Call for Syllabi: The Human-Machine Communication (HMC) Syllabi Projecthttps://andrealguzman.net/hmcsyllabusproject Communication and media research is expanding to include artificial intelligence and robotics, and this broadening of the study of communication also has extended to the classroom. Scholars who are integrating AI and/or Social Robotics into their courses are invited to participate in the Human-Machine Communication Syllabus Project by Andrea L. Guzman, Northern Illinois University, and Jason Archer, Michigan Technological University. The purpose of the project is two-fold: First, we aim to study how scholars are conceptualizing artificial intelligence, social robotics, and/or related technologies and incorporating them as subjects of study and…

Call for Papers: The sleep of digital reason? Dreaming of a creative machine in the age of AISpecial issue of Caleidoscopio – Revista de Comunicação e Cultura, the journal of the Communication Sciences Department of ECATI, Lusófona University (Vol. 1 No. 2)https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/caleidoscopio/announcement/view/245 Issue editors: José Gomes Pinto (Lusófona University) and Alexander Gerner (Lusófona University) Deadline for submissions: January 5, 2026 When Francisco Goya etched “El sueño de la razón produce monstruos” (1799), he warned that reason’s slumber is far from being ordered and predictable. But what is the folly and ignorance today that dreams about algorithmic rationalities and creative machines?…

[Note: For more information about the specific fees follow the link near the end of the Call, and for general information about publication fees, see AJE Scholar’s “Understanding Submission and Publication Fees” and Wikipedia’s entry on Article Processing Charges. –Matthew] Call for Papers: The Role of AI for Counter Speech: Detection, Intervention, and RisksA thematic issue of the journal Media and Communicationhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/issue/futureissues#i500 Academic Editors: Lena Frischlich (University of Southern Denmark – Odense), Cathy Buerger (Dangerous Speech Project), and Magdalena Obermaier (LMU Munich) Important dates: Submission of Abstracts: November 1-15, 2025 Submission of Full Papers: March 15-31, 2026 Publication of the…

Call for Proposals: (Meta)CognitionThe 47th International Conference on the Fantastic in the ArtsMarch 18–21, 2026Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside | Orlando, Floridahttps://iaftfita.wildapricot.org/ICFA Submission deadline: October 31, 2025 The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA) is an annual scholarly conference devoted to all aspects of the fantastic (broadly defined) as it appears in literature, film, and the other arts. For many years, the ICFA has been held annually in Orlando, Florida, USA. Organization and refereeing of academic paper sessions at ICFA is under the direction of Division Heads who are appointed by the President with the advice and consent…

Call for Papers: Trust and the Digital SocietyFor a special issue of the Journal of Trust Researchhttps://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/trust-and-the-digital-society/ Special Issue Editors:Prof. Dr. Balázs Bodó, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (b.bodo@uva.nl)Dr Linda Weigl, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDr Mónika Simon, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDr Tomasz Zurek, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsDr Theo Araujo, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2025 BACKGROUND Trust is the latest shared societal resource to be disrupted by digital innovation on a global scale. Concerns abound regarding growing distrust in institutions, practices, and professions which were highly trusted.…

Call for Submissions: ACM Creativity and Cognition 2026 conferenceTheme: “Creativity for Change”July 13-16, 2026London, UKhttps://cc.acm.org/2026/ Deadline for submission of abstracts for papers, pictorials, and artworks: January 29, 2026 (more deadlines below) We are pleased to invite submissions for papers to the ACM Creativity and Cognition 2026 conference, which will be held in London (UK) 13-16 July 2026. We encourage submissions that contribute with knowledge on various forms of creativity with topics ranging from designing or evaluating creativity-support environments and technologies to studying or reflecting on the experiences, practices, and cognitive processes in art, craft and design. This year’s theme, “Creativity…

Call for Proposals Digital Humanities 2026 (DH2026)The annual conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO)Conference theme: “Engagement”July 27-31, 2026Daejeon, South Koreahttps://dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ Deadline for submissions: December 8, 2025 The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026. CONFERENCE THEME: “ENGAGEMENT” Our theme, “Engagement,” highlights our commitment to fostering meaningful connections—both among diverse communities and between humans and emerging technologies. It emphasizes vibrancy in community interactions and critical reflection on technologies such as “Artificial Intelligence” and their responsible applications.…

Call for Papers: 18th ACM Web Science Conference 2026 (Websci’26)May 21-24, 2026TU BraunschweigLower Saxony, Germanyhttps://websci26.org/ Important Dates: December 10, 2025: Paper submission February 4, 2026: Notification February 28, 2026: Camera-ready versions due May 26-29, 2026: Conference dates ABOUT THE WEB SCIENCE CONFERENCE Web Science is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to understanding the complex and multiple impacts of the Web on society and vice versa. The interdisciplinary field is well situated to address pressing issues of our time by incorporating various scientific approaches. We welcome quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research, including techniques from the social sciences and computer science.…

Call for Papers: Foundations of Digital Games 2026 (FDG’26)Copenhagen, DenmarkAugust 10-14, 2026https://fdg2026.org/call-for-papers/ Deadlines for submissions: Workshop, Competition, and Panel Proposals: November 21, 2025 Abstracts (for Regular Papers): December 5, 2025 Regular Papers: December 15, 2025 The 21st annual Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) conference invites researchers, educators, and practitioners to submit original research contributions. We welcome submissions in the form of full and short papers, posters, demos, doctoral consortium applications, and proposals for panels, competitions, and workshops. FDG invites contributions from within and across any discipline committed to advancing knowledge on the foundations of games, including computer science, engineering, mathematics,…

Call for Papers: Workshop: AI as a colleague? Towards a social epistemology of Artificial IntelligenceMarch 27, 2026University of BernBern, Switzerlandhttps://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=2510&L=PHILOS-L&P=111899529 Organizers: Claus Beisbart (University of Bern), Andreas Wolkenstein (LMU Munich) Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 1, 2025 Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently all the rage in most sciences and medical practice. Deep neural networks and other AI systems are successfully utilized to diagnose diseases from medical data, make predictions, and support treatment planning. Most of its tasks are epistemic, i.e., AI is used to gain knowledge or support inquiry and decision-making. As AI applications learn on the spot and…

Call for Papers: The Visual Politics of Digital EcologiesA Digital Ecologies ConferenceFebruary 2-3, 2026University of Oxford, Englandhttps://digicologies.com/ Deadline for submissions: November 14, 2025 As environmental degradation accelerates apace globally, Nature is becoming increasingly mediated through screens, sensors, and simulations: datafied, downloaded, and deciphered; saved, stored, and shared. Emerging technologies create novel visual regimes through which humans encounter, imagine, and interpret the other-than-human world. These visual regimes are not only technical; they also refashion ecological aesthetics, shaping how environments are perceived, valued, and cared for. Wildlife webcams promise unmediated intimacy with living beings, while Artificial Intelligence (AI) fabricates hallucinatory ecologies untethered…

Call for Submissions: Persuasive 2026, the 21st International Conference on Persuasive TechnologyMarch 11-13, 2026Hakodate, Japanhttps://2026.persuasivetech.org Deadline for submissions of full and short papers: November 7, 2025 (more deadlines below) Keynote Speakers: Catherine Pelachaud (CNRS / Sorbonne University): Socially Interactive Agents as Support for Behavior Change Hiroshi Ishiguro (Osaka University / ATR): Avatar and the Future Society In an increasingly digital world, where technology continuously shapes people’s behavior and attitudes, studying how technology can be leveraged to influence humans positively and ethically is of growing importance. Persuasive Technology is a dynamic and interdisciplinary research field that focuses on the design, development,…