Call for Papers: ECCE 2025 – European Conference on Cognitive ErgonomicsAnnual conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE)Theme: Critical reflection for a better tomorrowOctober 7-10, 2025Tallinn, Estoniahttps://transform.tlu.ee/ecce-2025/ Deadline for paper submissions: March 31, 2025 [See below for other deadlines] The European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE), established in 1982, is the premier annual conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE). It serves as a platform for researchers, practitioners, and academics to share advancements, ideas, and discussions in the fields of cognitive ergonomics and human-media interaction. ECCE is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI.…

Call for Papers: Art, Imagination, and AffectSpecial issue of the Journal of Comparative Literature and AestheticsVol. 48, No. 3, Autumn 2025https://jcla.in/journal-of-comparative-literature-and-aesthetics/call-for-papers/ Guest Editors:Julia Langkau (University of Geneva)Radu Bumbăcea (University of Leeds) Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2025 Much of the philosophical literature on imagination and affective states has focused on our emotional reaction to imaginative engagement with fiction, in particular on two prominent puzzles, known as the ‘paradox of fiction’ and the ‘paradox of tragedy/horror’. While the first asks how we can (rationally) have emotions towards fictional events and characters, the second relates to our apparent enjoyment of negative emotions.…

Call for Abstracts: 10th STS Italia Conference“Technoscience for Good: Designing, Caring and Reconfiguring”Organized by The Italian Society for Science and Technology StudiesJune 11-13, 2025Milan, Italyhttps://stsitalia.org/call-for-abstracts/ Deadline for submissions: February 3, 2025 We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the upcoming 10th STS Italia Conference “Technoscience for Good: Designing, Caring and Reconfiguring”, which will be held on 11-13 June 2025 at the Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy). You can find more information about the conference theme and the list of panels here: https://stsitalia.org/call-for-abstracts/#theme We invite you to submit an abstract to one of the 77 panels that have…

Call for Proposals 12th International Digital Storytelling Conference 2025Lives, Voices, and Knowledge in a World on FireOctober 31 and November 1, 2025 – VirtualNovember 6-8, 2025 – Belém, Amazon, Brazilhttps://dst2025.org/call-for-proposals/ Deadlines for submission of abstracts: Global North: February 15, 2025 Global South: March 15, 2025 We invite proposals for participation in the 12th International Digital Storytelling Conference, which will feature two distinct components: A virtual gathering, from October 31 to November 1, 2025 and an in-person event in Belém, Brazil, from November 6-8, 2025. Hosted by Museu da Pessoa and StoryCenter, this will mark the first time the conference is…

Call for Papers The 12th International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T 2025)July 21-23, 2025University of Siegen, Germanyhttps://2025.comtech.community/ Deadline for submission of papers: March 14, 2025 The 12th International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T 2025), to be held at the University of Siegen, Germany from July 21-23, 2025, cordially invites you to submit research papers, case studies, workshop proposals, posters, demos, panels/symposia, community events and doctoral research plans for potential presentation or facilitation at the conference! The biennial International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T) is the premier international forum for stimulating debate and disseminating research on the complex…

Call for Papers SOCIALIZE Workshop @ ACM IUI 2025Fifth Workshop on SOcial and Cultural IntegrAtion with PersonaLIZEd Interfaces (SOCIALIZE)Co-located with the 30th ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2025Cagliari, Italy SOCIALIZE WORKSHOP:March 24, 2025http://socialize2025.di.unito.it/ ACM IUI 2025:March 24-27, 2025https://iui.acm.org/2025/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: January 15, 2025Authors notification: January 20, 2025Camera-ready: March 1, 2025Workshop date: March 24, 2025 OVERVIEW The SOCIALIZE workshop aims to bring together all interested in developing interactive techniques, including social robots, that can help promote social and cultural inclusion of a broad range of users, with a focus on vulnerable groups (e.g.,…

Call for Papers Mediatization Conference 6, 2025Exploring Mediatization in Times of interplay between Human and Artificial IntelligenceMarch 7-8, 2025Hybrid: Lublin, Poland and Onlinehttps://www.umcs.pl/en/ms-cfp.htm Organizers:Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in LublinPolish Communication Association, Mediatization Section Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 15, 2025 We cordially invite you to the next, sixth edition of the international scientific conference: Mediatization Conference 6, 2025. This time we want to discuss the relationship and dependencies between mediatization processes and applications of artificial intelligence in various areas of human life. In particular, we are interested in the interactions between human and algorithmic factors, which in different ways drive…

Call for Papers: Arts and Games21st annual spring seminar organized by the Tampere University Game Research LabMarch 26-27, 2025Tampere University, Finlandhttps://springseminar.org Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 20, 2024 The fields of arts and games are continuously and progressively intersecting, creating hybrids and cultural frames, mutually influencing each other. This is not new; arts have been using games as subject and material for millennia from depictions of athletes in ancient Greek sculpture to Yoko Ono’s All White Chess Set (1966) and from Caravaggio’s Cardsharps (1594) to Harold Hejazi’s game performance series Adventures of Harriharri. Weiqi, or as it is named…

Call for Papers Future ScreenA Special Issue of DIGITCULT@Scientific Journal on Digital Cultureshttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2024-all/msg01817.html Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 31, 2024 (full papers due March 31, 2025) No payment from the authors will be required Issue edited by: Gianni Corino (Plymouth University), Andrew Prior (Plymouth University), Tatiana Mazali (Politecnico di Torino). Digitcult journal calls for research papers on the novel concept of Future Screen, a cross disciplinary topic that has the potential to reshape immersive media, film, narrative and game design, music and performing arts and more broadly the sector of Creative industries, Culture and Entertainment. We would contributors to…

[Important note: I usually avoid posting Calls for Papers that involve the requirement that authors pay a fee for submission and/or publication but do so when the topic is particularly relevant to the presence community. In these cases, as with the Call below, I add an explicit note near the top of the post noting the fee requirement. For more information about the specific fees, see this page on the publisher’s website, 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: “Encounters with…

Call for Papers Meaningful XR 2025University of California (UC) Davis and OnlineMay 22–23, 2025https://www.meaningfulxr.org/ Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2025 Dear Colleagues, We are excited to invite you to Meaningful XR 2025, a conference dedicated to exploring the transformative potential of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR)—collectively “XR”. Meaningful XR 2025 is an engaging gathering of researchers, educators, industry professionals, and students passionate about XR technologies and their meaningful applications. Join us on May 22–23, 2025, at the UC Davis International Center or participate virtually through our hybrid option. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Katherine Isbister, Professor of Computational…

Call for Chapters: “Fantasy geographies: Tourism, worldbuilding, heritage, meaning-making, ecologies and futures”http://commlist.org/archive/all/2024-all/msg01792.html Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 31, 2025 Edited by Jane Lovell, Evgenia Amey, Stijn Reijnders, Nitasha Sharma and Nicola MacLeod We invite abstract chapter submissions of 1000 words for a new volume on geographies of fantasy, to be submitted by 31 January 2025. The volume welcomes interdisciplinary viewpoints and encourages submissions from authors based in different geographical regions. PURPOSE OF THE BOOK This book aims to bring a significant new addition to critical tourism studies, dealing with an economically, culturally and environmentally significant topic that is yet…