Dear Colleagues, We hope this message finds you in good spirits. We invite paper and panel proposals for the Digital Authoritarianism section <https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1511> at the ECPR General Conference <https://ecpr.eu/GeneralConference> which will take place on 26-29 August 2025 in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Our proposed panels focus on the topics of generative AI, big data, crisis of social reproduction and gender, and comparative approaches to digital authoritarianism. We welcome further panel proposals as well. Deadline for submissions is *January 6 (Midnight UK time)*. Please find the guidelines for paper & panel proposals here <https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/Content?ID=1482&EventID=269>. We wish you a happy Christmas and New Year. Kind regards, ECPR Digital Authoritarianism Research Network Steering Committee Follow us on X: https://x.com/digitalaut_ECPR and Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/digitalaut-ecpr.bsky.social *"Digital Authoritarianism and Generative AI" Chair: Hossein Kermani, hossein.kermani@univie.ac.at <hossein.kermani@univie.ac.at>* *"Big Data Transformations: Does Regime Type Matter?" Chair: Ahmed Maati, ahmed.maati@tum.de <ahmed.maati@tum.de> * *"Crisis of Social Reproduction and Gendered Perspectives on Digital Authoritarianism" Chair: Ülker Sözen, ulk.sozen@gmail.com <ulk.sozen@gmail.com>* *"Comparative Approaches to Digital Authoritarianism" Chair: Gregory Asmolov, gregory.asmolov@kcl.ac.uk <gregory.asmolov@kcl.ac.uk>* ------------------- Dr. Ülker Sözen Post-doctoral Researcher Chair of Development Politics, University of Passau Institute for the Study of Religion, Leipzig University