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Measuring Media Use and Effects: Computational Opportunities and Challenges | Annual Conference of the Methods Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)

GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, Köln, Germany

The increasing availability of digital behavioral data and computational tools has transformed how communication researchers study media use, exposure, and effects. These developments offer unprecedented analytical depth – but also introduce new complexities in measurement, theory-building, and ethical practice. This year’s conference of the Methods Division invites contributions that advance and critically engage with computational […]

The World Model and Spatial Intelligence Era: Governing AI Beyond Language | Stanford HAI

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As AI moves beyond language into systems that can perceive, understand, and act in the physical world, a new frontier is emerging: world models—AI systems that build and maintain working representations of real environments to predict how they change in response to action. Building upon a recent Stanford HAI Policy Brief, this seminar will examine […]

2026 Trust & Safety Research Conference

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, United States

The Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center will host the fifth annual Trust and Safety Research Conference on October 1-2, 2026 at Stanford University. The conference brings together trust and safety researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, civil society, and government to advance research in trust and safety while fostering the exchange of ideas across […]

b° future festival for journalism and constructive dialogue

The next edition of the b° future festival will take place from October 1-3, 2026. The b° future festival creates time and space for anyone and everyone who wants to rethink journalism. It blends an industry conference with a civic festival for a unique three-day event in the heart of Bonn that revolves around one key […]

Empirical Methods in the Age of AI | Stanford Data Science

Simonyi Conference Center, CoDa 389 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, United States

Artificial intelligence is transforming how researchers collect, analyze, and learn from data. As AI systems become increasingly integrated into scientific discovery, business decision-making, and policy analysis, they are reshaping both the questions researchers can ask and the methods they use to answer them. Hosted by the Stanford Causal Science Center and the Graduate School of […]

4S 2026 Toronto: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures

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The 50th Anniversary for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S): calls for presentations, panels, and adjacent gatherings that engage our theme of TechnoPower. Science, technology, and innovation are not neutral; as STS scholars, we understand them as socially, culturally, and economically constructed and deeply entangled with a specific form of technoscientific power. […]

Refuse, Resist, Repair: Making Critical Moves in the Times of AI | DISCO Network

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A.I. is inevitable — at least, that is what we would be led to believe from the nonstop media coverage, podcast interviews with tech billionaires, and the advertisements interspersed in our TikTok and Reels doomscrolling sessions. But what does it mean to bring a critical eye to Generative A.I.? Why should the average person care […]

2026 IDeaS Conference | Governing the Digital Age: AI, Platforms, and Online Harms Policy

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Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Information Democracy & Social–cybersecurity (IDeaS)  is hosting a conference focused on policy challenges emerging from the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and digital platforms. Advances in AI systems, shifts in platform governance, and the scale and speed of online communication are transforming how information is produced, distributed, and consumed. At […]

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) 2026

Hyatt Regency Mexico City Campos Eliseos No. 204 Polanco Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico

AoIR 2026 — Mexico City We are thrilled to be in Mexico City, Mexico for AoIR2026! #AoIR2026 will be held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Mexico City, from October 14th to 17th, 2026. It will also be AoIR’s second bilingual conference, after last year’s successful piloting in Niteroí, Brazil. This Year’s Theme: Regenerations Regeneration(s) […]

Call for Papers: Oxford Intersections – Social Media and Language

In 2025, Oxford University Press launched a new type of resource: Oxford Intersections. Oxford Intersections reflects the critical role that peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research plays in helping policy- and decision-makers tackle the world’s most complex and urgent environmental, cultural, political, and social challenges. Topics of Interest: We invite abstracts (by Oct. 20) for the Social Media […]

2026 Africa Facts Summit

Protea Hotel Johannesburg Balalaika Sandton Maude Street, Sandown, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa

The fifth edition of the Africa Facts Summit will take place on 21 – 22 October 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa – bringing together fact-checkers, journalists, researchers, technologists, policymakers, and civil society actors at a critical moment for information integrity on the continent. A critical moment for information integrity The 2026 summit comes at a […]

Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium 2026

University of Barcelona Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585, Eixample, Barcelona, Spain

The Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium, themed “Shaping the Open Transition”, moves from diagnosis to action: from mapping the landscape to charting the path forward. With keynotes anchored in what is already working, and sessions designed to translate research directly into policy recommendations and practice, the event is both a stocktaking exercise and a forward-looking […]