Living by Protocol | Harvard Art Museum
Harvard Art MuseumThe use of social media has become a daily routine for billions of people throughout the last decade. The problems and possibilities of this new media reality were reflected and […]
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Dialogues & Debates | Mozilla Festival
VirtualOn Tuesday, July 26, three experts at the intersection of online privacy and digital rights will unpack these questions, and others during a virtual Dialogues & Debates Panel. Watch the […]
New COVID States Project Report: The Dobbs Decision, Support for Abortion, and 2022 Voting
VirtualA team of researchers from the COVID States Project will discuss the findings from their latest report comparing public attitudes regarding abortion before and after the Dobbs decision was announced, […]
Summer Workshop on Combating Misinformation: Theoretical and Design Challenges to Support a Healthy Information Ecosystem | Syracuse University
VirtualAlthough misinformation has been used as a tool for propaganda throughout history, it has recently garnered immense public attention following the Brexit referendum and the US elections in 2016. Online […]
Can regulation solve the problem of misinformation? | Information Futures Lab, Brown University
HybridIs there a place for government regulation to mitigate the harmful effects of misinformation? Over the past year, the EU Commission’s Digital Services Act, and the Online Safety Bill in […]
Trust & Safety Research Conference | SIO & TSF
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, United StatesHosted at Stanford University’s Frances. C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, the Trust and Safety Research Conference will convene trust and safety practitioners, people in government and civil society, and academics in fields like […]
Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM)
VirtualAfter three successful editions, the Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) returns for a 4th edition, this time hosted as a fully virtual conference by Boise State University […]
2022 Midterms: NYU Center for Social Media & Politics Seminar Series
ZoomMedia Consumption, Misinformation, and Polarization Social media has transformed the media and political landscape, but the vast majority of Americans still get their news from traditional sources such as local […]
CDCS Book Talk: Asta Zelenkauskaitė, Drexel University
Annenberg School Room 108With the prevalence of disinformation geared to instill doubt rather than clarity,Creating Chaos Online, unmasks disinformation when it attempts to pass as deliberation in the public sphere and distorts the democratic […]
Democracy’s Data: Book Talk With Dan Bouk
The Law School’s LawTech Center focuses on pressing questions in law and technology, including policy concerns, data analysis of legal texts and the use of technology in the legal profession. […]
2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series
ZoomUsing Social Media to Drive the Political Conversation Social media is a key tool for candidates and lawmakers to share policy positions, connect with voters, and fundraise. This seminar will […]
2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series
ZoomGeneration Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture The Baby Boomers are the largest and most powerful generation in recent American history. They dominate cultural and […]
2022 Midterms: NYU’s CSMaP Seminar Series
ZoomBeyond Facebook and Twitter: The Impact of New and Niche Platforms For years, Facebook and Twitter dominated scholarly research about the social media landscape. But in the last few years, […]
Elihu Katz Colloquium: Claes De Vreese, University of Amsterdam
HybridClaes De Vreese is a Distinguished University Professor of AI & Society at the University of Amsterdam with a special focus on AI, media, and democracy. He also holds the […]
Elihu Katz Colloquium: Lauren Feldman (Ph.D. ’08), Rutgers University
Hybrid Annenberg Room 500 and on ZoomLauren Feldman is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University. Her current research emphasizes three primary areas of interest: climate change communication, partisan media […]
Web3 is Going Just Where? A fireside chat with Molly White and Jonathan Zittrain
In the wake of the FTX collapse, what impact have cryptocurrencies had on the world and what can we learn from them about the next generation of the internet we […]
GWU IDDP: Nina Hall in Conversation with Dave Karpf
George Washington University Institute for Data, Democracy, and PoliticsOn Thursday, February 16 at 11am ET Dave Karpf will be in conversation with Nina Hall about her recent book Transnational Advocacy in the Digital Era. In her book Nina does what no […]
EU Disinfo Lab: A CERN for the Information Environment
Alicia Wanless, Director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will present during this EU DisinfoLab webinar her study, co-written with Jacob N. […]
Call for Proposals | European Media and Information Fund
The European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) opened three calls for proposals for projects in Europe aiming to fight disinformation on 27 January 2023. EMIF will distribute up to €4,800,000 […]
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Internet for Trust Conference | Forum on Information & Democracy
UNESCO Paris, FranceOn February 21 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the Forum on Information and Democracy holds a session on the implementation of democratic safeguards in the information and communication space. The […]
AI & Social Manipulation | Northeastern University Network Science Institute
Northeastern University Boston, MA, United StatesNetworks have dramatically changed the way we experience the world. Information access and broadcasting have been revolutionized. The Internet, the Web, and online platforms bring us together: our society is […]
Co-Opting AI: Recruiting | NYU Institute for Public Knowledge
VirtualNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, the 370 Jay Project, and the NYU Tandon Department of Technology, Culture and Society invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” […]
GWU: Anthroencryption: Strategies for Protecting the World’s Vulnerable People
Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC, DC, United StatesGovernments, humanitarian organizations and private contractors are capturing, storing and sharing an ever increasing volume of identity data, much of it pertaining to individuals such as refugees, whistleblowers and other […]
Essentially Unprotected: Health Data and the Surveillance of Essential Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
VirtualThe COVID-19 pandemic radically changed the lives of essential workers in America, shifting the conditions, timing, equipment, and spatial practices of their work, and expanding surveillance inside the workplace. And […]
Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy: The Good Web
Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized and facilitated by Dr. Mathias Risse, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and […]
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CFP: Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference 2023
The 2023 AoIR conference addresses themes of revolutions, and their contingent promises and failures as related to digital technologies. How have digital technologies been enrolled in revolutionary projects? How have […]
Train the Trainer Short Courses | Aspen Tech Policy Hub
VirtualOur Train the Trainer short courses are paid, week-long virtual short courses to train experienced policy professionals to teach our methods for policy impact. We are hosting 2 virtual training […]
Foreign Interference & Propaganda: What We Know and What to Expect | NYU Center for Social Media and Politics
VirtualSince Russia’s attempt to interfere with the 2016 election, the political and scholarly community has focused considerable attention on foreign influence in American politics. Researchers and media have investigated the […]
UT Austin Good Systems Speaker Series | Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing
The scope of criminal legal surveillance, from the police to the prisons, has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time, the use of big data has spread across […]
Digital Policy Rounds: Mis/disinformation and the Question of Authenticity | Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy
VirtualWhile mis- and dis-information is primarily understood in terms of its facticity, or lack thereof, the very circulation of information such as news stories is tied to the cultural contexts […]
Call for Proposals | TrustCon 2023
TrustCon is a global conference dedicated to the work of trust and safety professionals, convening trust and safety experts from tech, civil society, academia, and government with the goal of […]
The Impact We Generate Discussion Series | AI, Media & Democracy
AI, Media & Democracy LabMarch 21, April 18 and May 30 2023 at 16:00 In recent months, increased media attention has been given to AI-driven applications like Stable Diffusion, Dall-E, GPT-3, ChatGPT and Bard. […]
“Weaponizing Misogyny”: Gender-Based Harassment’s Impact on Journalists and Free Expression | Berkman Klein Center
Whether they are reporting on gun violence, covering protests in the post-Dobbs era, or sharing information about COVID with the public, journalists are on the frontlines, bringing important issues to […]
Beyond the FTC: The Future of Privacy Enforcement
Harvard Law School and livestream via ZoomIn “Beyond the FTC: The Future of Privacy Enforcement,” law and computer science scholars from across the country will identify and propose solutions to barriers that inhibit enforcement of privacy rights. […]
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GW IDDP: Research Spotlight Webinar Featuring Jeffrey Lees
In his project “Real Time Monitoring of 2022 US Election-Related Misinformation and its Psycho-Social Correlates on Twitter” Jeffrey Lees seeks to answer the question what is the role of superusers? […]
Rest of World Labor x Tech Reporting Fellowship | Rest of World
Rest of World is excited to announce a new opportunity for reporters native to regions outside the West who want to produce a deeply reported body of work on how […]
Steering AI for the Public Good: A Dialogue for the Future | Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton University Princeton, NJ, United StatesRecent, rapid developments in artificial intelligence (AI) research and deployment have demonstrated technology’s potential to drastically transform and potentially improve the lives of many people across the world. From unlocking […]
The Joint Computation + Journalism European Data & Computational Journalism Conference
ETH Zurich Zurich, SwitzerlandThe Joint Computation+Journalism and European Data & Computational Journalism Conference aims to bring together industry, practitioners and academics in the fields of journalism and news production. It will be hosted […]
Meet the future of AI (and us!): registration for the event now open | vera.ai VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence
HybridMaarten Schenk is co-founder of Belgian fact-checking outlet Lead Stories. He is very active in the field of debunking. At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, DW’s Jochen Spangenberg asked […]
Call for papers: The DSA and Platform Regulation Conference 2024 | DSA Observatory
To coincide with the Digital Services Act (DSA) becoming directly applicable across the EU on 17 February 2024, the DSA Observatory at the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, […]
“Whose data is it anyway? Ethical, practical, and methodological challenges of data donation in messenger groups research” | WI Methods Lab
HybridWhen: Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, 1–4 pm Where: Weizenbaum Institute + Zoom (hybrid) Registration: https://forms.gle/7NJngW7Ty4c8TWs3A Messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal, are increasingly used for all forms of political […]
Conferences | SUNY Council on Writing
Stony Brooke UniversityCall for Proposals, 2023 “Writing, Thinking, and Learning with AI: Exploring Relationships of Rhetoric and Artificial Intelligence” Join us October 13–14, 2023, for a virtual conference hosted by the SUNY […]
Workshop on Responsible and Open Foundation Models | Open foundation models
VirtualIn the last year, open foundation models have proliferated widely. Given the rapid adoption of these models, cultivating a responsible open source AI ecosystem is crucial and urgent. Our workshop […]
The Post-API Conference: Social media data acquisition after Twitter | Annenberg Public Policy Center
Annenberg Public Policy Center 202 S 36th St, Philadelphia, PAIf you use social media data in your research, you’re going to want to listen up, because we’ve reached a crisis point. Digital data access has survived in an uncomfortable […]
AI for Humanity and Society 2023 | WASP-HS
As we face an increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday practices, it becomes more critical than ever to examine how AI affects our lives and society. Researchers in the […]
Are Psychological Inoculations Against Misinformation Likely to be Effective at Scale? A Discussion Between Sander van der Linden and Gordon Pennycook | Shorenstein Center
HybridThis event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the NULab at Northeastern […]
Online Content Moderation from the Trenches: Veterans Who Have Fought the Fight | R Street Institute
HybridOnline content moderators have a difficult and thankless job: delivering results and determining what you see on the web. But what do they actually do, and how do they do […]
Call for Applications: The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy | TPRC
American University Washington College of Law Washington D.C, District of ColumbiaTPRC is the preeminent annual interdisciplinary conference on communications, information, and Internet policy that convenes researchers and policymakers from law, economics, engineering, computer science, public policy, data science, social sciences, […]
Emerging directions in news use research: Project launch event and open conference | University of Surrey
VirtualThis event marks the launch of the Leverhulme Trust funded parents’ news use project – which runs from the fall of 2023 to the fall of 2025. The Leverhulme News Use […]
Rethinking the Inevitability of AI | University of Virginia
ZoomCall for Papers: Rethinking the Inevitability of AI: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Computing in Historical Context April 22, 2024: 300-500 word paper proposals due July 18, 2024: Date […]
Good Systems Symposium HUB | UT Austin
Join Good Systems at UT Austin for its fourth annual symposium exploring the future of human-centered, values-driven artificial intelligence. Connect with an interdisciplinary and cross-sector community of faculty leaders, researchers, […]
Preserving Digital Images and Data: Procedural, Policy, and Privacy Issues | Good Systems
Zoom21st century media pose challenges to preserving the historical record. Collecting institutions need guidance and new strategies in order to save selective cellphone video, GPS data, and video from surveillance […]
Understanding Media Habits & Engaging Latino Communities – CSMaP
VirtualLatinos are the largest racial and ethnic group in the United States, comprising more than 60 million people. Yet, researchers know comparatively little about the information Latinos consume online, and […]
Disinfo Day
University of Texas at Austin , United StatesHosted by The University of Texas at Austin’s Good Systems’ “Designing Responsible AI Technologies to Protect Information Integrity” research team, this virtual event brings together researchers and thought leaders working across […]
2nd Annual Smart Cities and Generative AI Symposium | Good Systems
University of Texas at Austin , United StatesThe Smart Cities and Generative AI Symposium is a day-long gathering of interdisciplinary professionals across academia and industry to inform, examine, and discuss how generative artificial intelligence impacts our cities. […]
What is the Cloud Doing to the Internet? | WZB
WZB Berlin Social Science Center Reichpietschufer 50, 10785, Berlin, Raum, GermanyThe future of the Internet is (in) the cloud. Companies like Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS), rather than platforms like X or Meta, will become the tech industry’s most […]
Internet & Society: The Trans-Atlantic Research Future | Internet Democracy Initiative
Northeastern University LondonIn May 2024, the Internet Democracy Initiative will host an Internet and Society Conference at the Northeastern University-London campus. Like the IDI, the conference will focus on the role of […]
The Material Conditions of Platform Governance | Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT)
ZoomIn this talk, we present a methodological outlook for empirical and historical studies of platforms, emphasizing their unique characteristics like programmability and multisidedness. We explore how web archives play a […]
Big Tech Feminism | WZB
WZB Berlin Social Science Center Reichpietschufer 50, 10785, Berlin, Raum, GermanyStrange as it may seem, Big Tech has become feminist. Meta has a team devoted to women’s safety. Venmo monitors its app for gender-based discrimination. Bumble aspires to make misogyny […]
The promise and perils of AI: Issues at stake in the 2024 election | Brookings
Spelman CollegeArtificial intelligence (AI) is transforming every aspect of society, from education and work to health care and finance. Its widespread adoption also has started to impact global politics, from elections […]
The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy | TPRC
American University Washington College of Law Washington D.C, District of ColumbiaThe Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy SEPTEMBER 20-21, 2024 WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. TPRC promotes interdisciplinary thinking on current and emerging issues in […]
Addressing Researcher Harassment | George Washington University
George Washington Univeristy Washington D.C, District of ColumbiaThe George Washington University’s Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics and the Researcher Support Consortium invite you to join them for Addressing Researcher Harassment: A Fireside Chat and Panel Discussion to Launch […]
CrowdTangle Funeral | The Knight-Georgetown Institute
Georgetown University Washington D.C, United StatesThe Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) and the Coalition for Independent Technology Research invite you to a memorial service for CrowdTangle, a tool that offered thousands around the globe the ability to […]
MIC Book Talk: Christopher Robé | Annenberg School
Annenberg SchoolBook Talk and Panel with Chris Robé – “Abolishing Surveillance: Digital Media Activism and State Repression”
Regulating Platforms & Speech in an Age of Fake News | Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society
Boston University Boston, MA, United StatesMisinformation has been a problem for all of human history, but is particularly challenging to control on today’s social media platforms. Under the current US Section 230 regulation, internet companies […]
Report launch: Offensive speech and hate speech targeted at Congressional Candidates in the 2024 Election | Center for Democracy & Technology
VirtualWomen of color candidates continue to be underrepresented in Congress while also facing significant challenges in running for office. One of these challenges includes the kinds of offensive and hate […]
Can We Rebuild Trust in the Information Environment? | NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics and the Center for News, Technology & Innovation
New York University New York, NY, United StatesFor decades, America has seen a steady decline in trust in institutions — in government, science, media, and even the very idea of democracy. The problem stems from several places, […]
The Campaign to Curb Misinformation Research | Boston University
VirtualThe alarming rise of mis- and disinformation influencing recent elections spurred a flurry of new research to understand the trend. But work among academics, nonprofits and the technology sector made […]
Has the AI Election Threat Materialized? | NYU
VirtualSince ChatGPT first launched nearly two years ago, many have claimed the rise of AI would pose a significant threat to elections. Reports warned that a surge of AI-generated disinformation could undermine democracy. Intelligence […]
Threats to Democracies: A Transatlantic Workshop on Media and the 2024 Elections
VirtualJoin us for “Media Coverage of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: The View from Germany and the United States,” a Fireside Chat hosted by the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public […]
The Future of Third-Party AI Evaluation | CRFM & CITP
VirtualGeneral-purpose AI systems are now deployed to billions of users, but they pose risks related to bias, fraud, privacy, copyright, CBRN, NCII, and more. To assess these risks, we need independent […]
Session 13: Robyn Caplan: Studying Networked Platform Governance: A Multi-Perspective Approach | PGMT
This talk will be a reflection on Robyn Caplan’s multi-perspective approach to studying platforms, and will highlight the importance of triangulation when it comes to studying networked actors. This talk […]
Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk? | Annenberg School for Communication
Annenberg SchoolJoin the Center for Media at Risk and the Center on Digital Culture and Society for a symposium examining the relationship between social media and the academy.
The Future of Trustworthy Information: Learning from Online Content Creators
HybridIn this panel, we talk to three online content creators who do journalistic work about how their work is both alike and different than mainstream journalism, how they engage with […]
The Future of Social Media Transparency
Harvard University Cambridge, MassachusettsSocial media platforms have become increasingly opaque at precisely the moment their influence on society has reached unprecedented levels. Over the long-term, we need to conceptualize true independent transparency as […]
Anger, fear, domination: Dark passions and the power of political speech
The Brookings Institute 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, D.C., United StatesAs liberal democracies around the world are faltering, William Galston’s new book, “Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech,” explores the sources of this decline that […]
Federal Efforts to Expand Access to State Administrative Data
WebinarJoin the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology, and Protect Democracy for a webinar on Federal Efforts to Expand Access to State Administrative Data. This […]
The EU Code of Practice on disinformation: evaluating VLOPSE compliance and effectiveness
WebinarIn this webinar, Trisha Meyer (co-author) will present the findings of the recently published EDMO report on the compliance and effectiveness of Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines’ (VLOPSE) […]
Webcast | The Human Edge: Our Future with Artificial Intelligences
HybridHigher education leaders, researchers, and practitioners will meet in Research Triangle Park on September 17th to explore the evolution of the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Attendees […]
Live Podcast Recording | Setting a ‘Tech Agenda’ for Climate Week with Tech Policy Press
VirtualFrom September 21–28, New York City will host Climate Week. Leaders from business, politics, academia, and civil society will gather to share ideas and develop strategies to address the climate […]
Operation Overload: smarter, bolder, powered by AI
WebinarThe Russian propaganda operation targeted at media organisations and fact-checkers is going stronger than ever. Operation Overload, which was first documented in June 2024, is conquering new platforms and harnessing […]
Webinar: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Peacebuilding | International Panel on the Information Environment
VirtualOn 22 September, the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) invites you to the launch of its landmark report, Artificial Intelligence and Peacebuilding: Opportunities and Challenges. AI is increasingly […]
Understanding AI with Data & Society | The Environmental Costs of AI Are Surging – What Now?
HybridResearcher Tamara Kneese speaks with environmental justice researcher Sanjana Paul and critical social scientist Jasmine McNealy about the environmental toll AI development is taking on local water supplies, energy systems, […]
2025 Trust & Safety Research Conference | Stanford Cyber Policy Center
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Cyber Policy Center will host its fourth annual Trust & Safety Research Conference on September 25-26, 2025 at Stanford University. The conference brings together trust and safety researchers […]
Gender & Tech Online Talk Series: Technocapitalism & Environmental Justice
WebinarThe Gender and Tech Talk Series brings together leading scholars, advocates, and practitioners to discuss the intersections of gender, technology, democracy and human rights. It critically examines how digital platforms […]
AI Hype Working Group: Responsible use of AI in journalism | Public Tech Media Lab
VirtualWelcome to the last session of our AI Hype Working Group! We are thrilled to have Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam) joining us as a guest speaker. Find more information […]
Virtual Event | Deep Dive: Data Governance
VirtualDeep Dive: Data Governance, a premier virtual gathering of leading AI & Data practitioners, is a 3-day Virtual Event on Data Governance, and Open Source AI. Read more about the conference and […]
The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI
Residence Palace 155 Rue de la Loi, Brussels, BelgiumThe Open Markets Institute and ARTICLE 19 are convening a high-level two-day conference of leading thinkers, lawmakers, technologists, and advocates to discuss the direct and growing threats to our democracies […]
Webinar | Democracy in the Digital Age: Foundations of Digital Democracy Analysis
VirtualDemocracies today face profound challenges. Digitalisation has reshaped political communication, participation, and governance. The public sphere — where citizens debate issues of common concern — has largely moved online. Digital […]
Automating Content Policy
HybridAI is no longer just moderating individual posts — it is learning how to interpret and enforce policy itself. Dave Willner — who has led trust and safety teams at […]
Friend, Flatterer, or Foe? The Psychology and Liability of Chatbots
As AI systems become more conversational, the lines between tool, companion, and manipulator are blurring. What happens when machines start telling us what we want to hear—and when users start […]
All Tech is Human | Responsible Tech Summit: Centering Humanity in our Tech Future
SVA Theater 333 W 23 St, New York, NY, United States“We’re excited to announce the theme of this year’s Responsible Tech Summit: Centering Humanity in our Tech Future. Our event will take place on October 27, 2025 at the SVA […]
The Future of Free Speech Online | The Age of Constitutional Evasion: Jawboning and Other Forms of Government Pressure to Control Private Speech
VirtualHosted by the Center for Democracy & Technology and Stand Together Trust, the Future of Speech Online conference is an annual event that brings together policymakers, media, academics, corporations, advocates, […]
Understanding AI with Data & Society | Reorienting AI for the Public Interest
HybridThe New York Public Library and Data & Society present “Understanding AI,” a four-part live event series exploring the social implications of artificial intelligence and its impacts on democracy, the environment, and human labor. Featuring […]
Panel Discussion | Diaspora Wars and Going 50/50: Sowing Disunity in Black Communities Through Digital Propaganda
HybridThis panel brings together Black feminist scholars, writers, and public intellectuals to examine how and why debates about gender, sexuality, and nationality consistently emerge as top topics on social media […]
The Double Black Box: National Security, AI, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability, with Ashley Deeks, November 12 The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability
HybridRapid advances in artificial intelligence are increasingly vital to national security operations. The United States, China, and other states seek to harness these tools to bolster their own military and […]
Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal
HybridBeyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal is a hybrid event jointly organised by the Horizon Europe KT4D, ORBIS, ITHACA and AI4GOV projects. The event puts under […]
PAIRS: Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium 2026
The 2nd edition of the International Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium (PAIRS) will take place concurrent with the India AI Impact Summit. Like the first edition, which was an […]
AI and the Concentration of Power
HybridZoë Hitzig, known for her research and writing on the political economy of AI, including a widely discussed op-ed reflecting on her decision to leave OpenAI, will examine how AI […]
Digital Identity Symposium: Towards User-Owned Identity
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University 1557 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesLogging into social media platforms and other apps increasingly requires revealing sensitive information, like your birthday and full legal name. That data is collected, processed and shared in ways that […]
Global Forum: FIMI & Hybrid Threats
HybridAbout the Forum Over the past two years, FIMI has shifted from isolated disinformation campaigns to coordinated, AI-enabled operations that combine narrative manipulation, cyber disruption, economic pressure, and reputational attacks […]
The Civic Toolkit: Digital Literacy in the Age of AI
The Civic Toolkit 2026 Wasserturm, EUREF-Campus 18, Berlin, GermanyDemocracies around the world are grappling with declining trust in public institutions, increasing polarisation and the rapid spread of disinformation, often amplified by AI. How can we best build digital literacy […]
AI Can Make Conflict Worse or Better
HybridJoin the Tech Impact and Policy Center on April 21st from 12PM–1PM Pacific for a seminarwith Jonathan Stray. About the Seminar: There has been much discussion of how AI can help […]
Doing Digital Platform Research with Australian Internet Observatory
VirtualA free Australian Internet Observatory Webinar exploring the tool and process for using data donations as a method for collecting digital platform data. Presented by Prof Dan Angus (QUT), Prof […]
Influencer Diplomacy Symposium
VirtualThe Influencer Ethnography Research Lab (IERLab) is hosting our next symposium on Influencer Diplomacy, to be held via Zoom on 24 April 2026, 10:00 – 16:00 (AWST). This one-day online event focuses […]
Call for Contributions: Search Engines and Society Annual Conference (SEASON 2026)
On behalf of the Search Engines and Society Network (SEASON), we invite submissions for the 2026 edition of the Search Engines and Society Annual Conference (SEASON 2026), to be held […]
“AI, Algorithmic Media, and Digital Governance: Power, Control, and Technological Transformation” | Call for Papers for Special Issue
We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a forthcoming special issue titled “AI, Algorithmic Media, and Digital Governance: Power, Control, and Technological Transformation,” to be published in the […]
Synthetic Social Media: Studying Platform-Embedded AI | Call for Proposals
Social media platforms are increasingly shaped by the integration of generative AI alongside long-standing analytical and predictive models. Today’s algorithmic systems are moving from the background infrastructure to the forefront […]
Look What You Made Me Do: How FIMI Actors Weaponize Pop Culture
VirtualWhat if viral cultural moments were not just entertainment, but strategic entry points for influence? High-visibility events, from major entertainment events to viral online controversies, are increasingly used within the […]
PAIRSx Africa 2026: Shaping African AI Through Participatory Governance and Design
Raddison Blu Hotel, Lusaka 19029 Great East Rd, Lusaka, ZambiaIn 2025, the first PAIRSx Africa webinar was held alongside the Global AI Summit on Africa in Rwanda. The session brought together policy experts, practitioners, developers, and academics to advance […]
Rebuilding Belonging in a Digital Age: Teens, Tech, & Third Places
HybridJoin the Tech Impact and Policy Center on May 12th from 12PM–1PM Pacific for a seminarwith Jennifer Heifferon & Alanna Powers-O’Brien. About the Seminar: As adolescence becomes increasingly digital, public discourse tends to […]
Call for Papers: Measuring Media Use and Effects | Annual Conference of the Methods Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
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 […]
Conspiracy Theories in the Wake of Disaster | Call for Papers for Edited Volume
In late September, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the continental United States, churning its way up the Atlantic seaboard. The storm devastated North Carolina with massive rainfall and flooding […]
Inside the 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI
HybridThe AI Index, currently in its ninth year, tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data relating to artificial intelligence. What is changing in the field of AI? Join Stanford HAI’s AI […]
Call for Abstracts: The Politics of GenAI Governance
João C. Magalhães (University of Manchester, UK), Klara Matusewicz (University of Manchester, UK), and Robert Gorwa (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany) are organising a two-day workshop, The Politics of […]
What Digital Futures Do We (Not) Want?
VirtualDemocracies today face profound challenges, including the proliferation of fake news and online disinformation, the rise of digital authoritarianism and digital fascism, the big tech monopolies of online platforms […]
AI companion bots as a public health issue: A new framework for regulation
VirtualAI companion bots are reshaping how people connect, confide, and cope, with children and adolescents among their most active users. Even as evidence of their potential social and developmental harms […]
IPIE | Confronting AI-Generated Misinformation – What the Science Says
VirtualGenerative AI is changing how misinformation is produced, circulated, and perceived. What does the evidence tell us specifically about this cycle, opportunities to mitigate it, and what we don’t know yet? […]
Global Disinformation Summit 2026
VirtualThe GLOBAL SUMMIT ON DISINFORMATION is a space for global interaction where journalists, researchers, academics, fact-checkers, media and government representatives, civil society organizations, professors, and students meet annually to discuss, […]
David vs Goliath in the DSA era: Lessons from Bits of Freedom’s victory
VirtualArticle 38 of the EU Digital Services Act could be described as a masterpiece of legal drafting – 57 words to say very large online platforms must provide a version […]
We the Dead: Preserving Data at the End of the World
VirtualIn the late nineteenth century, the U.S. government and American corporations generated an unprecedented amount of paper records. The data complex emerged as a national network of repositories built to […]
Enforce on the DSA enforcers: how can Member States legally push the Commission to act?
VirtualThe DSA establishes a hybrid enforcement framework. The European Commission holds exclusive competence to supervise and enforce DSA obligations on Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search […]
Fake News Festival 2026
European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) Große Scharrnstraße 59, Frankfurt, GermanyHow does our world change when artificial intelligence produces content faster than we can verify it? The Fake News Festival brings together science, practice, and the public to examine disinformation, artificial intelligence, and the future of our information society from diverse perspectives. In keynotes, lectures, and […]
AI and the future of teaching and learning | Brookings
VirtualAs generative AI rapidly reshapes classrooms around the globe, educators and decisionmakers are grappling with a major concern: How can generative AI be used to help, not harm, teaching and […]
The Luddite Conference on Participatory Futures | The New School
The New School’s Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY The New School's Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWith companies like OpenAI taking Pentagon contracts and Elon Musk using government resources to scrape Americans’ data, it’s hard to feel that there are any tangible ways to resist the […]
China’s AI strategy and its impact on the global information space | EU Disinfo Lab
VirtualCan European software built on cheap Chinese AI models be trusted? As open-source model families like Alibaba’s Qwen surge in global popularity, an increasing number of international developers are quietly […]
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026
ITU Headquarters Pl. des Nations 1211, Geneva, SwitzerlandThe WSIS Forum serves as the central multistakeholder convening platform mandated to advance the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines and support global digital cooperation. Anchored in the renewed UNGA […]
A Materialist Critique of Technofascism | ECPR
VirtualIn this talk, Dr. Möllers parses the current debate on technofascism(s) to develop a materialist understanding of technofascist formations from Science and Technology Studies (STS) and anti-colonial perspectives. She demonstrates […]
AI Real Talk: Spotting AI Slop with Pangram’s CEO | Hacks/Hackers
VirtualThe company Pangram has built the leading product for detecting if purportedly human-written words were actually generated by machines. Their work was among the first to publicly prove the novel […]
Behind the screen: AI slop, young children, and the profit problem | Brookings
VirtualAI slop—low-quality, mass-produced content created by generative AI—is increasingly permeating the digital environments that young children encounter during what is the most critical period for their development and lifelong well-being. […]
12th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2)
University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont, United StatesThe International Conference for Computational Social Science (IC2S2) will be hosted by the Vermont Complex Systems Institute at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont from July 28-31, 2026. IC2S2 has emerged as the […]
JournalismAI Strategy Lab LATAM | Call for Applications
VirtualThe JournalismAI Strategy Lab is expanding, and this time we’re heading to Latin America. We’ve had a great response from the LATAM community over the years, and we’re excited to […]
5th Annual Civics of Technology Online Conference: Against Tech Hype
VirtualHype, hope, disappointment. Hype is the rhetoric of tech billionaires, of VCs, of tech-pushers, of AI boosters and AI doomers. Hype is about attention, grabbing it, holding it. Hype is […]
The Limits of Human Oversight in the Age of AI Agents | Data & Society
VirtualAI agents have begun to move from speculative promise into everyday deployment. They translate high-level goals into plans and carry them out across connected digital environments. Agent builders often promise […]
2026 IDeaS Conference | Call for Submissions
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 […]
Hacks/Hackers AI x Visual Journalism Forum
AI is reshaping visual storytelling. Tools that generate, edit and synthesize images, video and data visualizations are moving faster than the field can track. There are no industry standards, few […]
Job Call: Assistant Professor Position in Media Industry Studies
University of Pennsylvania: Annenberg School for Communication“The University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication is seeking to fill a tenure-track assistant professor position in Media Industry Studies to begin the fall semester of 2027. We are […]
Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) | Funded Research Sabbatical
Time, focus and community for your research on the societal impact of digital transformation A fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) provides the freedom to dedicate yourself […]
Job Call: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
“Data & Society seeks a post-doctoral research fellow for AI-Enabled Scams as a Systemic Security Challenge, a two-year project housed under our AI & Democracy initiative and led by Director […]
Call for Papers – Creator and Influencer Studies
Since 2020, health professionals as creators and influencers has exploded. While they existed long before this date, the advent of the COVID-19 Pandemic accelerated the growth and importance of health […]
AI Civic Action Accelerator | Call for Applications
VirtualThe AI Civic Action Accelerator is a free, 6-session, part-time program that helps individuals and teams refine and advance promising policy solutions to civic artificial intelligence (AI) challenges. The accelerator […]
EDMO BELUX 2.0 | Countering disinformation, raising democratic resilience
Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS) Blvd Général Jacques 210, Ixelles, BelgiumThe final conference for EDMO BELUX 2.0: Based in Belgium and Luxembourg, we take the opportunity to reflect how our efforts across fact-checking, media literacy, research investigations to monitor and […]
The Label Paradox: Can AI Transparency Create More Distrust? | AI, Media, and Democracy Lab
VirtualOur hopes are pinned on AI labels. AI labels are expected to help users navigate an increasingly synthetic information environment by distinguishing fact from fiction, human from machine. Beginning in […]
LLMs are the Third Wave of Automated Content Moderation | Penn MEDIATED
VirtualContent moderation is critical to protecting users against harmful and illegal online content, although it may also restrict free expression. Over the past two decades, platforms have increasingly turned to automation […]
SEASON 2026 Conference | Search Engines and Society Network
HAW Hamburg – Finkenau Campus Finkenau 35, Hamburg, GermanySearch Engines and Society Annual Conference (SEASON 2026) brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss the societal impact of search technologies. The conference offers keynotes, panels, workshops, and networking opportunities. […]
Global Guardrails for Agentic AI: Can the UN, or Anybody Else, Provide Them? | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
VirtualDramatic advances in agentic AI models are rapidly outpacing governance responses, raising profound safety concerns and even questions about the future of civilization. As these capabilities explode, the world needs […]
PAIRSx Public Sector 2026 | Call for Extended Abstracts
PAIRSPAIRSx Public Sector is an open one-day symposium that will be hosted at the Ada Lovelace Institute on 5th November 2026 to explore how public bodies are engaging and involving […]
POLITICO Decoded Summit: AI & Tech Policy
HybridJoin POLITICO in Washington, D.C. for special conversations with policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, investors and innovators crafting the rules of the road for AI and the decisions shaping its future. […]
Governing AI: Policy, Power, and Accountability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | Center for Transformative Media
VirtualArtificial intelligence is no longer an emerging technology — it is already embedded in hiring, healthcare, public infrastructure, and democratic processes, yet the institutions meant to govern it remain incomplete […]
IPIE Global Expert Survey 2026 – Launch Webinar
Virtual“For the fourth year running, we asked experts who study the information environment what they’re seeing in their respective countries. The answer is sobering: three in four experts now expect it to […]
27th International Symposium on Journalism (ISOJ)
University of Texas at Austin , United StatesThe 27th International Symposium on Journalism (ISOJ) will take place Sept. 17-18, 2026, online and in person at the University of Texas at Austin. Stay up to date with important […]
Reject then launder: Catching AI Models validating extremist narratives in crisis | EU Disinfo Lab
VirtualWhat happens when you ask AI chatbots about a crisis or terror attack? While models are programmed to block violent content, real-world audits reveal a concerning phenomenon: “Reject then launder.” […]
INMA Media Innovation Week
Hotel Riu Plaza España Gran Vía, 84, Centro, Madrid, SpainINMA’s Media Innovation Week returns to Madrid in September 2026 — uniting Europe’s most ambitious media leaders at the intersection of data, product, audience, and revenue. Madrid will convene the […]
CRC Critical Data Autumn School 2026 | Synthetic Social Media: Studying Platform-Embedded AI
University Siegen Herrengarten 3, Siegen, GermanySocial media platforms are increasingly shaped by the integration of generative AI alongside long-standing analytical and predictive models. Today’s algorithmic systems are moving from the background infrastructure to the forefront […]
The Future of Speech Online 2026: The Death of Online Anonymity?
VirtualThis year’s Future of Speech Online will examine the need for online anonymity, where it should or shouldn’t be compromised, the emerging and growing threats to anonymity online, and how […]
Protecting Democracy’s Data | Book Talk
VirtualThe United States census, conducted every ten years, is one of the world’s oldest and biggest data-making endeavors, and one of the country’s most consequential. In her urgent new book Data […]
Co-Opting AI: Archives
VirtualCo-Opting AI: Archives will examine how archives and archiving—as infrastructure, epistemology, and social practice—relate to contemporary AI systems. The session will be recorded for those who cannot attend live – […]
AI x Investigative Journalism Forum at The New York Times | Hacks/Hackers
The New York Times 242 W 41st St, New York, NY, United StatesFrom document analysis to pattern detection to verification, AI is changing how investigative journalists dive into research and how fast they can move. The question now is how to scale […]
Call for Submissions: Digital Competition Conference 2027
Knight-Georgetown InstituteThe rapid diffusion of AI and the emergence of AI agents capable of independently accessing tools, initiating processes, and acting on users’ behalf may fundamentally reshape how information and economic […]
Who Gets to Decide How AI Enters Our Schools? With Data & Society
HybridExplore how AI’s role in classrooms is being shaped in New York City and beyond with Coding Kids author Natasha Singer and other panelists at this discussion presented by the research and […]
AI Hype, Hope and Humanity (AI HHH) Festival
De Doelen Kruisplein 40, Rotterdam, NetherlandsThe AI Hype, Hope and Humanity (AI HHH) Festival is a space for genuine exchange, where knowledge flows in every direction, and where responsibility is treated not as an abstract principle, but […]
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, GermanyThe 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 […]
The World Model and Spatial Intelligence Era: Governing AI Beyond Language | Stanford HAI
HybridAs 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 […]
2026 Trust & Safety Research Conference
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe 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 […]
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 […]
Empirical Methods in the Age of AI | Stanford Data Science
Simonyi Conference Center, CoDa 389 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesArtificial 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 […]
4S 2026 Toronto: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
HybridThe 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 […]