Call for abstracts: ICA 2025 Preconference Activism Theory, Activist Practice: Bridging Boundaries Between Researching and Doing Activism https://cts.ku.dk/projects/to-use-or-not-to-use/events/ica-2025-preconferenc... Time: 12 June 2025 Place: The Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center (the conference headquarters) Organizers Jun Liu, University of Copenhagen; Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania; Chris Chao Su, Boston University; Priyank Chandra, University of Toronto; Mads Skovgaard, University of Copenhagen. Collaborating with the ICA Global Communication and Social Change Division & the ICA Activism, Communication, and Social Justice Interest Group. In this preconference, we seek original, rigorous, and innovative contributions and reflections on the intersection of research and activism. Submissions can adopt primarily theoretical frameworks or be grounded in empirical investigations, addressing and reflecting on how activist practice shapes activism theory and vice versa. We strongly encourage submissions that involve perspectives and contributions from practitioners and activists, investigate lesser-studied activist movements, platforms, or issues, or facilitate activities by activist minority groups and/or contentious actors of, for instance, the Global South. We are also interested in work that critically examines the ethical dimensions of scholar-activist engagements. We further welcome submissions by early career scholars and advanced PhD students. Abstracts of 400-600 words (excluding references) must be sent toactivism.preconf@gmail.com<mailto:activism.preconf@gmail.com> by Tuesday, 31 December 2024. Please include author names, affiliations, contact information of the submitter, and a brief sentence on how the submission addresses the CFP. We strongly encourage submissions that involve perspectives and contributions from practitioners and activists, investigate lesser-studied activist movements, platforms, or issues, or facilitate activities by activist minority groups and/or contentious actors of, for instance, the Global South. Timeline Deadline for abstract submission: 31 December 2024 Acceptance notifications: 15 February 2025 Deadline for registration: 15 March 2025 Preconference: 12 June 2025 For any inquiries, please send an email to: activism.preconf@gmail.com<mailto:activism.preconf@gmail.com>. Best, Jun Jun Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor Center for Tracking and Society, University of Copenhagen Karen Blixens Plads 8, DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark The Danish Independent Research Fund’s Research Leader 2021, https://tech-in-movement.ku.dk/ **********************************************************