dataification of social life. In this environment, digital media has proven to serve as a particularly significant medium for religious actors to connect with believers and spread their beliefs among new populations. Simultaneously, digital media opens up spaces hybridizing and diversifying religious discourses, identities, and authorities, along with enabling platforms of connectivity and circulation to challenge those. Youth and gender are particular areas of interest within digital religion studies considering a variety of circumstances. Younger generations use online technologies more intensely to interpret and interact with the social world while, correspondingly, social media platforms become the prominent ground for the production and popularization of youth cultures. In this respect, digital media is a consequential site to observe the contemporary strategies of religious authorities for reaching out to the youth along with how the youth engages with religious discourses and form religious identities. With respect to gender, on the one hand, digital media facilitates discourses, practices, and opportunities that can challenge hegemonic and traditional gender roles that are tied to religious traditions, as well as bringing in alternative religious identities that can incorporate gendered forms of rights and visibility politics. Yet, on the other hand, digital media also provides a pivotal environment for the circulation of anti-gender ideology, which draws from religious fundamentalisms along with other forms of far-right politics. The literature on digital media and digital religion has hitherto focused predominantly on Global North and Western historical experiences, while frequently overlooking the particularities and experiences of non-Western contexts. In this light, this workshop aims to offer a platform to case studies and theoretical undertakings concentrating on the intersections of youth, gender, and religion under digital media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Digital media played a central role in the popular social movements in the recent history of the region - namely the Arab Spring and the Gezi Protests a decade ago and most recently the protests in Iran. The prominence of the youth, women, and LGBTQ in these movements and the multiple ways in which religion and religiosities are addressed therein, render the MENA region an important site to study the intersections of youth, gender, and religion under digital media. Some possible themes and topics for contributions to be analyzed within the framework of youth and/ or gender, religion, and digital media in the MENA region are: - Expressions and performances of religious identities - Governance strategies and policies targeting the youth, gender, and sexuality - New age religions and spiritualities - Social media influencer economies - Trans-regional and global flows and networks enabled by the digital condition - Youth cultures - Feminist and LGBTQ politics and collective movements - Anti-gender politics and ideologies - Negotiation of the religious-secular divide - Anti-religious and secularist politics and post-secularity on digital media Travel and accommodation costs of the selected participants will be covered or subsidized. However, due to limited budget, participants are encouraged to use their institutional funding if available. One of the aims of the workshop is producing a special journal issue or a joint publication. After the workshop, submission of the final papers for publication will be expected within a reasonable amount of time. *Please send your abstracts of up to 500 words accompanied by a short bio** and information regarding whether you will need financial support for travel* *and accommodation **to* *uelker.soezen(a)uni-leipzig.de* <uelker.soezen(a)uni-leipzig.de>* by May 3, 2024. * *Convener:* Dr. Ülker Sözen, Institute for the Study of Religion, Leipzig University & Associate Member, Multiple Secularities Research Team *Deadline for abstracts: **03 May **2024* *Announcement of the selected papers: **17 **May 2024* *****

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WEBCAST APR 3 – Navigating Our Revolutionary Age: A Conversation with Fareed Zakaria and Eric Schmidt
by Joly MacFie 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Not an ISOC webcast, and not strictly Internet-related, but interesting, nonetheless. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/4cF5OZj Read on blog <https://isoc.live/17586/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c1751a7ffc735a937c6e67b…> On *Wednesday April 3 2024* at 13:00-14:00 EDT (17:00-18:00 UTC) the* Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia SIPA <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5944864d9b47d39cda2d0ef…>* presents '*Navigating Our Revolutionary Age: A Conversation with Fareed Zakaria and Eric Schmidt <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a42b61bb66b84ff2d99b850…>*'. In *Fareed Zakaria*'s new book, '*Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d302baee3d7254d03e381c6…>*', he traces five centuries of world history to understand what makes a period revolutionary and how societies respond to such earth-shattering changes. In one of the first book talks since the release, Fareed Zakaria will discuss, with former Google CEO *Eric Schmidt*, how to navigate today's unstable and rapidly changing world. *VIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/BBcSfwRCwVM <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5fe2e38e7688253c7907179…>* *REGISTER https://bit.ly/3xj2HpU <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3f03755b0c3476a289f1fa2…>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/4cF5OZj <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4a5093ff5696b7b18acb5e0…>* *TWITTER Age Of Revolutions <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=9337d6ee2fd5209d2ba7344…> @ColumbiaIGP @ericschmidt @FareedZakaria @YarhiMilo* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1mnxepEwRgQJX <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4e695685d0f93583e607e68…>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Georgetown postdoc
by Leticia Bode 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Dear all, (Apologies for cross-posting.) The Massive Data Institute (MDI) and the McCourt School of Public Policy seek a postdoctoral fellow with research interests at the *intersection of social media, generative AI, computational methods, and politics*. The Postdoc Fellow is expected to engage only in research. The postdoc will be part of a project led by Professor Lisa Singh (Computer Science & McCourt School of Public Policy), Tiago Ventura (McCourt School of Public Policy), and Leticia Bode (Communication, Culture, and Technology) titled Generative AI, Humanness, and Misinformation in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. The project will focus on assessing 1) the veracity and 2) the humanness of election-related content shared on various social media platforms. For a complete description of the listing and information on how to apply - please see: https://apply.interfolio.com/143997 Feel free to contact us for more information. The deadline for the first review of applications is May 1, 2024 All the best, Leticia, Tiago, and Lisa

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CfWorkshops ACM GROUP 2025, South Carolina, USA, January 12-15, 2025
by Aal, Konstantin, Dr. 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Workshop - Call for Participation Got an idea? Reach out! Afsaneh and Timo will be happy to help (workshops2025(a)group.acm.org<mailto:workshops2025@group.acm.org>). In a nutshell: * Length: Half-day or full-day * Format: Traditional or innovative or even experimental * Participants: Min. 5 * Topics: Anything GROUP-related * Presence: In person, remote, or hybrid. Workshops provide an informal and focused environment for information exchange and discussion. GROUP 2025 offers half or full day workshops on any GROUP-related topic. GROUP is broadening its view of what a workshop can entail, encouraging innovative and reimagined workshop formats that don't fall into traditional categories. Examples could include an extended lecture/discussion or series of talks, structured exercises or activities, a semi-structured or informal work/discussion session, or a tutorial or short course—and other ideas are possible as well. Workshops can build on themes from GROUP papers or paper sessions, workshops at previous GROUP conferences, or workshops or events at other venues. The Workshop Co-Chairs strongly encourage anyone interested in organizing a workshop to send ideas or draft materials in advance of preparing a formal submission. It is our expectation that GROUP workshops will be held on site and in person, but it is possible that some or all of those interested in a topic may not be able to physically attend due to travel restrictions. Please indicate in your submission whether your workshop requires in-person participation, or whether there is a possibility for remote and/or asynchronous participation for your workshop for participants who cannot attend due to official travel restrictions. Workshop proposals should include a link to a draft web site and/or central social media entity and an archival writeup. The writeup should include a title, abstract (max. 150 words), description of the workshop theme, aim, goals, activities, names and backgrounds of the organizers, and targeted workshop outcomes. Workshops submission information: Submissions should include an archival writeup no longer than 4 pages, including all figures and references, that includes a link to the workshop web or social media presence. The writeup will be archived and should include immutable elements of the workshop, while the online presence should include the fluid and changing elements of the workshop. The writeup should be in the single-column ACM Master Article Submission Template. Authors can use their preferred platform to prepare their document, though LaTeX/Overleaf tends to generate the fewest errors. Authors are encouraged to use the following links to find their preferred template file: * Microsoft Word (docx)<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submissio…> * LaTeX zip file<https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/consolidated-tex-t…> (Use sample-manuscript.tex for submissions) * Overleaf <https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-journals-new-master-template/v…> (or search for ACM Conference Proceedings "Master" Template) The writeup should include all organizer names and affiliations - these are not anonymous submissions. Authors of accepted workshops will have their extended abstract published as part of the conference companion which will be available in the ACM Digital Library. Workshops for GROUP 2025 will be submitted using the Precision Conference System 2.0 found at new.precisionconference.com/group<https://new.precisionconference.com/group>. To submit, make a new submission to "GROUP" > "Group 2025" > "Group 2025 Workshops". Authors submitting papers for peer-review to ACM publications must comply with the SIGCHI Submission and Review Policy. Contributions will be selected through single-blind peer review. Our review process will be based on quality, originality, and an ability to appeal to a broad collection of GROUP attendees. Important Dates: * Workshop proposal deadline: 15 July 2024 * Notification of acceptance: 5 August 2024 * Camera-ready and rights review form deadline: 7 October 2024 * Proof review deadline: 10 October 2024 * Suggested Workshop submissions deadline: 15 November 2024 (To be set by the workshop organizers) * Workshops in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA: 8 January 2025 * Conference in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA: 8-11 January 2025 For queries about workshop proposal, please contact the Workshop Co-Chairs Afsaneh Razi and Timo Jakobi at workshops2025(a)group.acm.org<mailto:workshops2025@group.acm.org>. Queries about specific workshops (e.g., submission requirements, workshop format, remote participation, deadlines, extensions) should be directed to the workshop organizers. -- Dr. Konstantin Aal PostDoc and Team Leader “Community and Activism” pronouns: he/him/his I support flexible work arrangements and do not expect you to reply outside your agreed working hours. 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Digital Inclusion: International Policy and Research is OUT and Open Access
by Carmi, Elinor 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Dear All. We hope you had a fun Easter. We are thrilled to announce the publication of the open access book - Digital Inclusion: International Policy and Research - Edited by Professor Simeon Yates and Dr. Elinor Carmi. Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Digital Inequalities<https://www.springer.com/series/16770> (PSDI). This collection presents policy and research that addresses digital inequalities, access, and skills, from multiple international perspectives. With a special focus on the impact of the COVID-19, the collection is based on the 2021 Digital Inclusion, Policy and Research Conference, with chapters from both academia and civic organizations. The link to the whole open access book is here -> https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9 Below you can find the links to each chapter: 1. Introduction - Simeon Yates and Elinor Carmi. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_1 2. Dirt Tracks off the Superhighway: How COVID Widened the Digital Gap for Remote First Nations communities in Australia - Daniel Featherstone. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_2 3. Policy Interventions to Address Digital Inequalities in Latin America in the Face of the Pandemic - Bernadette Califano and Martín Becerra. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_3 4. Connecting Scotland: Delivering Digital Inclusion at Scale - Rory Brown, Aaron Slater, and Irene Warner-Mackintosh. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_4 5. Digital Inclusion and Learning at Home: Challenges for Low-Income Australian Families - Kim Osman, Amber Marshall, and Michael Dezuanni. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_5 6. How to Make Affordability-Focused Digital Inclusion Interventions More Effective: Lessons from the Connected Students Program - Jenny Kennedy, Indigo Holcombe-James, Kate Mannell, and Estelle Boyle. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_6 7. Digital Inclusion Through Distribution of iPads During the Covid19 Pandemic? A Participatory Action Research in a German Secondary School - Çiğdem Bozdağ. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_7 8. Infocomics vs Infodemics: How Comics Utilise Health, Data and Media Literacies - Anna Feigenbaum, Julian McDougall, and Ozlem Demirkol Tonnesen. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_8 9. Creating Creativity for Future-Proofing Digital Engagement, an Evidence Based Approach - Josie Barnard. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_9 10. Through Media and Digital Literacy Education Towards Civic Participation of Disadvantaged Youth - Lucie Römer. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_10 11. Evaluating ‘Meaningful Connectivity’: Digital Literacy and Women in West Bengal, India - Rituparna Banerjee, Josef Trappel, and Leo Van Audenhove. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_11 12. Developing and Delivering Data Literacy - Simeon Yates and Elinor Carmi. Download link-> https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28930-9_12 Take care and all the best. Simeon and Elinor. Dr. Elinor Carmi (she/her) Senior Lecturer in Data Politics and Social Justice, Department of Sociology and Criminology, School of Policy and Global Affairs, City University, London, UK. Website: https://elinorcarmi.com/.

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