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LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Social Science job!
by Zoe Glatt 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

Hello AoIRistas! Come work with me at LSE100! A new position for a Fellow in Interdisciplinary Social Science has just opened, with a focus on AI. Tight turnaround with a start date of 5th January 2026, so PhD needs to be in hand before then. I've been in the role for a couple of months now and can say with confidence that it's a great gig for someone who's passionate about teaching – lovely colleagues, super bright students, intellectually rigorous material, good pay (for the UK), 3 year position, an amazing opportunity to develop a very sophisticated understanding of interdisciplinary pedagogy, time to work on your own research alongside teaching, the list goes on! Feel free to reach out to me if you’re interested and want to hear more, I’m happy to share my job materials as well. Here's the job listing with more details: https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/1333/0/459602/15539/lse-fellow-in-interd… And here is more about LSE100: https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/lse100 I was very sad not to see people in Rio, looked like an amazing conference! I hope you’re all doing well. All the bet, Zoë ________________________ Dr Zoë Glatt www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com/> LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Social Science Co-Founder: The Content Creator Scholars Network<https://www.ccsn.site/> Co-Founder: The Digital Ethnography Collective<https://zoeglatt.com/?page_id=545> LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/zo%C3%AB-glatt-2b333861/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/ZoeGlatt> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/Zedstergal>

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The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Last Call for Industry/Short Papers/Posters/ERA/RENE/Tool Demo/JF/RR Tracks
by Announce 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

*** Last Call for Industry/Short Papers/Posters/ERA/RENE/Tool Demo/JF/RR Tracks *** The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026) 17-20 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> SANER 2026 attracted for the research track 213 full paper submissions, the third highest in the 33 years of running. Although the submission deadline for the research track is now over, there are plenty of other tracks for which the submission deadline is still open, for just a few more days! SANER 2026 welcomes high-quality submissions of papers describing original and unpublished research results. We encourage submissions describing various types of research, including empirical, theoretical, and tool-oriented studies. TOPICS OF INTEREST The topics of the submissions should be of direct interest to the software analysis, evolution, and reengineering community (including researchers, practitioners, educators). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • AI for Software Engineering and Software Engineering for AI (see note below); • Generative AI and LLM Applied to Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering of Software; • Software Analysis, Parsing, and Fact Extraction; • Software Maintenance and Evolution, Evolution Analysis; • Software Reverse Engineering and Reengineering; • Program Comprehension; • Software Architecture Recovery and Reverse Architecting; • Program Transformation and Refactoring; • Mining Software Repositories and Software Analytics; • Software Visualization; • Software Reconstruction and Migration; • Program Repair; • Software Release Engineering, Continuous Integration and Delivery; • Software Security, Safety, Reliability and Quality Analysis; • Software Tools for Software Evolution and Maintenance; • Human Factors and Legal Aspects in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering; • Empirical Studies in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering; • Education and Training in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process and will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. Submissions must be original, not published, accepted, or under review elsewhere. All submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines. • Industrial Papers: Submissions should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only) for full papers; talk proposals should not exceed 2 pages. • Short Papers and Posters: Submissions should not exceed 6 pages (including all text, figures, references, and appendices); posters should not exceed 2 pages. • Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track: Submissions should not exceed 6 pages (with the last 1 page reserved for references only). • Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track: Submissions should not exceed 5 pages for appendices to conference submissions or previous work and should not exceed 12 pages for new reproducibility studies and new descriptions of negative results (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only). • Tool Demo Track: Submissions should not exceed 5 pages. • Journal-First Papers Track: Submissions should not exceed 1 page (for the main submission). • Registered Report Track: Submissions should not exceed 7 pages (with the last 1 page reserved for references only). Important Note: Short Papers and Posters, ERA, and RENE Tracks follow a double- anonymous review process. Please refer to the conference website for details specific to each different track. Submission Link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> PAPERS INVOLVING AI AND ML Papers involving AI or ML must either (a) concern a software system as a whole, or a subsystem, and not simply its AI or ML component, (b) consider software engineering artifacts, (c) target a novel context for a software engineering task, or (d) study human, social, socio-technical, and organizational aspects in the development of AI- or ML- intensive software systems (see also "Scoping Software Engineering for AI: The TSE Perspective", 10.1109/TSE.2024.3470368). Papers involving AI or ML must explicitly explain how they address a software engineering problem. Papers not meeting these criteria may be more suitable for AI- or ML-focused venues instead. Papers that do not clearly explain how they address a software engineering problem or don't meet the above criteria will be desk-rejected. IMPORTANT DATES (All deadlines are 23:59h "Anywhere on Earth" time) Industrial Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Short Papers and Posters Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Tool Demo Track • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026 Journal-First Track • Paper Submission Deadline: 8 December, 2025 • Notifications: 22 December, 2025 Registered Report Track • Submission Deadline: 7 November, 2025 • First Notification (Reviews): 5 December, 2025 • Second Round Submission (Rebuttal & Revised Report): 12 December, 2025 • Final Notification (Stage 1): 22 December, 2025 • Accepted Report to arXiv Submission: 9 January, 2026 ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organizing Chair • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Eunjong Choi, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan • Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Industrial Chairs • Anne Etien, University of Lille, France • Tushar Sharma, Dalhousie University, Canada ERA Chairs • Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands • Christoph Treude, Singapore Management University, Singapore Short Papers and Posters Chairs • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Sandro Schulze, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany RENE Chairs • Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Sebastian Proksch, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Workshop/Tutorial Chairs • Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil • Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy Journal-First Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy • Yuxia Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Registered Report Chairs • Sherlock A. Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand • Sebastiano Panichella, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland Tool Demo Chairs • Maliheh Izadi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands • Roberto Verdecchia, University of Florence, Italy Diversity, Inclusion, and Newcomers Chairs • Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy • Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia Proceedings Chair • Raula Gaikovina Kula, Osaka University, Japan Most Influential Paper Award Chairs • Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece • Michele Lanza, Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Switzerland Sustainability Chair • Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity and Social Media Chair • Erina Makihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

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ACEPS | UJ | 6 November 2025 15:00-16:30 SAST | Prof Joaquim Giannotti | SDAAI Speaker Series
by Benton, Paige 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

Dear Colleagues, The African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (https://www.uj.ac.za/aceps) at the University of Johannesburg cordially invites you to our first speaker in our November line-up: Safeguarding Democracy in the Age of AI – Workshop Speaker Series. Speaker: Prof Joaquim Giannotti (Universidad Mayor and the director of Núcleo de Ciencias Sociales y Artes). Title: Generative Responsibility: Artificial and Human See: Abstract and Bio<https://www.uj.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/joaquim-giannotti-6-novembe…> When: 6 November 2025 15:00-16:30 SAST Where Microsoft Teams: Meeting link<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MzhiZGE0NGMtOGM1Yy00Nj…> Enquiries: Paige Benton pbenton(a)uj.ac.za<mailto:pbenton@uj.ac.za> ________________ Dr Paige Benton Post-doctoral Research Fellow African Centre for Epistemology & Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) University of Johannesburg UJ on Empire Level 5, room 15

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CFP: Game Studies and the Creative Industries - Deadline Extended
by Camila Freitas 29 Oct '25

29 Oct '25

Dear colleagues, The Brazilian Creative Industries Journal has *extended the submission deadline* for the thematic dossier *Game Studies and the Creative Industries <https://periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.php/braziliancreativeindustries/an…>*, now open until *20 December 2025.* We welcome original contributions that explore the intersections between Game Studies and the Creative Industries from theoretical, methodological, or empirical perspectives. Submissions are accepted in Portuguese, Spanish, or English, and all papers will undergo a double-blind peer review process. All manuscripts must follow the journal’s submission guidelines <https://periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.php/braziliancreativeindustries/ab…> . 👾 *New deadline: 20 December 2025* 👾 *Publication date: 2 March 2026* Guest editors: Dr. Samyr Paz (FEEVALE) | Dr. Camila Freitas (UFPB) | Dr. Beatriz Blanco (SENAC–SP) Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vanessa Valiati (FEEVALE) Best wishes, Camila. -- Camila Freitas Part-time professor in Digital Media (UFPB) Postdoc fellow in Media, Games and Communication (UFPB) Ph.D. in Communications (UFRGS) Lattes <http://lattes.cnpq.br/5340154241538256> | Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/fscamila/> | Lens <https://lensmedialab.info/> | Imaginalis <https://www.ufrgs.br/imaginalis/> | Bratsu <https://medium.com/@bratsu.scholar>

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Register now to attend SPIRITED ’25 – November 13, 2025
by Sarah Cooney 29 Oct '25

29 Oct '25

Dear colleagues, The First Annual Conference on Spirituality, Religion, and Interactive Technology Design (SPIRITED ’25) will take place virtually on Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. The conference will bring together researchers, designers, and practitioners to exchange ideas and connect at the intersection of religion, spirituality, and human-computer interaction. Participants of any and all religious or spiritual beliefs (including none) are welcome. Registration is free and required by Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Please register on our website<https://spiritedhci.org/first-annual-conference-on-spirituality-religion-an…>. We look forward to welcoming you at SPIRITED ’25. On behalf of the organizing committee, Sarah Cooney Sarah Cooney, Ph.D. Assistant Professor she/her Department of Computing Sciences Villanova University sarah.cooney(a)villanova.edu<mailto:thomas.way@villanova.edu>

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The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026): Second Call for Posters and Demos
by Announce 29 Oct '25

29 Oct '25

*** Second Call for Posters and Demos *** The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026) March 23-26, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus https://iui.hosting.acm.org/2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the leading annual venue for researchers and practitioners to explore advancements at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). IUI submissions should address HCI challenges using machine intelligence and consider both computational and human- centric aspects. As AI becomes more integrated into everyday technology, understanding its role in meeting human needs is vital for developing effective and responsible systems. This conference fosters collaboration among experts from diverse fields to tackle significant issues in AI and HCI through discussions, workshops, and networking sessions. UI 2026 attracted a record number of submissions for the main conference (561 full paper submissions after an initial submission of 697 abstracts). Posters Posters provide an opportunity for sharing valuable last-minute ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. We invite submissions relevant to all conference topics. All submissions should convey a scientific result or work in progress that is not yet ready to be published as a full-length research paper at a refereed conference. The page limit for poster papers is 4 pages (references do not count toward the page limit). Submitting a draft poster along with your submission is not required, but is recommended. Accepted poster papers will appear in the companion proceedings of the conference. Each accepted contribution is expected to be presented in person during the poster session. Demos The demonstration track complements the overall program of the conference. Demonstrations show implementations of novel, interesting, and important intelligent user interface concepts or systems. We invite submissions relevant to intelligent user interfaces and which address, but are not limited to, the topics of the conference. All submissions are intended to convey a scientific result or work in progress and should not be advertisements for commercial software packages. The page limit for demo papers is 4 pages (references do not count toward the page limit). Authors further need to submit a video (max. 5 mins) along with their demo paper to showcase their work. Accepted demo papers will be presented as interactive demonstrations at IUI and published in the companion proceedings of the conference. Each accepted contribution is expected to be presented in person during the demo sessions. Important Dates (AoE) • Submission: December 21, 2025 • Decision notification: January 26, 2026 • Camera-ready submission: February 6, 2026 Topics The topics for the Posters and Demos are the same as for the main track. Submission Instructions Papers must be up to 4 pages (references do not count towards the page limit). Demo and poster submissions do not need to be anonymized. Submissions should follow the ACM Master Article Templates in a single-column format. We adopt the ACM TAPS Workflow. Please prepare your submission for review in a single column format, using the latest templates: Word Submission Template, or the LaTeX template using \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for the LaTeX template. Authors are required to include a proper classification for the paper according to the ACM Classification System (CCS). Additional information on how to use it is available at: https://dl.acm.org/ccs<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> . A video (up to 5 mins) is required for demo submissions. The video should showcase the system that will be demonstrated during the conference. Please follow the SIGCHI Technical Requirements and Guidelines for Videos (https://sigchi.org/resources/guides-for-authors/videos/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…>). Please submit your demos and posters electronically to the Precision Conference Submission (PCS) Portal (https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…>) by the paper deadlines. In PCS, first click “Submissions” at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for Society, Conference, and Track, please select “SIGCHI”, “IUI 2026”, and “IUI 2026 Posters” or “IUI 2026 Demos”, respectively, and then press “Go”. Note: If the corresponding author (the individual who submits the paper, not necessarily the first author) is affiliated with a participating institution that has an open access agreement with ACM, the Article Processing Charges (APCs) will be waived for publishing the paper. Details are under “Publication and Open Access”. Accessibility Authors are asked to make their paper submissions accessible (so that reviewers with vision impairments can access them, for example). The authors of accepted papers will be required to make their final PDFs accessible. Please use the SIGCHI Guide to an Accessible Submission for detailed instructions. If you are submitting a video as supplemental material, please provide captions, as described in Technical Requirements and Guidelines for Videos. Please refer to the Accessibility page of the conference site for further details and guidelines. Usage of Generative AI All submissions must comply with the ACM policy on the usage of GenAI: the April 2023 ACM Policy on Authorship and Frequently Asked Questions. Text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, must be clearly marked where such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s own text. Authors should include a “GenAI Usage Disclosure” section, right before the references, to provide full disclosure of all use of GenAI tools in all stages of the research (including the code and data) and the writing. This section, together with the references, will not be counted toward the word limit. While we do not anticipate using tools on a large scale to detect LLM-generated text, we will investigate submissions brought to our attention and desk reject papers where LLM use is not clearly marked. Organisation General Chairs • Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa, Israel • Styliani Kleanthous, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organising Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Posters and Demos Chairs • Julia Sheidin, Braude College of Engineering, Israel • Marko Tkalcic, University of Primorska, Slovenia • Ming Yin, Purdue University, USA

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Call for Papers - GIG-ARTS 2026 | Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms | 14-15 May 2026, Dublin
by Tetyana Lokot 28 Oct '25

28 Oct '25

*10th GIG-ARTS Conference | 14-15th May 2026, DublinDigital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities and GovernanceCall for Papers Deadline: 19th January 2026* The European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS) gathers scholars and practitioners in an annual conference to debate the latest research on governing the global internet. Each conference highlights a main theme while also welcoming contributions on other aspects of global internet governance. Earlier GIG-ARTS meetings have addressed themes such as “Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue” (Paris, 2017), “Overcoming Inequalities in Internet Governance” (Cardiff, 2018), “Europe as a Global Player in Internet Governance” (Salerno, 2019), “Online Information Governance” (Vienna, 2021), “Global Internet Governance and International Human Rights” (Nicosia, 2022), and “The Governance of Cybersecurity: Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy” (Padua, 2023), “Thirty Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance: Assessments and Prospects” (The Hague 2024), “The Rise of Digital Sovereignty: Ambiguities and Challenges” (Salerno, 2025). *GIG-ARTS 2026* The Tenth GIG-ARTS Conference, to be held at the Dublin City University on 14th-15th May 2026, takes as its main theme *“Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities and Governance.”* >From artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructures to social media platforms and blockchain technologies, digital technologies are commonly presented as drivers of green strategies, economic growth and societal well-being. However, these systems also pose essential challenges to society and the environment. Indeed, the complex, resource-intensive supply chain of digital technologies has been underrepresented in dominant political narratives. Digital infrastructures demand high amounts of energy. The extraction of essential raw materials involved in the development of digital devices and the powering of data centres imposes further ecological burdens and creates geopolitical dependencies. Finally, the accelerated turnover of devices generates a concerning amount of e-waste on a global scale. These factors require us to consider whether the envisioned digital futures align with the pressing demands for ecological sustainability, democratic development, and the needs of future generations. Amid an unprecedented AI boom, regulatory and policy frameworks have thus far focused on privacy, ethics and broad human rights compliance. However, limited attention has been given to the environmental impact of AI systems. More recently, the Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade of the European Union introduced a chapter discussing aspects of digital sustainability. Still, the jury is out on the true effectiveness of these soft law instruments. More importantly, the European AI Act has been criticised by scholars and civil society: while it establishes reporting obligations on AI systems, it falls short of fully integrating sustainability concerns into the regulatory framework of AI and digital technologies more broadly. This suggests that the digital and green transition have been approached as siloed, rather than truly interconnected processes. The conference theme highlights the Janus-faced nature of digital innovation, equally generating opportunities and risks. On one hand, digital technologies have the potential to strengthen freedoms by enabling democratic participation, enhancing transparency, promoting and advancing sustainable development goals. On the other hand, pursuing digital progress without sufficient attention to its environmental and social implications risks compromising the very freedoms it aims to promote. Infrastructures created without sustainability considerations can exacerbate inequalities, exhaust natural resources, contribute to climate instability and enable a renewed wave of colonial and extractivist regimes of power. These tensions underscore issues of responsibility and governance. Who must ensure that the enhancement and operation of digital technologies follow key principles of sustainability? How should governments regulate tech corporations whose activities have high environmental costs? What commitments should organizations undertake concerning the supply chain of technologies? How might individuals, communities, and civil society play a role in shaping digital ecosystems that both respect planetary boundaries and uphold human rights? How to reconcile technological progress with the rights of current and future generations? Understanding digital rights requires a holistic approach that incorporates aspects of energy consumption, waste reduction, labour rights and the overall sustainability of our digital environments. Therefore, there is a need to balance the benefits and impact of technological development with ecological constraints and responsibilities. The Tenth GIG-ARTS Conference seeks to foster a multi-disciplinary discussion regarding the intersections of digital development, environmental concerns, and transnational governance. We encourage contributions that resonate with both theoretical and practical perspectives, gathering insights from fields including law, political science, communication, policy studies, economics, technology studies, environmental research, and beyond. Participants are invited to examine the inconsistencies and synergies that arise between technological innovation, human rights, and environmental responsibility, and to develop governance approaches that can integrate digital rights with sustainable futures. By gathering scholars and practitioners, the conference aims to enhance understanding of how digital futures can be created and governed in ways that conform with universal rights and values while addressing burning environmental challenges. It represents an appeal to revisit the equilibrium of rights and duties in our current digital society, and to devise governance approaches that can guarantee freedoms and wellbeing for future generations. Therefore, the Tenth GIG-ARTS Conference especially welcomes papers that address the themes and questions listed below: - Conceptualizing “digital sustainability” and “sustainable freedoms” in theory and practice - Rights in a digital age: freedom of expression, privacy, and environmental responsibilities - Measuring the ecological footprint of digital infrastructures (AI, data centers, cloud services, 5G/6G) - Critical raw materials, supply chains, and the environmental costs of digital transformation - The influence of digital innovation on international trade and investment dynamics - Corporate responsibility for sustainable innovation in the tech sector - Governance models for aligning digital policy with climate and environmental objectives - Global inequalities in the digital–ecological nexus: extraction, waste, and digital colonialism - Trade-offs between green innovation and the rebound effects of digital expansion - Security, resilience, and sustainability in digital infrastructures - The politics of “green” digital transitions: ambitions, contradictions, and global competition - Sustainable standard-setting: interoperability, eco-design, and lifecycle management of technologies - The circular economy of ICT: repair, recycling, and regulation of e-waste - Climate accountability of digital giants: transparency, reporting, and regulatory oversight - Community-driven and indigenous approaches to sustainable digital futures - Feminist digital justice and sustainability: (Black, cis, trans, queer, Indigenous and minority) feminist perspectives on the ecological and social dimensions of digital transformation - Synergies and tensions between climate law, digital law, and human rights law - Youth and intergenerational perspectives: digital futures for a livable planet - Fragmentation or cooperation in global sustainable digital governance As always, alongside the main theme, the GIG-ARTS conference also welcomes papers on other aspects of internet governance. We aim to publish a selection of contributions in a journal special issue and/or an edited volume. *Submission information* Authors are invited to submit their extended abstracts (no longer than 500 words), describing their research question(s), theoretical framework, approach and methodology, expected findings or empirical outcome. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated through a peer-review process. Abstracts and authors’ information should be submitted through https://conftool2026.gig- arts.eu *Key dates* Deadline for abstract submissions: 19th January 2026 Notification to authors: 27th February 2026 Deadline for author registration (at least one author must register for a selected presentation to appear on the programme): 13th March 2026 Programme publication: 10th April 2026 Registration deadline: 17th April 2026 Conference dates: 14-15th May 2026 *Co-Sponsors* DCU Law and Tech Research Cluster https://lawandtech.ie/ European Master in Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence https://emildai.eu/ DCU Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society https://fujomedia.eu/ ADAPT Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, https://www.adaptcentre.ie Digital Constitutionalism Network (DCN) https://digitalconstitutionalism.org Internet & Communication Policy Center https://www.internetpolicyresearch.eu *Programme Committee* Carolina Aguerre, Berna Akcali Gur, Francesco Amoretti, Stanislav Budnitsky, Mauro Calise, Olga Cavalli, Edoardo Celeste, Jean-Marie Chenou, Laura DeNardis, Goran Dominioni, Dmitry Epstein, Tamara Favaro, Marianne Franklin, Orsolya Gulyas, Blayne Haggart, Victor Henriquez Diaz, Sophie Hoogenboom, Min Jiang, Hortense Jongen, Matthias C. Kettemann, Thomas Le Goff, Joanna Kulesza, Nanette Levinson, Tetyana Lokot, Robin Mansell, Meryem Marzouki, Francesca Musiani, Ricardo Nanni, Fortunato Musella, Nicola Palladino, Claudia Padovani, Clément Perarnaud, Julia Pohle, Dennis Redeker, Michele Rioux, Karolin Rippich, Mauro Santaniello, Yves Schemeil, Jan Aart Scholte, Jamal Shahin, Niels ten Oever, Nadia Tjahja, Natasha Tusikov, Christopher Tyler West. *Organizing Committee* Chairs: Edoardo Celeste, Tetyana Lokot, Mauro Santaniello Local Team: Karolin Rippich, Victor Henriquez Diaz GIG-ARTS Team: Carlos Fonseca Diaz *Venue* GIG-ARTS 2026 will be held at Dublin City University, Ireland. *Conference Registration and Fees* Registration fees for the Tenth GIG-ARTS Conference are 150€ for regular participants and 75€ for students showing proof of status. Conference fees (non-refundable) cover a participant kit as well as coffee breaks, lunches, and reception. Registration deadline is 30th April 2026. *Communication Channels* Website: www.gig-arts.eu Email for information: events(a)gig-arts.eu Submissions: https://conftool2026.gig-arts.eu X/Twitter: @GigArtsEU Hashtag: #GIGARTS26 Mailing list for updates: https://gig-arts.eu/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ gig-arts.eu -- *Dr Tetyana Lokot* Ollamh Comhlach sna Meáin Dhigiteacha & an tSochaí | Scoil Chumarsáide Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath Associate Professor in Digital Media & Society | School of Communications Dublin City University

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Call for Online Conference Papers: Karl Marx and Max Weber on the Topic of Machines Dominating Labour
by Noel Packard 28 Oct '25

28 Oct '25

Call for Papers: Karl Marx and Max Weber on the Topic of Machines Dominating Labour CAll for PAPERS LINK HERE: https://www.sociologygroup.com/call-for-papers-karl-marx-and-max-weber-on-t… Deadline for abstract submissions 31 December 2025 Online only social science conference *PART OF THE JOINT CONFERENCE 2026 (JC2026) **The 2nd RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology **The 1st RC56 Regional Conference on Historical Sociology **The 5th RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology: Asia **📍 Khon Kaen University, Thailand / Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan **🗓 24–28 August 2026 **(Online Conference) *Conference link: https://www.comparative-sociology.online/JC2026.htm More info: An Interview with Organizer Noel Packard RE: Karl Marx and Max Weber on Machines Dominating Labour https://www.sociologygroup.com/an-interview-with-dr-noel-packard-karl-marx-…

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Call for Papers/Contributions: Tech Abuse Conference 2026, London
by Leonie Tanczer 27 Oct '25

27 Oct '25

Dear All, I’m reaching out to share the Call for Papers and Contributions for our upcoming Tech Abuse Conference, taking place 19–21 May 2026 in London: https://www.genderandtech.net/conference. Together with my team at the UCL Gender and Tech Research Lab, we’re working to convene a diverse, global community committed to understanding and addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence and abuse. This includes not only academics, but also practitioners, survivors and survivor-led organisations, policymakers, technologists, legal experts, educators, journalists, NGOs, law enforcement, industry professionals, activists, and many others. Our goal is to create a hands-on, practical, and action-oriented event — one that bridges research, policy, and practice across sectors, disciplines, and borders. We invite participants to come with open minds: ready to expand horizons, engage with unfamiliar communities, and be challenged — gently but meaningfully. The programme is intentionally still in development. Tackling technology-facilitated abuse requires a holistic approach: not just academic research, not just legislative reform, not just technical solutions, and not just frontline support. It demands all of these — in dialogue with one another. That’s where you and your organisations come in! Our Call for Papers, Workshops, and Alternative Format Submissions is open until 31 October 2025, and we strongly welcome contributions that are innovative, bold, and thought-provoking. Submissions may include (but are not limited to): * Traditional research presentations * Case studies or demonstrations * Interactive workshops * Tech/cybersecurity training or showcases * Creative formats * Reflections on failures (and successes) — and what was learned If you have work, ideas, or experiences to share, we’d love to hear from you. And if you know someone whose voice should be part of this conversation, please do pass this on — or share the call via your networks, newsletters, or social media. Thank you for taking the time to read this message. We hope to see your ideas — and perhaps you — in London next year. Best wishes Leonie ________________________________________________________________ Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer Associate Professor in International Security and Emerging Technologies Department of Computer Science University College London Twitter: @leotanczt<https://twitter.com/leotanczt> Website: http://www.leonietanczer.net/ Key Fingerprint: 9F21 A6A6 913E 1393 1BC6 73DA EBEF 07A4 F61F 79DA

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CFP: Applied Rhetoric Collaborative Symposium, June 4-5, Huntington, WV and online
by Stephen Carradini 27 Oct '25

27 Oct '25

Hello all, The 2026 Symposium of the Applied Rhetoric Collaborative will be held June 4-5, 2026 in a hybrid format: in person at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia and online via Zoom. Submissions Due January 30, 2026: https://sites.google.com/view/appliedrhetoric/2026-call-for-proposals<https://sites.google.com/view/appliedrhetoric/2026-call-for-proposals?authu…> 2026 Symposium Contact: Jacob Rawlins (Jacob_Rawlins(a)byu.edu) Call for Proposals The Applied Rhetoric Collaborative (ARC) is an interdisciplinary group of scholars who practice, teach, and study applied rhetoric. Applied rhetoric is: a rhetorically grounded method for and study of action-oriented research, teaching, and service in live situations that solves problems and achieves positive ends in communities. ARC offers a para-professional space for support, feedback, collaboration, and encouragement to those at any stage of their careers (from students to retirees) who seek to solve problems and achieve positive ends in communities using applied rhetoric. Our summer symposia allow us to examine how rhetoric is enacted in our professional and public spaces. Symposium presentations have covered the realms of applied rhetoric (AR) in healthcare, academic programming, digital content spaces, physical public spaces, the media, and the classroom. Topics have been as varied as public memory projects, rhetorical activism, free speech rules, international censorship, and historical legal testimony. Since the symposium began in 2018, the world we live in has dramatically changed in many ways—for better and for worse. Accordingly, ARC sees a need to reconsider how we conceptualize how we “do” rhetorical work in our communities and classrooms. ARC’s fifth summer symposium will continue to build on the foundations laid during our previous meetings, as we come together to further develop and define the ideas of applied rhetoric. To do this, we ask symposium participants to emphasize how people (researchers, teachers, practitioners, activists, leaders, community members, and everyone in between) bring rhetoric into the world. We are interested in diverse works that discuss how we bring rhetoric into the world. Potential topics of interest may include, but are not limited to: What does it look like for academics to take their knowledge of rhetoric into public spaces? How can we, as both community members and rhetoricians, be a force for good in the world as we put our rhetoric into action? How do community members enact rhetoric and rhetorical principles to get things done? How do rhetorical principles affect ideas, events, and/or outcomes in nonprofit organizations? How do people enact rhetoric in legal spaces for the good or ill of all involved? How do academics encourage and enable students to enact rhetoric out in the world, either on their own or as part of an academic enterprise? How does one learn to do rhetoric out in the world? How does one teach students to do rhetoric out in the world? How do people enact rhetoric online to affect positive or negative change? How can positive change be further amplified or developed? How can negative change be combated or counteracted? How do people balance the desire to enact rhetoric out in the world with the other professional and non-professional commitments that they have? The Applied Rhetoric Symposium was built on foundations of collaboration, coordination, networking, and friendship. In the symposium, we seek to embody these concepts by providing community-building opportunities for those who enact and study applied rhetoric. The symposium itself consists of multiple plenary sessions focused on the presentation of scholarly work to an audience of colleagues. The presentations consist of new “works in progress,” concrete results of established research, and/or what we call “Quick Hits—Rhetoric in Practice” (all described below) with ample time to discuss with the audience after each session. FORMATS Works in Progress (30 minutes each) Not a presentation or a workshop, Works in Progress sessions are a time to get feedback on how to finish a project that seems stuck or how to start working on a promising idea that seems overwhelming. Traditional (20 minutes each) You know what we are talking about. Strict time limits, but these presentations will be followed by an extended open discussion after each set of three traditional presentations. NEW THIS YEAR! The Write-to-Publish Track The Write-to-Publish track offers a pathway from conference presentation to peer-reviewed publication in POROI. This track integrates conference vetting with the journal's peer review process. Presentations will be scheduled with Traditional presentations (20 minutes each). See Write-to-Publish CFP for more information. Quick Hits: Rhetoric in Practice (10 minutes each) A lightning round of sorts in which participants review or critique applications of rhetoric in their work, communities, or society at large. Quick hits will be followed by open discussion sessions. Hybrid Delivery We are committed to making the ARC Symposium accessible both in-person and online via hybrid delivery methods. We're still working out the details, but we want to assure all attendees that effective hybrid delivery is a core focus of our planning efforts. Dr. Stephen Carradini (he, him, his) Associate Professor, Technical Communication School of Applied Professional Studies College of Integrative Sciences and Arts Arizona State University 7271 E. Sonoran Arroyo Mall, 240J (new address) Mesa, AZ 85212-2780 phone: 480-727-3687<tel:480-727-3687> email: stephen.carradini(a)asu.edu<mailto:stephen.carradini@asu.edu> web: https://stephencarradini.com<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/stephencarradini.com__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!rf…> [https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zJLHMEgd-wNt2j0vol_zLaX85e…]

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