Hello everyone, Together with Dr. Rosa Borge I’m organizing the Panel Online Deliberation in Conflictual Times <https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1148> (ECPR 2021, section 'Political Networks') which might be of your interest: “To understand the implications of changes in communications for democracy, online communications should be assessed as discursive actions that hint towards the potential existence of a public sphere. This is especially relevant during the current epidemiological crisis which effects on the deliberative aspects of online political communications remain to be understood. Indeed, this crisis provides a unique opportunity to investigate whether and how an exogenous shock can affect discursive practices in online political networks. We invite contributions examining the deliberative aspects of communications taking place in online political networks during the Covid-19 crisis, especially those studying highly divisive political issues. Furthermore, we look for submissions methodologically innovative and for new measurement proposals that can expand our knowledge on online political deliberation” Please consider sending an abstract (300 words) to r.borge@uoc.edu or m.esteve.del.valle@rug.nl by February 3rd. All the best, Marc -- Marc Esteve Del Valle, PhD Assistant Professor, Center for Media and Journalism Studies University of Groningen (The Netherlands) Associate Editor, *Political Research Exchange* (PRX) Webpage: marcestevedelvalle.com Social Media: Twitter <https://twitter.com/netmev?lang=en>| ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marc_Esteve_Del_Valle>| LinkedIn <https://nl.linkedin.com/in/marc-esteve-del-valle-3b488095> | SlideShare <https://www.slideshare.net/marcesteveidelvalle> Recent Publications: Mapping the Dutch energy transition hyperlink network <https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/18/7629> (2020: 1-24, Sustainability) Online deliberation and the public sphere: Developing a coding manual to assess deliberation in Twitter political networks <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13183222.2020.1794408> (2020: 1-20, Javnost-The Public) Platform pop: Disentangling Spotify's role in the music industry <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1761859>.(2020: 1-19, Information, Communication & Society). Learning in the wild: Understanding networked ties in Reddit <https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-36911-8_4>.(2020: 51-68, Springer)