I'd be grateful if you could circulate this call Call for Proposals Mini-Conference on Algorithmic Politics 2019 Western Political Science Association Annual Conference The Western Political Science Association (WPSA) invites submissions for a mini-conference on Algorithmic Politics to take place during the WPSA's annual conference in San Diego on April 18-20, 2019. We seek proposals for individual papers, posters, and organized panels that engage in rigorous theoretical and empirical research on the ways in which algorithms, artificial intelligence and online-platforms shape socio- political processes. We seek to develop a conversation among an interdisciplinary group of scholars working in this important emerging field. Topics may include but are not limited to: algorithms and surveillance, algorithms and public opinion/fragmenting consent, algorithms/machine learning and allocating public goods/sanctions, the algorithmic imaginary (pop culture), decentralized algorithmic systems/platforms (blockchain), algorithms and language, algorithmic bias/inequality, algorithms and discourse (fake news, bots, etc), algorithmic governmentality, platform economics/politics/cooperatives and/or civic hacking - algorithmic/machine learning solutionism. To submit an individual paper or poster proposal, please submit a title and abstract <http://216.59.24.78/aParticipation.asp> of no more than 250 words. Paper panels/symposium panels may also be submitted; to do so, please note the title of the panel/symposium in each paper submission. The deadline for paper/panel submissions is September 21. Regards, Jose Marichal California Lutheran University Mini-Conference Organizer -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ josé marichal, ph.d. | professor and chair| political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360