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Call for Abstracts – Eleventh Social Science Methodology Conference of RC33 International Sociological Association (ISA)
by vincenzo.laezza 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

***with apologies for cross posting*** 🛑 Deadline: 15 March 2025 Call for Proposals: 🔎 Session (Nr.46): Digital methods in organized crime research: investigating mafia networks in the digital age About the Session: This session explores strengths and weaknesses of digital methods for investigating organized crime, with a particular focus on mafia-type criminal organizations. As criminal networks increasingly operate across both physical and digital domains, researchers face new methodological challenges and opportunities in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. We invite papers that present innovative methodological approaches, discuss research design challenges, or propose new frameworks for digital investigation of organized crime. Both theoretical contributions and empirical case studies with strong methodological and theoretical framework focus are welcome. ‼️ Find our session here and submit your abstract: https://lnkd.in/dx42YP4u ☀️ Join us in Naples, Italy!! 📆 22-25 September 2025

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WEBCAST MAR 10 – NARALO Roundtable – DNS Abuse and AI: Combatting and Enabling Threats
by Joly MacFie 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Just starting REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/4iFaMHC [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=641c1588afd37a27d04ff71…> On *Monday 10 March 2025*, at *15:00-16:00 PDT* (22:00-23:00 UTC) the *North American Regional At-Large Organization <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=6ad50b12b00c009cc14b7ba…>* (NARALO) presents a roundtable '*DNS Abuse and AI: Combatting and Enabling Threats <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b98e958320f8a6ff6bd4798…>*' at *ICANN82 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=26ea2fbfe7288f3f1a5f3db…>* in Seattle. This session aims to better understand the emerging capabilities of AI in pattern analysis and machine learning to either prevent or promote DNS abuse, in particular approaches to detecting anomalies, leveraging machine learning for system protection, and addressing broader abuse issues that can inform DNS-specific challenges, and the impact that this may have on individual end-users of the internet as it relates to user privacy and overall functioning of the DNS. *PANEL* *Ana Cristina Amoroso da Neves* - GAC Portugal /Vice Chair, UN CST / Head, Portugal Internet Governance Office *Jeff Bedser* - Member, SSAC / CEO, CleanDNS *Tim Maurer* - Senior Director, Global Cybersecurity Policy, Microsoft *MODERATOR* *Greg Shatan* - Chair, NARALO / Partner, Moses Singer LLP *LIVESTREAM <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8095710ab059e90cb9fa41a…> | SIMULCASTS X Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=7aece58d1d67915fcd6a976…> | Twitch <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=77ae68cdc2d4aa7fe4ce16b…> | Facebook Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=aa63fddff5b920676cabae6…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3Dhv7E9 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b98e958320f8a6ff6bd4798…> |**REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=641c1588afd37a27d04ff71…>* ) *TWITTER #NARALO <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=9318f70c1fa383f42647b9b…> #ICANN82 #DNSABUSE MASTODON <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=dafcd6de19058531921aa63…> | BLUESKY <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=bedf48f37f0239a5ed5af95…> | INSTA <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=cd7a09e0294ab24b2a03a26…>* *ADD TO CALENDAR <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5b45f24ea8d42891b91b1f3…> | PERMALINK <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=641c1588afd37a27d04ff71…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is a free webcasting support service for the Internet Society Community - ISOC LIVE is currently unfunded - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor - contact support(a)isoc.live *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Ethics and Human-human qualitative research: newsletter
by Janet Salmons 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Hello friends, There are plenty of problems in our crazy world right now! We need qualitative researchers who can delve into the issues, tell the stories, and help find solutions. This series focuses on research with human participants. Using online or hybrid methods, we can do research with anyone, anywhere. What design considerations are needed? What ethical issues should be addressed? This year my (free) Substack newsletter offers guidance and (open-access) resources for students, new researchers, or experienced researchers who want to shift some or all of their data collection online. Find the unfolding 2025 series online now, and subscribe to receive new ones by email. http://tinyurl.com/qualnews * Being an Ethical Online Researcher * Choose online qualitative research methods * Find research questions: Ask those experiencing the problem * Find open-access scholarly journals in the social sciences * Find questions: What problem merits and online qualitative study? Coming up: April: Reflexive and creative journaling for researchers May: Online interviews June: Online focus groups If you would like to contribute to the blog, have resources to share, or would like to record an interview to share your practical insights with other researchers, contact me off-list. All the best, Janet Janet Salmons, PhD (She/her/hers) www.salmons.blog Unabhängie Forscherin, Free-Range Scholar and Creative 2024 Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Internet Studies Boulder, Colorado USA janet(a)salmons.blog Subscribe to "When the Field is Online" free monthly newsletter http://tinyurl.com/qualnews

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The Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science Edinburgh 2025
by z＠zeerak.org 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Apologies for cross-posting Dear all, >From May 26 to June 6, 2025, The University of Edinburgh will host the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science, to be held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The purpose of the Summer Institute is to bring together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty interested in computational social science. The Summer Institute is for both social scientists (broadly conceived) and data scientists (broadly conceived). SICSS-Edinburgh aims to bring together aspiring computational social scientists across all levels of technical experience. We invite applications from doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty within 7 years of their PhD. Exceptional Master’s students in a research-track degree (e.g. MRes, MPhil) or those transitioning to a PhD programme will also be considered. There are no restrictions based on citizenship, country of study, or country of employment. About 20-25 participants will be invited. Application Materials for the Summer School is due by 23:59 GMT, March 21, 2025. Applications must be made with a CV and a Statement of Interest (maximum two pages, double spaced). For eligibility and application form please visit: https://sicss.io/2025/edinburgh/apply<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsicss.io%…> For enquiries, please email : Meera.Gopakumar(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:Meera.Gopakumar@ed.ac.uk> Best, Zee --------- Zeerak Talat (They/them) Chancellor’s Fellow in Responsible Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence School of Informatics & the Centre for Technomoral Futures The University of Edinburgh Email: ztalat(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:ztalat@ed.ac.uk> Webpage: https://zeerak.org https://www.technomoralfutures.uk https://www.ed.ac.uk/informatics

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Digital Methods summer school in Manchester
by Lukasz Szulc 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Dear colleagues, I'm happy to announce that we're again organizing a 'Digital Methods' summer school in Manchester! (30 June 2025 - 4 July 2025) What you can expect to learn: - text mining - creative AI methods - sensing methods - geospatial methods - visual methods - data visualisation (+ critical reflections on ethics and open science) We have two bursary options available. For more details, see: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/db5oUkcvjH3iw All the best, Łukasz Dr Łukasz Szulc (he/him) Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture School of Arts, Languages and Cultures University of Manchester UNITED KINGDOM RECENT PUBLICATIONS (2024) Special Issue: Transnational Queer Cultures and Digital Media. https://academic.oup.com/ccc/issue/17/3 (2023) Culture is transnational. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13678779221131349 (2022) Uncanny Europe and Protective Europeanness: When European Identity Becomes a Queerly Viable Option. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380385211024117 (2020) Digital Gender Disidentifications: Beyond the Subversion Versus Hegemony Dichotomy and Toward Everyday Gender Practices. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/15396

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"Curating capitalism" seminar, Thursday 13 March h. 14.30 CET
by Alessandro Gandini 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

// Apologies for crossposting // Dear all You are kindly invited to take part in the seminar held by prof. Pierre Guillet de Monthoux (Stockholm School of Economics Art Initiative), based on his book “Curating Capitalism”, published by MIT Press in 2023, which discusses the relationship between art and capitalism (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781915609199/curating-capitalism/) The seminar will be held on Thursday 13 March h. 14.30 CET at the University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences and is also accessible via MS Teams. The discussants will be prof. Marianna D’Ovidio (Università Milano Bicocca) and Alessandro Gerosa (University of Milan). The seminar is part of the activities of the ERC-funded CRAFTWORK project (www.craftwork.unimi.it<http://www.craftwork.unimi.it>). Here: https://sps.unimi.it/it/sps-seminarfrontiers-p-guillet-de-monthoux-stockhol… all the necessary information to follow the event remotely. Feel free to forward it to anyone you think might be interested! All the best, Alessandro -- Alessandro Gandini Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milan, Italy PI of the CRAFTWORK project – ERC Starting Grants 2020

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CfA TATuP 35/1 (2026): the future of warfare: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
by Jascha Bareis 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Dear list members, on behalf of the editorial team, please consider submitting an abstracts for /TATuP, /Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice, topic: „Technology assessment and future warfare: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. /TATuP Special topic in issue 35/1 (2026), /*/Submit your abstract by 11 April 2025./* *Please read the complete **_CfA here: _* <https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/404> *_https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/404_* *_ _* *Guest editors of this TATuP Special topic:* * Prof. Dr. Karsten Weber^1 , _karsten.weber(a)oth-regensburg.de_ <mailto:karsten.weber@oth-regensburg.de>, _https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8875-2386_ <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8875-2386> * Prof. Dr. Markus Bresinsky^2 , _markus.bresinsky(a)oth-regensburg.de_ <mailto:markus.bresinsky@oth-regensburg.de> ^1 Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Institute for Social Research and Technology Assessment, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, Regensburg, DE ^2 ^Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Cultural Studies, Department of International Politics and Social Sciences, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, Regensburg, DE, Best TATuP editorial office ____________________________________________________________________ *TATuP* – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis Karlstr. 11 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany _www.tatup.de_ <http://www.tatup.de/> _redaktion(a)tatup.de_ <mailto:redaktion@tatup.de>

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Special issue on Critical Discourse Analysis and GenerativeAI
by hossein kermani 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Dear colleagues, Dr. Khosravinik (U of Newcastle) and I are editing a special issue on Critical Discourse Analysis and GenerativeAI for Discourse & Society. We invite scholars to submit their latest works in this field to the special issue. You can find the cal below: https://www.hosseinkermani.com/blog Best.Hossein

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ACM RecSys Challenge Kick-off
by Starke, Alain 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

Dear all, I am pleased to announce the kick-off of the 'RecSys Challenge', which is part of the 19th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, Prague, September 22-26. The RecSys (Recommender Systems) Challenge is the official challenge of the ACM RecSys conference series, in which participants need to come up with the best approach for a given problem with a dataset. The challenge has been organized since 2012 and each a different company makes a dataset available: https://www.recsyschallenge.com/2025/. This year's challenge features the concept of Universal Behavioral Profiles-user representations that encode essential aspects of each individual's past interactions. These profiles are designed to be universally applicable across multiple predictive tasks, such as churn prediction and product recommendations. By developing representations that capture fundamental patterns in user behavior, we enable models to generalize effectively across different applications. The challenge involves to predict a data model on several tasks, including Churn Prediction, Product Propensity and Category Propensity. There are also several hidden tasks. The data will be evaluated with the AUROC metric. All information is available on the challenge website: https://www.recsyschallenge.com/2025/. Prizes The first three teams that come up with the best model can win prizes of $3,500, $2,500 and $1,500. The best academic teams can win prizes of $2,500, $1,500, and $500. The dataset has been released on March 10, the first leaderboard will be published on April 10. Check out all details on the website: https://www.recsyschallenge.com/2025/. Happy participation! Kind regards, Alain Starke Publicity Co-Chair ACM RecSys

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Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute- call for applications
by Nicole Stremlau 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

2025 Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Jesus College, Oxford 28 July – 8 August 2025 https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute Media policy in a time of global crises and geo-political (re)ordering The 2025 Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute comes at a critical moment. Today’s international system faces unprecedented challenges including fragmentation and new modes of ordering with significant implications for media and communications technologies. The future of media development is uncertain, fact-checking and content moderation efforts are being undermined, and inequalities are deepening. Join us in Oxford for two weeks as we engage speakers and participants from around the world to debate rapidly changing current events. From the politics of AI policymaking across the global south, to the approach of Big Tech- from the US to China- towards global markets, and the erosion of ethics and responsibility in AI, we will also explore efforts of resistance emerging from Africa and alternative ways of fostering inclusion and reimagining a shared future. In the context of continuing global conflicts and intersected crises, we will also explore some of the ideological underpinnings that appear to be infusing some of the sweeping shifts we are witnessing, including questions around the role of the state, law (or non-law), and values. Our approach is decidedly global, with an emphasis on the global south. We will also use our vantage point from the UK to discuss leading issues in the EU and engage with local actors, including Ofcom, the BBC, and the European Commission. As with Summer Institutes in the past, we will have speakers from across Oxford and prominent guests from policy, government and the private sector. One of the most exciting aspects of the Summer Institute is the vibrant and engaged group of participants and the lasting networks of solidarity and collaboration created. For over two decades, the Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute has built a dynamic cohort of alumni worldwide. It promises to be an engaging and vibrant two weeks, with the opportunity to reflect, step back from your work, and engage with new perspectives and ideas from around the world. Join us during these unprecedented times to discuss pressing issues of global media policy over breakfast, during seminars, and on long walks through the Oxford countryside! Please get in touch with us if you have any questions at pcmlp(a)csls.ox.ac.uk<mailto:pcmlp@csls.ox.ac.uk> We recommend applying early, particularly if you require a visa to travel to the UK. Apply by March 21, 2025 for an early decision. The final application deadline is April 25, 2025. Apply here: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute

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