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SUMMARY:Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) | Funded Research Sabbatical
DESCRIPTION:Time\, focus and community for your research on the societal impact of digital transformation \nA fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) provides the freedom to dedicate yourself to your research and the opportunity to join a vibrant interdisciplinary community. Step away from daily work routines to gain new perspectives and build lasting connections. \nAs a fellow\, you can spend either six or three months in Bochum\, Germany. During this time\, we will cover your sabbatical leave from work through financial compensation (e.g. for a teaching substitute) or provide grants of up to 2.000 € per month. In addition\, we will provide a fully furnished apartment free of charge. You can invite guests for collaboration and receive financial support for research expenses. Private offices and meeting rooms with modern facilities offer optimal working conditions. \nThe funding program is open to excellent scholars and practitioners\, to all career stages\, disciplines and areas of investigation\, as well as to pure research and to projects that are more applied in orientation. \nYou can apply for our regular open call\, or for our special call “Futures of Work”. \nThe next deadline for applications is 31 August 2026. The earliest possible starting date for new fellowships is October 2027. Please use the application form on our website. \n\nSee here for more information.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/center-for-advanced-internet-studies-cais-funded-research-sabbatical/
CATEGORIES:Fellowship
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SUMMARY:Job Call:  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
DESCRIPTION:“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 of Research Dr. Alice Marwick. The position is fully remote\, begins September 2026\, and runs through May 31\, 2028. Apply by July 15\, 2026.”
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/job-call-post-doctoral-research-fellow/
CATEGORIES:Employment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260901T000000
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers – Creator and Influencer Studies
DESCRIPTION: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 influencers/creators. Health professionals now hold an important place in wellness and online communities but often are disregarded in the broader literature or in traditional health communities. This special collection could examine the role of health professionals as creators\, the current status of the community\, and ethical and legal considerations. \nPossible topics include (but are not limited to): \n• Ethical and legal obligations of health professionals as influencers/creators \n• Educational competencies of health professionals as influencers/creators \n• Trends in health creators content \n• Health professionals experiences as influencers/creators \n• Hierarchies\, power and misogyny \nPlease submit your paper by September 1\, 2026. Should you not be able to meet this deadline\, please contact the Lead Guest Editor (jstokesp@bond.edu.au). \nClick here to learn more.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/call-for-papers-creator-and-influencer-studies/
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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SUMMARY:AI Civic Action Accelerator | Call for Applications
DESCRIPTION:The 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 will support early-stage projects that aim to strengthen the relationship between government\, communities\, and AI. We are seeking practical\, community-driven ideas that help governments tackle AI issues in society or use AI more effectively. For instance\, projects may seek to improve public participation and civic engagement through AI; improve youth online safety; enable governments and AI to work together in more transparent\, equitable\, and effective ways; or propose new ways to handle AI automating jobs for certain sectors of the workforce. The program is open to individuals and teams developing policy-related projects with the potential to create meaningful public impact at the local or state level. \n\n During this short course\, participants will workshop their ideas\, getting direct feedback from peers and Aspen Policy Academy instructors\, while also learning our core framework for achieving policy impact. By the end of the program\, candidates will have developed a concrete civic AI policy solution\, produced a set of tangible outputs\, and begun implementing a policy engagement strategy to present their solution to a decisionmaker\, culminating in an opportunity to share their work directly with a key policymaker. \n\n\nDeadlines\n\n\n Priority Deadline: Tuesday\, August 25 at 11:59pm PT \n\n Final Deadline: Tuesday\, September 1 at 11:59pm PT \n\n\nTimeline\n\n\n Application Open: July 16 – September 1 \n\n Participants Admitted: Late September \n\n Program Dates: 6 Thursday sessions from 9:30 – 11:30am PT/12:30 – 2:30pm ET on October 22\, October 29\, November 5\, November 12\, November 19\, and December 3\nClick here to learn more on the Aspen Institute website. 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ai-civic-action-accelerator-call-for-applications/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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SUMMARY:EDMO BELUX 2.0 | Countering disinformation\, raising democratic resilience
DESCRIPTION:The final conference for EDMO BELUX 2.0: \nBased in Belgium and Luxembourg\, we take the opportunity to reflect how our efforts across fact-checking\, media literacy\, research investigations to monitor and respond to disinformation raise resilience in democratic societies. In particular we seek to contribute policy evidence of societal threats and responses to disinformation. […] \nThis conference welcomes fact-checkers\, media professionals\, media literacy practitioners\, educators\, disinformation analysts and researchers\, policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the mitigation of disinformation\, especially in Luxembourg and Belgium. The main sessions of the conference will take place in English\, while parallel sessions can be organised in French or English.  \nEDMO BELUX 2.0 is a multidisciplinary hub that unites fact-checkers\, disinformation analysts\, media literacy organizations\, and academics. Together\, we strive to counteract the spread of disinformation\, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of information in our communities. We support a wide and diverse community dedicated to safeguarding democratic processes in Belgium and Luxembourg.  \nEDMO BELUX 2.0 is a co-financed Digital Europe project\, under Grant Agreement number 101158785. This EDMO BELUX 2.0 final conference is organized jointly with the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies and is part of BrIAS 2025-2026 programming on Democratic Governance: Challenges and Innovations.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/edmo-belux-2-0-countering-disinformation-raising-democratic-resilience/
LOCATION:Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS)\, Blvd Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, 1050\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T233000
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SUMMARY:The Label Paradox: Can AI Transparency Create More Distrust? | AI\, Media\, and Democracy Lab
DESCRIPTION:Our 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 August 2025\, the EU AI Act requires professional users of GenAI\, including journalists\, advertisers\, political actors\, governments\, and public institutions\, to disclose AI-generated content. The EU AI Office has already proposed concrete approaches for what such labels should look like. \nWith these labels becoming governance mechanisms of trust online\, some crucial questions remain largely unanswered – what if labels do not work as intended? What if they produce unintended consequences\, or even undermine the very conditions of trust they are designed to protect? \nWhile public support for AI transparency is high\, and mandatory AI labels are an important step towards more transparency on AI for users\, we still know surprisingly little about how labels shape user perceptions\, platform behavior\, and information ecosystems. Does a “Generated with AI” label erode trust in content that is actually accurate and reliable? Does the absence of a label become a proxy for authenticity\, regardless of whether content is actually trustworthy? How do users interpret or strategically mobilize labels in politically polarized environments? And could mandatory labeling create a two-tier information ecosystem in which labeled content is dismissed while unlabeled content receives unearned credibility? \nThese questions become even more pressing in contexts such as journalism\, elections\, activism\, war reporting\, and platform moderation\, where trust and authenticity are already highly contested. Our online panel brings together experts in AI regulation\, media studies\, cognitive psychology\, computational linguistics\, and platform governance to explore the promises\, limits\, and unintended consequences of AI labeling. Together\, we will zoom out and investigate AI labels and their implications as part of the broader information ecosystem. Which problems exactly can AI labels solve\, which not\, and when do they backfire. \nClick here to learn more and register to attend. Note: This webinar is taking place in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Event details below are listed in ET (GMT-5). 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-label-paradox-can-ai-transparency-create-more-distrust-ai-media-and-democracy-lab/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:LLMs are the Third Wave of Automated Content Moderation | Penn MEDIATED
DESCRIPTION:Content 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 to perform content moderation at scale. First through hashing algorithms and later through predictive machine learning methods\, many large platforms have automated over 90% of content moderation actions. Today\, online platforms are increasingly exploring using large language models (LLMs)\, as a new component of the content moderation technology stack. With online platforms conducting mass layoffs of trust and safety teams\, while also increasing investments in their AI development\, this convening will explore how LLMs fit in the content moderation landscape and what that means for platforms\, policymakers\, and users. \nThis convening brings together researchers\, technologists\, and practitioners to examine what this third wave of automated content moderation means in practice. We will explore how LLMs are being deployed by platforms today\, how they compare to prior automated systems\, and what the emerging research in this space tells us. We will hear from experts who are building their own custom systems using LLMs for content moderation and researchers who study their implications for information integrity. The conversation will also examine the policy environment shaping adoption: regulatory frameworks in the EU\, Brazil and India\, are setting new expectations for the speed and transparency of content moderation decisions\, incentivizing further automation by online platforms. We will share a pre-read working paper on this topic in advance of this event. [Register at this link]
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/llms-are-the-third-wave-of-automated-content-moderation-penn-mediated/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:SEASON 2026 Conference | Search Engines and Society Network
DESCRIPTION:Search 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. \nSome of the themes for this year’s conference include: \n\nPolitical bias and elections\nLiteracy and education\nAI overviews and trust\nHealth and high-stakes information\nAI answers\, podcasts\, and behavior\nMethods and infrastructure\n\nExplore the full conference program here.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/season-2026-conference-search-engines-and-society-network/
LOCATION:HAW Hamburg – Finkenau Campus\, Finkenau 35\, Hamburg\, 22081\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T150000
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260908T151621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T151621Z
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SUMMARY:Global Guardrails for Agentic AI: Can the UN\, or Anybody Else\, Provide Them? | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
DESCRIPTION:Dramatic 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 guardrails to minimize AI risks while allowing humanity to reap its rewards. But who\, precisely\, is best placed to shape the contours of such a regime? \nThe United Nations aims to lead the AI governance agenda\, but its aspirations collide headlong with two realities. First\, the United States and China\, the two main AI players\, are locked in a fierce rivalry to dominate this frontier technology. Second\, most AI capabilities rest in the hands of private companies locked in zero-sum competition of their own. Given these dynamics\, what can the UN realistically hope to accomplish in this arena? \nAs the world convenes in New York for the opening of the 81STsession of the UN General Assembly\, please join Carnegie’s Stewart Patrick in conversation with Lucia Velasco\, co-director of the Oxford AI Diplomacy Lab\, and Scott Singer\, co-director of Carnegie’s China AI Initiative. Our speakers will identify priorities for the governance of agentic AI and suggest potential pathways for establishing needed guardrails. The discussion will consider the relative roles of the UN\, major and middle powers\, subnational actors\, and tech companies themselves in any future governance arrangements.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/global-guardrails-for-agentic-ai-can-the-un-or-anybody-else-provide-them-carnegie-endowment-for-international-peace/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260916T235959
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SUMMARY:PAIRSx Public Sector 2026 | Call for Extended Abstracts
DESCRIPTION:PAIRSx 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 the public and civil society organisations around their adoption of AI\, particularly in the UK. \nThe PAIRSx Public Sector symposium is a spin-out event from the Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium (PAIRS) series which are designed as spaces to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI and to build stronger connections across the field. \nWe are inviting submission of extended abstracts for presentations or posters to be featured at PAIRSx Public Sector. The deadline for submissions is 16th September 2026. Please make submissions through HotCRP here.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/pairsx-public-sector-2026-call-for-extended-abstracts/
LOCATION:PAIRS
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T090000
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
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SUMMARY:POLITICO Decoded Summit: AI & Tech Policy
DESCRIPTION:Join 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. \n_____ \nAs the development and deployment of artificial intelligence transforms the economy and society\, decisions being made today by policymakers and executives will determine who leads and who is left behind. \nThis fall\, POLITICO will host two complementary events convening the leaders shaping the future of AI: one in Washington\, D.C. where policymakers are crafting the rules of the road for AI\, and one in San Francisco where the technologies driving the next wave of innovation are being built. \nEach event will bring together a global mix of policymakers\, regulators\, industry leaders\, investors and innovators for high-level conversations defining the AI era — from regulation and national security to infrastructure\, energy\, global competition and enterprise adoption. \nWith POLITICO’s unmatched authority at the intersection of power and policy\, each Decoded Summit will provide audience members the opportunity to connect directly with the leaders\, ideas and decisions shaping technology on a global scale. \nRead more and register to attend here.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/politico-decoded-summit-ai-tech-policy/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T150000
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SUMMARY:Governing AI: Policy\, Power\, and Accountability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | Center for Transformative Media
DESCRIPTION:Artificial 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 and unevenly distributed across global contexts.\n\nThis webinar treats AI governance as a political and cultural question rather than a technical one: who sets the rules\, whose values are encoded in them\, and what accountability is possible when systems operate across borders and communities.\n\nDrawing on applied ethics\, media and communication studies\, and labor-centered approaches to AI policy\, the conversation traces how regulation is shaped from above\, through legislation\, industry self-governance\, and international bodies\, and contested from below\, through worker organizing\, civil society advocacy\, and grassroots demands for digital sovereignty. Moderated by John Wihbey\, the session brings researchers into dialogue with each other and the audience around the tensions\, possibilities\, and stakes of governing AI as a medium of social and political life.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/governing-ai-policy-power-and-accountability-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence-center-for-transformative-media/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260916T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260916T180000
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260902T122844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T123335Z
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SUMMARY:IPIE Global Expert Survey 2026 - Launch Webinar
DESCRIPTION:“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 worsen over the next year\, the highest level we’ve recorded since the survey began. \nJoin us on 16 September at 18:00 CEST for a virtual briefing on the findings of the IPIE‘s Global Expert Survey 2026\, drawn from 470 experts across 71 countries. \nWhat you will hear: \n\nWhy unaccountable platforms\, not generative AI\, remain experts’ biggest concern\nAn increasing concern over generative AI\, especially AI generated video\nWhat AI summaries in search engines mean for news traffic and the diversity of viewpoints people see\nWhy funding and data access are making the information environment harder to study.”\n\nClick here to register to attend. Note: Event details are listed in CEST (UTC+2). 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ipie-global-expert-survey-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)":MAILTO:Contact@IPIE.info
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260702T151408Z
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SUMMARY:27th International Symposium on Journalism (ISOJ)
DESCRIPTION:The 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 announcements about the conference by subscribing to our newsletter. \nEl 27º Simposio Internacional de Periodismo (ISOJ) se  llevará a cabo los días 17 y 18 de septiembre de 2026\, de forma virtual y presencial en la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Para no perderte los anuncios y novedades más importantes del evento\, suscríbete a nuestro boletín. \nISOJ is organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.\n\nClick here to learn more and to register to attend. \nNote: This is a hybrid event taking place in CDT  (UTC-5). 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/international-symposium-on-journalism-isoj/
LOCATION:University of Texas at Austin\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260917T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260917T153000
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
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SUMMARY:Reject then launder: Catching AI Models validating extremist narratives in crisis | EU Disinfo Lab
DESCRIPTION:What 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.” \nChatbots initially condemn the violence to pass safety filters\, only to immediately validate and whitewash the underlying extremist ideology in their response. Crucially\, this is not a real-time data gap where models simply lack confirmed facts during a breaking story. Through real-world case studies\, including an audit of nine frontier LLMs on the 2011 Norway terror attack and social feed dynamics from the Bondi Beach shooting\, this session proves the core issue is not a shortage of information\, but a fundamental flaw in how LLMs process and reason through ideology. \nIn this webinar\, speakers from Factiverse and SimPPL will dive into these real case study findings. Beyond LLM vulnerabilities\, the session will explore how unverified viral posts and faulty AI outputs rapidly become the “accepted record” during high-stakes crises\, providing practical\, cost-effective frameworks for researchers\, fact-checkers\, and policymakers to audit these environments. \nNote: Event details are listed in CEST (UTC+2).
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/reject-then-launder-catching-ai-models-validating-extremist-narratives-in-crisis-eu-disinfo-lab/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260921T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260925T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260702T153311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260702T153552Z
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SUMMARY:INMA Media Innovation Week
DESCRIPTION:INMA’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. \nMadrid will convene the people setting the pace for Europe’s news industry. Alongside established voices\, you’ll hear from the innovators building what comes next — the creators rewriting engagement\, the product minds driving habit\, and the commercial architects opening new revenue pathways. It’s a programme infused with fresh thinking and next-generation leadership\, designed to surface the ideas that will shape European media for years to come. \nExperience the strategies powering Spain’s top newsrooms\, explore breakthrough audience growth playbooks\, and connect with the people transforming European media: \nEuropean news media conference: INMA’s signature European conference is the broadest\, fastest\, and most practical look at how to grow and transform at the intersection of media and tech. \nTwo-day Madrid study tour: Visit the newsrooms and innovation labs of Spain’s leading media companies\, gaining first-hand insights into their strategies for audience growth and revenue diversification. What they are doing to grow audience\, brand\, reader and advertising revenue. We’ll visit Prisa Media (El Pais)\, Unidad Editorial (el Mundo)\, Vocento\, ElDiario\, Mediaset\, and RTVE. \nThe very best of Madrid: Beyond the conference\, immerse yourself in Madrid’s legendary hospitality. From tapas tours in historic neighbourhoods to exclusive evenings at iconic venues\, INMA will open doors to the best of Spanish culture and networking opportunities. \nClick here to learn more and register to attend.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/inma-media-innovation-week/
LOCATION:Hotel Riu Plaza España\, Gran Vía\, 84\, Centro\, Madrid\, 28013\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260925T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
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SUMMARY:CRC Critical Data Autumn School 2026 | Synthetic Social Media: Studying Platform-Embedded AI
DESCRIPTION: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 of digital social life – intervening in the content feeds as conversational agents like xAI’s Grok\, reshaping identity through synthetic likenesses of OpenAI’s Sora-2\, and expanding the social ecosystem itself through projects like Butterflies AI and Moltbook\, where autonomous AI agents operate in coexistence with (or independently of) human users. As these developments rapidly outpace existing research frameworks\, the need for mixed critical methodologies grows more urgent. \nSynthetic social media research takes as its starting point the recognition that platforms shaped by generative AI are not simply data-processing systems but cultural environments organized through algorithms\, interfaces\, and shared ways of feeling and knowing. Analytically\, the attribute “synthetic” implies more than artificial arrangements of collective agency. Rather than treating AI as a radical rupture\, it situates generative systems within broader arrangements of human-machine co-creation that amplify specific imaginaries\, values\, and concerns. Methodologically\, it foregrounds ambiguities in how AI platforms recalibrate meaning and how users develop a practical “feel” for algorithmic systems while negotiating their constraints. \nCritical digital methods have responded to these developments by treating chatbots and generative systems as part of the research design as well as objects of inquiry in their own right. Synthetic text\, images\, and sounds are no longer exceptional artifacts but common platform vernaculars\, sustained by entangled practices of prompting\, remixing\, and circulation. Within platform studies\, interface methods\, visual digital methods\, and emerging forms of synthetic ethnography\, AI systems have been repurposed for formatting\, summarization\, annotation\, labeling\, and the generation of synthetic data\, while being interrogated for how they shape knowledge production. This work has foregrounded questions of method: Are we merely studying AI slop\, distracted by the automated excess of content stripped of context and meaning\, or are we witnessing the redefinition of social media itself along with its affordances and cultures of use? \nThe 2026 Autumn School edition of the CRC “Media of Cooperation” tackles this question by focusing on generative AI as an infrastructural\, cultural\, and regulated component of social media platforms across three intersecting dimensions: At the cultural level of everyday use\, it refers to the routinized practices of prompting or interacting with platform-embedded generative systems through multimodal inputs. Infrastructurally\, it signals a shift in agency\, as platforms keep multiplying affordances that nudge us into co-producing synthetic outputs. Finally\, it foregrounds research techniques for probing AI models in their entanglements with the platform governance and moderation regimes. \nAgainst this background\, we invite participants to submit short contributions inspired by\, though not limited to\, one of the following “how to” prompts: \n\nHow to repurpose AI personas as research personas\nHow to rethink walkthrough methods in light of platforms’ generative affordances\nHow to approach cultural biases conditioned by AI systems and prompt cultures\nHow to study AI moderation as platform policy in action\nHow to explore platform agency and its steering ideologies\nHow to integrate screenshots as a method for capturing synthetic situations\nHow to account for the ambiguities emerging from human-machine co-creation\nHow to develop non-extractive approaches to researching AI platforms\n\nParticipants are invited to submit a short abstract (maximum 500 words excluding references) outlining how their work relates to the event’s theme. Presentations should raise questions or provocations rather than present finished research. Accepted abstracts will be grouped into thematic sessions and discussed in a collaborative\, dialogue-focused format. \nSubmit your proposal by 30. April 2026 \nNotification of acceptance by 15 May 2026 \nRegistration by 15 June 2026 \nThe event opens with a one-day conference and moves into hands-on workshops and project work. Accepted abstracts will be grouped into thematic sessions curated by the organising team. Presenters will be connected via email ahead of time to coordinate their contributions. The first day is about presentations and discussions. The next three days are dedicated to exploring and developing methods – hands-on! We invite you to join a team of interdisciplinary scholars and data designers in probing new methodological combinations. Each of our project teams will present a research question alongside a specific method to be collaboratively explored. Please bring your laptops. The project titles will be announced soon. The event is free of charge\, though attendees are responsible for arranging and covering their travel and accommodation in Siegen.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/crc-critical-data-autumn-school-synthetic-social-media-studying-platform-embedded-ai-2026/
LOCATION:University Siegen\, Herrengarten 3\, Siegen\, 57072\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260818T172706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T152830Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of Speech Online 2026: The Death of Online Anonymity?
DESCRIPTION:This 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 to mitigate them. We will bring together civil society\, academics\, companies\, practitioners and others to demonstrate how anonymity is used\, how it is achieved technically\, and what it takes to support anonymous speech into the future. \nClick here to learn more and register to attend.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-future-of-speech-online-2026-conference-the-death-of-online-anonymity/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Democracy & Technology":MAILTO:civictech@cdt.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T130000
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260831T173428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T173444Z
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SUMMARY:Protecting Democracy's Data | Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:The 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 Are Made\, Not Found: A Story of Politics\, Power\, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census\, professor\, researcher\, and Data & Society founder danah boyd explores what it took for the Census Bureau to make the 2020 census\, amid a global pandemic and natural disasters\, and while navigating political forces that constrained the budget\, micro-managed the schedule\, and attacked statisticians’ methods. Despite these challenges\, civil servants saved the 2020 census\, but future censuses — and other data-making efforts related to elections\, health\, and the economy — are precarious. \nBy documenting the perspectives of government workers in Data Are Made\, Not Found\, boyd provides a rare glimpse into what it takes to make democracy’s data and shows clearly why protecting democracy means protecting the people and institutions that produce that data. Join us on September 23 at 1 pm ET as boyd delves into her research and its implications with historian and author Dan Bouk\, in a conversation moderated by Data & Society Executive Director Janet Haven.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/protecting-democracys-data/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T173000
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260806T190633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T190704Z
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SUMMARY:Co-Opting AI: Archives
DESCRIPTION:Co-Opting AI: Archives will examine how archives and archiving—as infrastructure\, epistemology\, and social practice—relate to contemporary AI systems. \nThe session will be recorded for those who cannot attend live – make sure to register to receive notification when the video is available to view.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/co-opting-ai-archives/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260702T154251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260702T154251Z
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SUMMARY:AI x Investigative Journalism Forum at The New York Times | Hacks/Hackers
DESCRIPTION:​From 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 those skills and put them in the hands of reporters to do more accountability journalism under deadline. \n​Join Hacks/Hackers at The New York Times for a full day of case studies and hands-on skill-building with investigative reporters\, data journalists\, editors and engineers. You will leave with real techniques ready to use in your newsroom. \n\nClick here to learn more and register to attend.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ai-x-investigative-journalism-forum-at-the-new-york-times-hacks-hackers/
LOCATION:The New York Times\, 242 W 41st St\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260922T184200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T184200Z
UID:517911-1790294400-1790380799@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Digital Competition Conference 2027
DESCRIPTION:The 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 activity are organized online. These developments are raising new questions about market power\, entry\, innovation\, and control across the technology stack. At the same time\, the regulatory and enforcement disputes that have defined competition policy in tech in recent years continue to evolve\, as the implications of incumbent platform power become increasingly consequential. \nThe Digital Competition Conference 2027 (DCC ‘27)\, taking place February 9-10\, 2027 in Washington\, DC\, will examine all of these developments through a broad inquiry into competition in digital markets. Building on the success of DCC ‘26 – which brought together participants from 37 countries – the conference will continue to serve as a forum for rigorous\, interdisciplinary discussion on the future of competition in the digital economy across key sectors and jurisdictions. The conference aims to advance a shared understanding of competition in AI and digital markets among researchers\, policymakers\, regulators\, business\, litigators\, technologists\, and civil society experts. \nDiscussion will center on research results and methods\, what stakeholders know and still need to learn about competition challenges and remedies\, and how to create a virtuous cycle where research more effectively informs policymaking and enforcement while regulation enables more effective research. The conference will feature research talks and policy discussions focused on a range of technology markets – as they have been traditionally offered\, and as they are being reshaped by AI – including markets for search\, chatbots\, and AI assistants; consumer and enterprise software\, including browsers\, apps\, harnesses\, and cloud services; advertising; social media; messaging; and connected devices. \nCall for Submissions \nWe are soliciting expressions of interest in researcher participation\, including early-stage or draft research papers\, prepublication papers\, and recent or accepted publications. The program committee will select and curate research talks and poster presentations from the submissions received. With the authors’ consent\, we expect to post accepted submissions on our website prior to the conference. \nResearch talks at the conference will be short and should illuminate competition issues\, remedies\, or research methods. Selected speakers will be asked to stimulate dialogue about the practical application of research findings to policymaking and enforcement. The conference is open to all disciplines\, including economics\, computer science\, law\, public policy\, business\, and behavioral sciences. \nPlease submit your paper through the submission link by September 25\, 2026.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/call-for-submissions-digital-competition-conference-2027/
LOCATION:Knight-Georgetown Institute
CATEGORIES:Call for Paper or Proposal,Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T193000
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260831T173915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T173915Z
UID:517709-1790620200-1790623800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Who Gets to Decide How AI Enters Our Schools? With Data & Society
DESCRIPTION:Explore 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 policy institute Data & Society. \nThis event will take place in person and online at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor. \nThis is a pivotal year for shaping the role AI will play in American classrooms. Around the country\, states have already begun distributing AI products across school districts\, and New York City’s DOE recently released its own preliminary guidance on AI. This event will explore what’s at stake for the city’s more than 1\,700 schools and the millions of students and families they serve. \nCoding Kids: Big Tech’s Battle to Remake Public Schools\, the new book by New York Times reporter and Data & Society alum Natasha Singer\, explores how tech companies are using schools to mainstream their AI tools. Singer will discuss her reporting and the broader issues at stake in a discussion with other panelists (to be announced) moderated by Meredith Broussard\, Data & Society advisor and professor at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, and author of More Than a Glitch. The event will be introduced by Data & Society Executive Director Janet Haven.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/who-gets-to-decide-how-ai-enters-our-schools-with-data-society/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260930T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261002T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260806T190320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T190812Z
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SUMMARY:AI Hype\, Hope and Humanity (AI HHH) Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 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 as something negotiated in practice. \nOver three days\, the festival moves through a deliberate arc: \n\nSocietal challenges and current uses of AI across domains including work\, health\, education\, media\, food\, safety\, and defence.\nTransitions and concrete ways forward\, including experimentation\, implementation\, and innovation.\nSkills\, education\, and long-term change asking what capacities are needed to shape responsible AI futures.\n\nWho is this event for?\nThis event is designed as a festival\, not a traditional academic conference. It brings together academics\, practitioners\, and policymakers working on AI\, while opening up the conversation to students\, creatives\, families\, and anyone curious about how AI is shaping society. \nResearchers remain at the heart of the programme\, but in a format that goes beyond presentations and papers\, creating space for dialogue\, interaction\, and exchange with a wider audience. \nVisitors can explore the programme in their own way\, whether that’s through hands-on experiences\, creative work\, discussions\, or more in-depth academic sessions. Alongside plenary sessions\, paper presentations\, workshops\, and debates\, the festival will feature demos\, expo-style showcases\, and a startup competition focused on responsible AI solutions\, where finalists will pitch live. \nEveryone is welcome\, whether you engage with AI in your work or are simply interested in how it affects everyday life. You don’t need a technical background or a specific reason to attend\, if you’re interested\, you’re invited.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/ai-hype-hope-and-humanity-ai-hhh-festival/
LOCATION:De Doelen\, Kruisplein 40\, Rotterdam\, 3012 CC\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260930T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261002T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260413T195124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T195124Z
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SUMMARY:Measuring Media Use and Effects: Computational Opportunities and Challenges | Annual Conference of the Methods Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
DESCRIPTION: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 approaches to the measurement of media use and effects – through methodological innovation\, conceptual refinement\, or empirical application. \nWe seek submissions that explore how computational methods can not only extend but also rethink established approaches to studying media exposure\, its drivers\, and its consequences.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/measuring-media-use-and-effects-computational-opportunities-and-challenges-annual-conference-of-the-methods-division-of-the-german-communication-association-dgpuk/
LOCATION:GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences\, Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8\, Köln\, 50667\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260930T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260930T163000
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260908T132215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T132240Z
UID:517800-1790780400-1790785800@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:The World Model and Spatial Intelligence Era: Governing AI Beyond Language | Stanford HAI
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBuilding upon a recent Stanford HAI Policy Brief\, this seminar will examine how world models could transform infrastructure planning\, crisis response\, scientific experimentation\, and embodied AI\, while raising distinct governance challenges that today’s language-focused AI policy fails to address. \nClick here to learn more and register to attend. Note: Event details are listed in PDT (UTC+7).
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/the-world-model-and-spatial-intelligence-era-governing-ai-beyond-language-stanford-hai/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261001T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261002T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260803T183828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T184038Z
UID:517406-1790812800-1790985599@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:2026 Trust & Safety Research Conference
DESCRIPTION: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 various disciplines\, including computer science\, communication\, policy\, law\, and political science. \nClick here to learn more and register to attend. Note: Registration closes on September 20\, 2026.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/2026-trust-safety-research-conference/
LOCATION:Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center\, 326 Galvez Street\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261001T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261003T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260702T152440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260702T152528Z
UID:516621-1790812800-1791071999@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:b° future festival for journalism and constructive dialogue
DESCRIPTION:The next edition of the b° future festival will take place from October 1-3\, 2026. \nThe 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 question: What kind of journalism does our society need today and in the future? \nClick here to learn more and to register for the event. \n 
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/b-future-festival-for-journalism-and-constructive-dialogue/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260803T170535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T170535Z
UID:517383-1790899200-1791071999@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:Empirical Methods in the Age of AI | Stanford Data Science
DESCRIPTION: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. \nHosted by the Stanford Causal Science Center and the Graduate School of Business\, the Empirical Methods in the Age of AI Conference brings together leading academics and industry practitioners to explore the frontier of data-driven research in an era of powerful AI tools. The conference will examine how AI is changing empirical workflows\, enabling new forms of measurement and analysis\, and creating opportunities—and challenges—for generating reliable evidence from data. \nThrough keynote talks\, panels\, and discussions\, participants will explore topics such as AI-assisted research\, data analysis workflows\, causal inference\, econometrics\, measurement\, and the evolving relationship between human expertise and machine intelligence. The event is designed to foster dialogue between researchers developing new empirical methods and practitioners applying them to real-world problems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to learn more and register to attend.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/empirical-methods-in-the-age-of-ai-stanford-data-science/
LOCATION:Simonyi Conference Center\, CoDa\, 389 Jane Stanford Way\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261007T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261010T235959
DTSTAMP:20260928T182530
CREATED:20260803T194213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T194213Z
UID:517440-1791331200-1791676799@mediawell.ssrc.org
SUMMARY:4S 2026 Toronto: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
DESCRIPTION: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. The theme emphasizes that money and wealth are increasingly shaping our technoscientific futures\, raising urgent analytical and normative questions about how to reclaim power from “tech” billionaires and oligarchs. At this critical juncture\, our task is not only to critique and demystify technoscience but also transform how others perceive and engage with technoscience. From the reinforcement of harmful value(s) systems to the assetization of knowledge and the erosion of ecological and social justice\, a specifically technoscientific capitalism has embedded market logics and elite control into our knowledge institutions\, innovation choices\, and into technological change itself. Yet\, as we also know so well\, technoscience is always contested\, and STS offers plural and grounded alternatives to understanding and reframing technoscience\, from citizen science to community engagement in innovation to Indigenous knowledge. A key challenge now is to accelerate our interventions into public\, policy\, and political debate by using our empirical\, analytical\, and normative tools to shift technoscientific futures away from the dictates of a wealthy few towards a technoscience that fosters collective wellbeing\, justice\, and sustainability. \nClick here to learn more and register to attend by August 31\, 2o26.
URL:https://mediawell.ssrc.org/event/4s-2026-toronto-technopower-technoscientific-futures/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Conference
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