CfP Reminder: Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice and Social Control ECREA Communication & Democracy Section Off-Year Conference Erasmus University Rotterdam, 22-23 May 2025 Deadline for abstracts: January 15, 2025 https://automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/ A kind reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions for the ECREA Communication & Democracy Section's off-year conference, Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice and Social Control is coming up on January 15, 2025. The conference will explore the transformative effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on democratic processes, focusing on two inter-related themes: · AI & governance · AI & citizen participation We are also excited to announce our keynote speakers for the conference: - Prof. Dr. Madalina Busuioc, Full Professor of Public Governance in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Dr. Simone Natale, Associate Professor in Media Theory and History at the University of Turin The two-day event will also include a practitioner-scholar roundtable facilitating a dialogue on current practices and challenges of AI-use for progressive social change between civil society representatives and conference participants. For additional information on submissions, fees and proposed timeline, please visit our conference website https://automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/ Conference organizing committee Dr. Delia Dumitrica, Erasmus University Rotterdam Dr. Ofra Klein, Erasmus University Rotterdam Victoria Balan, Erasmus University Rotterdam Dr. Giuliana Sorce, Tubingen University Dr. Jun Liu, University of Copenhagen Dr. Arianna Bussoletti, Sapienza Universita di Roma Victoria Balan, MSc. Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication E balan@eshcc.eur.nl<mailto:balan@eshcc.eur.nl> I www.eshcc.eur.nl<http://www.eshcc.eur.nl/> Visiting address Erasmus University Rotterdam Van der Goot Building, M8.45 Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 Rotterdam, The Netherlands New publication: Technologies of last resort: The discursive construction of digital activism in Wired and Time magazine, 2010–2021<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448221135886>