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AoIR Mexico City: Technological imaginaries and futures panel participants needed
by Adrienne Massanari 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

Hello all, I am pulling together a panel with some colleagues for AoIR Mexico City around the theme of sociotechnical imaginaries and futures (broadly conceived) and we are still looking for one or two other papers to round it out. Right now we have papers about retrofuturist imaginaries in popular culture, imaginaries of innovation and techno-optimism in AI policymaking in the EU, and technopaganist imaginaries of the early internet. Please email me off-list if you’re interested in participating. Work considering imaginaries in the Global South and/or around marginalized populations is especially welcome. Warmly, Adrienne --- Adrienne Massanari, PhD she/her/hers Associate Professor Communication Studies/School of Communication Faculty Affiliate: Antiracist Research and Policy Center & AU Game Center American University adriennemassanari.bsky.social @adriennemassanari@aoir.social www.adriennemassanari.com Zoom: https://american.zoom.us/j/5761835744 New book: Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right (MIT Press)

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AOIR 2026 Panel Proposal on Digital Criminology - Call for Extended Abstracts
by Piotr Siuda 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

Dear AoIR community, I would like to invite expressions of interest and extended abstracts for a proposed panel on Digital Criminology for the upcoming AoIR conference. Digital criminology has emerged as a productive interdisciplinary framework for examining how digital infrastructures, platforms, data practices, and algorithmic systems reshape crime, harm, justice, and regimes of control. Importantly, this field moves beyond narrow understandings of "cybercrime" as purely online offending, instead conceptualizing criminalization, victimization, governance, and illicit economies as deeply hybrid socio-technical processes, entangled across online/offline environments. In the context of internet research, digital criminology offers a particularly valuable lens for addressing core AoIR concerns: platform power, visibility and surveillance, mediated governance, digital cultures of harm, and the methodological challenges of studying sensitive or encrypted online spaces. This panel aims to bring together scholars working at the intersection of internet studies, criminology, media and communication research, digital sociology, and related fields to explore how digitalization reconfigures criminological phenomena and how internet researchers can contribute to these debates. Possible themes include (but are not limited to): Platform-mediated illicit economies (e.g., darknet markets, encrypted channels, social media drug trade) Digital harms, harassment, extremist networks, and online victimization Datafication, surveillance, and algorithmic governance in policing and justice Visibility regimes, infrastructures of control, and platform moderation practices AI, automation, and bias in criminological decision-making systems Methodological reflections: digital ethnography, computational approaches, research ethics in high-risk online fields Cultural meanings of crime and harm in online communities and digital publics Submission process & timeline To assemble the panel proposal, I kindly invite colleagues to submit an extended abstract (1000–1200 words), prepared in accordance with AoIR guidelines. Deadline for extended abstracts: 24 February 2026 Notification of acceptance for the panel: 26 February 2026 Final panel submission to AoIR (by organizer): 1 March 2026 Please send your extended abstract or expression of interest to: piotr.siuda(a)gmail.com -- *Piotr Siuda* (PhD, Professor of Media Studies) piotrsiuda.com Faculty of Cultural Studies Department of Game Studies and Digital Culture Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Associate Editor, *Journal of Creative Communication *(SAGE Journals) *Recent papers:* *-- **Ghosted by the drug trade: A digital ethnography of absence, ethics, and epistemic friction on Tinder**, Crime, Media, Culture**.* *-- **Digital drug trading ecologies in context: Technological, geographic, and linguistic variation across darknet platforms*, *International Journal of Drug Policy.* -- *Navigating community-transaction and egalitarian-hierarchy divides: redefining virtual communities in the darknet drug trade and beyond*, *Information, Communication & Society.*

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Research process seminar. Ethnography of Algorithms. 17th Feb at 2pm on Zoom.
by Dan Jackson 15 Feb '26

15 Feb '26

Join us on Tuesday 17th February at 2-3pm (UK time) for the next Research Process Seminar. Hosted by the Media School at Bournemouth University — and open to all. *Ethnography of Algorithms* Based on the research carried out for her new book “Just for You” and ethnographies inside Danish news organisations (Nordicom, Spring 2026) Professor Møller Hartley will reflect on the challenges of studying the technical infrastructures and algorithms when dispersed across sites, clouds, servers and people, even departments inside the news organization. In the talk she will further discuss how we can study how these technologies and infrastructures like LLMs or machine learning models transform the practices and values of journalism, even when ‘its just code’ and even if no journalists are involved in the building/design of the algorithms. *About the speaker* Dr. Jannie Møller Hartley is professor of Journalism and Media Use, at the Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, Denmark. She has worked on the datafication of news production and news use with a special focus on the impact of personalization algorithms and news recommender systems in the news industries, is the PI of the DRC funded project AUTOPUBLICS, Head of the Media and Democracy Section and PI of the Data and AI Centre at RUC. Registration link: https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/DhKazFW_QoSY_46wsGQ5SQ If you can’t make it but would like the recording, please register and we’ll send it to you afterwards. Dan Jackson Professor of Media and Communication Bournemouth University jacksond(a)bournemouth.ac.uk Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/centre-comparativ… U.S. Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign. https://www.electionanalysis.ws/us/ UK Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign. https://www.electionanalysis.uk Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2024: Mega events, media, and the politics of sport. https://olympicanalysis.org ________________________________ BU is a Disability Confident Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU AccessAble webpages. This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.

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Call for Panelists for Regenerating Trans Technologies Panel
by Hibby Thach 13 Feb '26

13 Feb '26

Hi all! I'm writing to circulate a call for panelists for a panel organized by me and Dr. Oliver L. Haimson at the University of Michigan's School of Information. We will be submitting this to the conference, so here's some details below: *Call for Panelists for Regenerating Trans Technologies* Trans technologies are inherently regenerative. As defined by Haimson (cite), trans technologies “embrace change and/or transition, foster the creation of new trans worlds, and open up new possibilities for what technology means and what it can do.” While many mainstream technologies often exclude or harm trans people, trans people and communities have long used, adapted, and built technologies to support trans care, connection, survival, and creativity. These practices reflect ongoing cycles of breakdown and renewal, as some technologies become unsafe or unusable and new tools, spaces, and practices emerge in response. We invite submissions from scholars, designers, artists, and community practitioners who study, create, or use regenerative trans technologies for a preconstituted panel at AoIR 2026. We are interested in work that examines how trans people remake technologies in ways that prioritize trans care and world-building, and how these efforts challenge dominant assumptions about efficiency, neutrality, and progress in technology design. Together, we aim to curate a set of panel papers that highlight how trans technological practices offer alternative ways of imagining digital futures. We welcome submissions on topics including, but not limited to: technological trans care, community-led design and building, mutual aid, resisting or refusing technologies, AI, AR, VR, social media, platform change or migration, and speculative or creative approaches to trans technological futures. Please send a one-paragraph abstract to hibby(a)umich.edu by February 20, 2026 to be considered for the panel. Selected contributors will be invited to develop extended abstracts for a preconstituted panel submission to AoIR 2026. --- We know this is a tight turn-around, so apologies for that! If anyone has any questions as well, feel free to send them my way. : ) Best, Hibby -- Graduate Student Coordinator Trans Studies Research Workshop / RIW <https://rackham.umich.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-and-program-funding/rac…> 2024 - 2026 PhD Student School of Information <https://www.si.umich.edu/> University of Michigan Website: www.hibbythach.com LinkedIn: @HibbyThach <https://www.linkedin.com/in/hibbythach/> Bluesky: @hibby.bsky.social <https://bsky.app/profile/hibby.bsky.social> Twitch: @HibbyBoBibby <http://twitch.tv/hibbybobibby> Pronouns: She/Her

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CFP: Digital Platforms and Digital Labor in East Asia and Beyond — Special Issue, Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
by Dechun Zhang 13 Feb '26

13 Feb '26

Dear colleagues, The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia (JCEA) is pleased to invite submissions for a special issue titled “Digital Platforms and Digital Labor in East Asia and Beyond.” This issue explores how platform companies have become key infrastructures of contemporary life, reorganizing economic exchange, labor relations, and everyday social interaction. With Asia as a central site of platform innovation—from Alibaba, Meituan, and Didi to Coupang, Rakuten, Grab, Gojek, Shopee and beyond—this special issue highlights how platform-mediated work emerges and is contested in diverse political, social, and cultural contexts, and how these experiences speak back to global debates on the future of work. Across the region, ride-hailing, food-delivery, e-commerce, livestreaming, influencer economies, and other platform-based industries are reshaping what it means to work, organize, and be governed. Platforms promise flexibility, entrepreneurship, and new forms of aspirational and creative labor, yet they also deepen precarity through algorithmic management, opaque data practices, and limited social protections. We therefore invite contributions that critically investigate these tensions, foreground workers’ perspectives, and situate Asian cases within comparative and global conversations on digital capitalism and labor. We welcome submissions from communication and media studies, sociology, anthropology, political economy, labor studies, law, Asian studies, and related fields. Submissions may employ qualitative, quantitative, computational, or mixed methods, and may be empirical or theoretical in nature. Potential topics include (but are not limited to): * Algorithmic management, surveillance, and labor control in platform economies * Worker agency, identity, and resistance in gig and creative labor * Regulation, law, and welfare regimes shaping platform work * Gender, class, race/ethnicity, and migration in digital labor markets * Blurred boundaries between production and consumption (prosumption, user participation, datafication) * Transnational digital labor, outsourcing, and cross-border freelancing * Emerging technologies (AI, automation, blockchain, IoT) and the future of work We particularly encourage papers that place Asian experiences in comparative or global perspective, and that extend or challenge existing theoretical frameworks in digital labor studies, platform capitalism, and critical political economy. The full CFP is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13DVKzyEVc0563TVdQUQzpR-yCDR7Yp-4/view?usp=… Submission Guidelines Please submit an abstract of up to 500 words in English and a short author bio to j.c.eastern.asia(a)gmail.com, with “JCEA Special Issue – Digital Platforms and Digital Labor” as the email subject line Key Dates * Abstract submission: 20 March 2026 * Notification of invitation to submit full paper: 1 April 2026 * Full paper submission: 30 September 2026 Further information about the journal is available at: https://jceasia.org/ We very much look forward to your abstracts and to advancing critical conversations on digital platforms and digital labor in East Asia and beyond. Best wishes Dechun Zhang JCEA Managing Editor (on behalf of the JCEA Editorial Board)

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Second Call for Papers (Research Track)
by Announce 13 Feb '26

13 Feb '26

*** Second Call for Papers (Research Track) *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ The International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) is the leading conference on software reliability research and practice. ISSRE focuses on techniques and tools for assessing, predicting, and improving the reliability, safety, security, and resilience of software systems. As modern software increasingly integrates AI/ML components, operates autonomously, and spans cloud-to-edge environments, ensuring reliable system behavior is more critical than ever. Topics of Interest ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality contributions that advance the theory and practice of software reliability across contemporary software-intensive systems, including systems that incorporate AI/ML components. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Foundations of Reliability and Dependability • Principles, models, metrics, empirical methods, and theories of software reliability, resilience, robustness, and safety • Systematic approaches to fault prevention, fault removal, fault tolerance, and fault forecasting in modern software systems • Testing and debugging, formal methods, model checking, static/dynamic analysis, verification, and runtime assurance Reliability in AI-Driven and Autonomic Systems • Reliability engineering for AI-enabled, autonomous, self-adaptive, and cyber-physical systems • Assurance, testing, verification, and certification of AI/ML components, including foundation and generative models • Reliability of AI-generated code: validation, verification, explainability, defect analysis, and trustworthy automation of development tasks • Impact of AI on software lifecycle processes (design, testing, evolution, operations, and quality management) AI Techniques for Reliability Engineering • Machine learning for defect prediction, anomaly detection, debugging assistance, fault localization, and test automation • Learning-based approaches to self-healing, resilience management, predictive maintenance, and reliability optimization • Reliability governance in AI-driven DevOps pipelines, including transparency, interpretability, and auditability Software Reliability in Emerging System Domains • Reliability assurance for cloud, edge, IoT, 5G/6G, cyber-physical, high-performance, and network softwarization environments • Dependability of open-source ecosystems, data-driven pipelines, model hubs, and AI-assisted contributions • Benchmarking, stress testing, workload modeling, and measurement frameworks for large-scale and AI-based systems Trustworthiness, Security, and Responsible Software Engineering • Intersections of reliability with security, privacy, fairness, transparency, and regulatory compliance • Societal, ethical, and human impacts of pervasive AI-enabled software systems • Responsible governance of AI-based systems, including lifecycle assurance, auditability, and risk analysis Human-Centered, Empirical, and Reproducible Reliability Research • Field studies, experience reports, user studies, and human factors in reliability engineering • Public datasets, benchmark suites, reproducibility packages, and replication/negative- result studies • Tooling, automation, continuous reliability monitoring, observability, and operational feedback loops Research Track Paper Categories The research track at ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality submissions of technical research papers that describe original, unpublished results exploring new scientific ideas, contribute new evidence to established research directions, or reflect on practical experience. Specifically, ISSRE solicits submissions in three categories: • Research (RES) papers • Practical experience reports (PER) • Tools and artefacts (TAR) papers Papers will be assessed with criteria appropriate to each category. All the papers of the three categories are regular and full papers, and will be published in the same ISSRE proceedings. RES Papers RES papers (12 pages, including references) should describe a novel contribution to the reliability of software systems. Novelty should be argued via concrete evidence and appropriate positioning within the state of the art. RES papers are also expected to explain the validation process and its limitations clearly. PER Papers PER papers (12 pages, including references) should provide an in-depth exposition of practical experiences ideally performed by a collaboration of researchers and industry practitioners. The key contribution of these papers should be lessons learned from applying established research tools and methods to ISSRE topics, or new knowledge acquired through empirical studies conducted using various research methodologies. Negative results are welcome, e.g., discussing where or why current research cannot be applied in an industrially relevant context. TAR Papers TAR papers (6 – 10 pages, including references) should describe a new tool or artefact. Tool-focused TAR papers must present either a new tool or a novel and substantial extension of an existing tool. They should include a description of (i) the theoretical foundations, (ii) the design and implementation aspects, and (iii) experiments with realistic case studies. Making the tool publicly available is strongly encouraged. Artefact-focused TAR papers should cover (i) a working copy of the software and (ii) experimental data sets. Dataset papers should introduce a new dataset that supports experimentation, benchmarking, evaluation, or training in AI-driven software engineering. Submissions should describe: (i) dataset motivation and scope, (ii) data collection and processing methodology, (iii) dataset structure and statistics, and (iv) potential use cases. Benchmark papers should present a new benchmark suite for evaluating tools, LLMs, or algorithms. Submissions should include: (i) benchmark design principles, (ii) task definitions and evaluation metrics, (iii) baseline results, and (iv) reproducibility package. The ISSRE conference encourages authors of all three categories of research track papers to follow the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and replicability. Authors are encouraged to disclose data to increase reproducibility and replicability. Should the paper be accepted, the authors will have the opportunity (and are encouraged to) submit artifacts to the Artifact Evaluation (AE) track, to enhance the reproducibility and quality of the research. By submitting your artifacts, you not only contribute to the progress of our field but also stand a chance to earn badges that will be displayed on your papers in the conference proceedings, showcasing the credibility and rigor of your work. At least one author of each accepted paper must register as an author and present the paper in person at the conference. Best Research Paper Award ISSRE is pleased to announce the IEEE Best Research Paper Award, awarded every year to the best paper in the Research Track. Special Journal Issue Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue of the Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE) journal (under negotiation as in previous editions of the conference). The Call for Papers will be available soon. Review Process & Quality Assurance in ISSRE 2026 (New) Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Major Revision Guidelines Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Rapid Response Reviewers (RRRs) Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Anonymizing Rules Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Formatting Rules Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Paper Submission Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 . Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee through a double-blind reviewing process, with a limited use of outside referees. Papers will be held in complete confidence during the reviewing process, but papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and will be rejected without review. Changes in the number and order of authors will not be allowed after the paper acceptance. Authors must anonymize their submissions in accordance with the guidelines above. Submissions violating the formatting and anonymization rules will be desk-rejected without review. There will be no extensions for reformatting. Conference Proceedings The authors of accepted papers must omit the paper’s type from the title to keep consistency among all the camera-ready versions in the proceedings. The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Papers presented at the conference will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore and to all of the A&I (abstracting and indexing) partners (such as the EI Compendex). Important Dates (AoE) • Abstract Submission Deadline: April 10, 2026 • Paper Submission Deadline: April 17, 2026 • Author Rebuttal Period: June 5 – June 8, 2026 • Decisions and Early Notification: June 15, 2026 • Author Revision Period: June 16 – July 3, 2026 • Notification to Authors: July 8, 2026 • Camera Ready Papers: August 19, 2026 • Author Registration Deadline (Research Track): August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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AIces 2026: early registration February 21st
by David Silva - IRDTA 13 Feb '26

13 Feb '26

****************************************************** 1st INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON THE COGNITIVE, ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AIces 2026 Porto – Maia, Portugal March 30 – April 2, 2026 https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/ ****************************************************** Co-organized by: University of Maia Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA Luxembourg/London ****************************************************** Early registration: February 21st, 2026 ****************************************************** SCOPE: AIces 2026 will be the first in a series of research training events aiming at updating participants on the most recent multidisciplinary discussions about the foundations, meaning, challenges and risks of AI. The event will have a global scope along 3 thematic lines: cognition, ethics, and society. It will cover current debates about: AI and philosophy of mind; cognitive architectures; machine learning and cognitive development; large language models and visual information; robotics and embodied cognition; neuroscience-inspired AI; algorithmic bias and fairness; transparency and explainability; accountability and responsibility; privacy and surveillance; autonomy and control; AI impact on human values and social inequalities; the future of work and automation; governance, regulation and public policies; AI, human rights and democracy; AI and global development; information and AI education. The event will consist of 10 courses, 2 keynote lectures, 3 symposia collecting short contributions from participants, and 2 individual presentations on debated topics. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Face to face interaction and networking will be main ingredients of the event. It will be also possible to fully participate in vivo remotely. ADDRESSED TO: Graduate students, postgraduate students and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees, so people less or more advanced in their career will be welcome as well. Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses. Overall, AIces 2026 is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen to and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators. VENUE: AIces 2026 will take place in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, recognized by UNESCO in 1996 as a World Heritage Site. The venue will be: University of Maia Avenida Carlos de Oliveira Campos - Castêlo da Maia 4475-690 Maia Porto, Portugal https://www.umaia.pt/en STRUCTURE: 2 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another. Full live online participation will be possible. The organizers highlight, however, the importance of face to face interaction and networking in this kind of research training event. All lectures will be videorecorded. Participants will be able to watch them again for 45 days after the event. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: David Danks (University of Virginia), Trustworthy AI in an Untrustworthy World Ming Lin (University of Maryland), Socially Responsible and Trustworthy AI PROFESSORS AND COURSES: Ricardo Baeza-Yates (KTH Royal Institute of Technology & Pompeu Fabra University), [introductory] Introduction to Responsible AI Susan Brennan (Stony Brook University), [introductory/advanced] Where Are the Humans in Human-Centered AI? Thomas Breuel (Nvidia Research), [introductory] Facts and Rules in LLMs Carlos Castillo (Pompeu Fabra University), [introductory] Algorithmic Fairness in High-Risk AI Applications Alan Dix (Cardiff Metropolitan University), [introductory] AI for Social Justice Elia Formisano (Maastricht University), [introductory/intermediate] Auditory Cognition in Humans and Machines Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology), [introductory/advanced] Data and AI Governance - From Control to Trust Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University), [intermediate] Computational Cognitive Models of Human-AI Teaming Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University), [intermediate/advanced] Symbol Processing in Transformers and Other Neural Networks Savannah Thais (City University of New York), [intermediate/advanced] Measurement for Safer AI SYMPOSIA: A symposium will collect 10-minute voluntary presentations on any of the 3 thematic areas of the event: cognition, ethics, and society. A 1-page abstract containing the title, authors, and summary of the presentation must be sent to david(a)irdta.eu by February 28, 2026. Only registered participants can contribute to symposia. INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS ON DEBATED TOPICS: 50-minute individual presentations will be scheduled for any of the 3 thematic areas of the school: cognition, ethics, and society. A 2-page expression of interest including the topic to be debated must be sent to david(a)irdta.eu by December 30, 2025. Only registered participants are eligible for individual presentations. SPONSORS: Companies/institutions/organizations willing to be sponsors of the event can download the sponsorship leaflet from https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/sponsors/ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Samuel Anjos (Maia, social networks) Osheen Jain (London, communications) José Paulo Marques dos Santos (Maia, local chair) Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, program chair) Santiago Montes (Tarragona, webpage) Sara Morales (Luxembourg) José Luís Reis (Maia) Luís Paulo Reis (Porto) David Silva (London, organization chair) REGISTRATION: It has to be done at https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/registration/ The selection of 6 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For logistical reasons, it will be helpful to have an estimation of the respective demand for each course. Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration tool disabled when the capacity of the venue will have got exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the event. FEES: Fees comprise access to all program activities and lunches. There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline. The fees for on site and for online participation are the same. ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation suggestions are available at https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/accommodation/ CERTIFICATE: A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of academic activities. This should be sufficient for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home university. QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: david(a)irdta.eu ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Universidade da Maia Universidade do Porto Universitat Rovira i Virgili Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice – IRDTA, Luxembourg/London

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Re: [Air-L] First Monday - Archiving Articles
by Quinn, Kelly Ann 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

Hi Ben, Thank you for raising the question of archival access for FM. The University of Illinois Chicago has hosted the journal for the past several years. Sorry that it took a little while, but I was able to confirm with our library today that we will continue to host the journal archives. Hopefully, this will put some concerns about continuing access to prior publications to rest! Kind regards, Kelly — Kelly A. Quinn, PhD Clinical Associate Professor Department of Communication University of Illinois Chicago > On Feb 12, 2026, at 1:23 PM, Ben Pettis <bpettis(a)wisc.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > Apologies if this is redundant — I receive the listserv as a digest so may not have seen the most recent messages. > > It’s great to see such support and enthusiasm for First Monday, and I share the hope that the community can come up with some way to keep this important resource operating. Others have also pointed out the importance ensuring that the past 30 years of scholarship that has been published there is adequately preserved. > > Because everything in FM is open access and published with a Creative Commons license, I am starting on a basic web scraping project to download articles and metadata for everything that has been published in the journal: > > https://github.com/bpettis/firstmonday-archive > > I’ll keep working on this and continue saving files between now and May 2026, as well as explore options for mirroring this content somewhere else online to ensure it remains accessible. Happy to coordinate with others who may be interested to ensure that we’re preserving and caring for the archives of the journal. > > > > Ben Pettis, Ph.D. > > (he/they) > > ben.pettis(a)richmond.edu<mailto:ben.pettis@richmond.edu> > > > > Assistant Professor > > Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies > > University of Richmond > > > > > > On 2/11/26, 11:57 AM, "Will Mari" <wtmari(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > agreeing with Bryce and all of my colleagues above -- at the very least, > having the journal's archive available is critical. Please add my name to > any efforts on 'FM's behalf. > > Will Mari > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 7:10 AM Bryce Newell via Air-L < > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> wrote: > >> It is great to see all this support for keeping FM alive. I'd be happy to >> contribute to these efforts as well, if the outgoing leadership at the >> journal are amenable to the idea. Has anyone had contact with those running >> the journal currently? We do need to keep fully OA, fee-free journals of >> this caliber alive! I've also published in the journal recently and have >> read its issues for years. >> >> Best, >> Bryce >> >> >> Bryce Clayton Newell, PhD, JD >> The David and Nancy Petrone Faculty Fellow | Associate Professor >> School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) >> University of Oregon >> >> bcnewell.com<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://bcnewell.com/__;!!Mak6IKo!LdlLVOkGRX8O4K… > | Google Scholar< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7kICf… > >> >> External positions: >> >> Co-Director, Surveillance Studies Network< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://surveillance-studies.net/__;!!Mak6IKo!L… > (SSN) >> Dialogue Editor, Surveillance & Society< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/survei… > >> >> "It is not a mistake to have strong views. The mistake is to have nothing >> else." - Anthony Weston (in A Rulebook for Arguments) >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org>> on behalf of Dang Nguyen >> via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> >> Sent: Monday, February 9, 2026 7:07 AM >> To: Lyle Skains <lskains(a)bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk>> >> Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org> <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] First Monday - Online session to discuss saving it? >> >> Thanks Lyle, such a good idea! I'd love to be part of that Zoom. Dang On >> Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7: 03 AM Lyle Skains via Air-L < air-l@ listserv. >> aoir. org> wrote: > Hi, all, > > Catching up on the First Monday >> discussions. . . Seems there >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >> This message originated outside the UO email ecosystem. >> Use caution with links and attachments. Learn more about this email >> warning tag< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/2030/Porta… >. >> Report Suspicious< >> https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/C5qS4YX3!NCmHpZxqC3nvnUXL_x… >> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >> >> Thanks Lyle, such a good idea! I'd love to be part of that Zoom. >> Dang >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM Lyle Skains via Air-L < >> air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> wrote: >> >>> Hi, all, >>> Catching up on the First Monday discussions... Seems there are a number >> of >>> people interested in saving it. Would it be a good idea to host an online >>> session over zoom with those interested? We could discuss potential ways >>> forward, reaching out to current board, etc. It will require editors, but >>> also hosting, web management, etc., so not without costs, even if time is >>> volunteered. >>> I'm happy to host/set a zoom. >>> (apologies if the convo has moved on without me; I only get a daily >> digest) >>> Best, >>> Lyle >>> — >>> Trans Rights are Human Rights >>> — >>> Dr. R. Lyle Skains (LIE-ul skaynz ~ she/her) >>> Associate Professor in Literary Media >>> Senior Fellow, HEA | UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor >>> Director, New Media Writing Prize< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://newmediawritingprize.co.uk__;!!C5qS4YX3!… >>> Directors member, Electronic Literature Organization< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://eliterature.org__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_p… >>> Faculty of Media, Science and Technology, Bournemouth University >>> lskains(a)bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk><mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk>> | Staff >>> Profile< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display… >>> — >>> Playable Comms< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://playablecomms.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ…>: >> Interactive Digital Narrative >>> for Health & Science Communication >>> Winner of the 2023 N. Katherine Hayles Award< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://eliterature.org/elo-awards/__;!!C5qS4YX…> >> for Criticism in Electronic >>> Literature, Neverending Stories: The Popular Emergence of Digital >> Fiction< >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/neverending-stori… >>> ________________________________ >>> BU is a Disability Confident Employer and has signed up to the Mindful >>> Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University >>> buildings can be found on the BU AccessAble webpages. >>> This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and >> may >>> contain confidential information. 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Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or >>> its subsidiary companies via email. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_pTfxCxJy… >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_pTf… >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_pTfxCxJy… >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_pTf… >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!Mak6IKo!LdlLVOkGRX8O4KfHWmb… >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!Mak6IKo!LdlLVOkGRX8O4K… > > > -- > Dr. Will Mari > Associate Professor of Media Law and Media History > Darlene and Thomas O. Ryder Professorship > Manship School of Mass Communication > Louisiana State University > > Corresponding editor, *Journalism History * > Author of: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://upress.missouri.edu/9780826222329/the-a… > (2021) > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.routledge.com/A-Short-History-of-Di… > (2019) > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.routledge.com/Newsrooms-and-the-Dis… > (2022) > Co-editor of: Media Building: Architecture, Design, and the Spatial > Politics of Mass Communication | SpringerLink > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-… > (2025)

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Re: [Air-L] First Monday - Archiving Articles
by Ben Pettis 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

Hi all, Apologies if this is redundant — I receive the listserv as a digest so may not have seen the most recent messages. It’s great to see such support and enthusiasm for First Monday, and I share the hope that the community can come up with some way to keep this important resource operating. Others have also pointed out the importance ensuring that the past 30 years of scholarship that has been published there is adequately preserved. Because everything in FM is open access and published with a Creative Commons license, I am starting on a basic web scraping project to download articles and metadata for everything that has been published in the journal: https://github.com/bpettis/firstmonday-archive I’ll keep working on this and continue saving files between now and May 2026, as well as explore options for mirroring this content somewhere else online to ensure it remains accessible. Happy to coordinate with others who may be interested to ensure that we’re preserving and caring for the archives of the journal. Ben Pettis, Ph.D. (he/they) ben.pettis(a)richmond.edu<mailto:ben.pettis@richmond.edu> Assistant Professor Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies University of Richmond On 2/11/26, 11:57 AM, "Will Mari" <wtmari(a)gmail.com> wrote: agreeing with Bryce and all of my colleagues above -- at the very least, having the journal's archive available is critical. Please add my name to any efforts on 'FM's behalf. Will Mari On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 7:10 AM Bryce Newell via Air-L < air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> wrote: > It is great to see all this support for keeping FM alive. I'd be happy to > contribute to these efforts as well, if the outgoing leadership at the > journal are amenable to the idea. Has anyone had contact with those running > the journal currently? We do need to keep fully OA, fee-free journals of > this caliber alive! I've also published in the journal recently and have > read its issues for years. > > Best, > Bryce > > > Bryce Clayton Newell, PhD, JD > The David and Nancy Petrone Faculty Fellow | Associate Professor > School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) > University of Oregon > > bcnewell.com<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://bcnewell.com/__;!!Mak6IKo!LdlLVOkGRX8O4K… > | Google Scholar< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7kICf… > > > External positions: > > Co-Director, Surveillance Studies Network< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://surveillance-studies.net/__;!!Mak6IKo!L… > (SSN) > Dialogue Editor, Surveillance & Society< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/survei… > > > "It is not a mistake to have strong views. The mistake is to have nothing > else." - Anthony Weston (in A Rulebook for Arguments) > > ________________________________ > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org>> on behalf of Dang Nguyen > via Air-L <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> > Sent: Monday, February 9, 2026 7:07 AM > To: Lyle Skains <lskains(a)bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk>> > Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org> <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] First Monday - Online session to discuss saving it? > > Thanks Lyle, such a good idea! I'd love to be part of that Zoom. Dang On > Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7: 03 AM Lyle Skains via Air-L < air-l@ listserv. > aoir. org> wrote: > Hi, all, > > Catching up on the First Monday > discussions. . . Seems there > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart > This message originated outside the UO email ecosystem. > Use caution with links and attachments. Learn more about this email > warning tag< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/2030/Porta… >. > Report Suspicious< > https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/C5qS4YX3!NCmHpZxqC3nvnUXL_x… > > > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > > Thanks Lyle, such a good idea! I'd love to be part of that Zoom. > Dang > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7:03 AM Lyle Skains via Air-L < > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> wrote: > > > Hi, all, > > > > Catching up on the First Monday discussions... Seems there are a number > of > > people interested in saving it. Would it be a good idea to host an online > > session over zoom with those interested? We could discuss potential ways > > forward, reaching out to current board, etc. It will require editors, but > > also hosting, web management, etc., so not without costs, even if time is > > volunteered. > > > > I'm happy to host/set a zoom. > > > > (apologies if the convo has moved on without me; I only get a daily > digest) > > > > Best, > > Lyle > > > > > > — > > > > Trans Rights are Human Rights > > > > — > > > > Dr. R. Lyle Skains (LIE-ul skaynz ~ she/her) > > > > Associate Professor in Literary Media > > > > Senior Fellow, HEA | UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor > > > > Director, New Media Writing Prize< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://newmediawritingprize.co.uk__;!!C5qS4YX3!… > > > > > > Directors member, Electronic Literature Organization< > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://eliterature.org__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_p… > > > > > > Faculty of Media, Science and Technology, Bournemouth University > > > > lskains(a)bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk><mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk<mailto:lskains@bournemouth.ac.uk>> | Staff > > Profile< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display… > > > > > > — > > > > Playable Comms< > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://playablecomms.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ…>: > Interactive Digital Narrative > > for Health & Science Communication > > > > > > > > Winner of the 2023 N. Katherine Hayles Award< > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://eliterature.org/elo-awards/__;!!C5qS4YX…> > for Criticism in Electronic > > Literature, Neverending Stories: The Popular Emergence of Digital > Fiction< > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/neverending-stori… > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > BU is a Disability Confident Employer and has signed up to the Mindful > > Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University > > buildings can be found on the BU AccessAble webpages. > > This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and > may > > contain confidential information. If you have received this email in > error, > > please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, > > distributed or disclosed to any other person. > > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not > > necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary > > companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or > > its subsidiary companies via email. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_pTfxCxJy… > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_pTf… > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_pTfxCxJy… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!C5qS4YX3!EtMUkHbJ9_pTf… > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://aoir.org__;!!Mak6IKo!LdlLVOkGRX8O4KfHWmb… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoi… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.aoir.org/__;!!Mak6IKo!LdlLVOkGRX8O4K… > -- Dr. Will Mari Associate Professor of Media Law and Media History Darlene and Thomas O. Ryder Professorship Manship School of Mass Communication Louisiana State University Corresponding editor, *Journalism History * Author of: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://upress.missouri.edu/9780826222329/the-a… (2021) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.routledge.com/A-Short-History-of-Di… (2019) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.routledge.com/Newsrooms-and-the-Dis… (2022) Co-editor of: Media Building: Architecture, Design, and the Spatial Politics of Mass Communication | SpringerLink <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-… > (2025)

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Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026, interview series (AI Now!)
by Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann 12 Feb '26

12 Feb '26

Hi there, The 2026 AI Impact Summit in India is the latest iteration of an event that has become a bellwether for global discourse around the AI industry, especially the question of whether, and how, it can be governed. But it also demonstrates how important ideas can be invoked in ways that dilute their meaning or co-opt their force. This series—produced by AI Now Institute, Aapti Institute, and The Maybe—brings together leading advocates, builders, and thinkers from around the world who live and breathe substance, analysis, and meaningful action into these ideas. Check it out here: https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/research/reframing-impact-ai-summit… Table of Contents Introduction: The India AI Impact Summit 2026: Early Forensics and Planting the Seeds for a People-Centered Alternative Sumedha Deshmukh, Amba Kak, Astha Kapoor, and Mila Samdub Data Rich Karen Hao Human Capital Joan Kinyua Climate Naomi Klein AI and Development Usha Ramanathan Frugal AI Timnit Gebru AI for Good Abeba Birhane Democratization Audrey Tang Accountability Nikhil Dey Linguistic Diversity Chenai Chair Multilateralism Chinasa Okolo Sovereignty Rafael Grohmann Open Source Meredith Whittaker -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann> Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/> University of Toronto Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/> Research Associate, University of Oxford<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/rafael-grohmann/> Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS> Principal Investigator, Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP)<https://digilabour.com.br/worker-owned-intersectional-platforms-woip/> Co-Lead, Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF)<https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-labour-critical-futures/> Researcher, AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work<https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-wor…> Senior Fellow, Massey College<https://www.masseycollege.ca/> Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society<https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/> <https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/>

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