Call for Papers: Videogame TheoryA special issue of Media Theoryhttps://mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp-videogame-theory/ Deadline for submission of abstracts and bio statements: February 1, 2025 Media Theory is an independent (scholar-led), online and (libre) open access journal of peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and communications. This special issue will commission articles on videogame theory from scholars in the humanities and social sciences, especially those working in the field of videogame studies. Videogame scholars have drawn on a range of theories to analyse and interpret the medium, including affect theory (Anable 2018), queer theory (Ruberg 2019), visual theory and critical race theory…

Call for Papers: Image, Imagination, Communication: Exploring the Ethical as Natural or Artificial, Real or SurrealMay 28-30, 2025Duquesne Universityhttps://www.duq.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/liberal-arts/departments-and-centers/communication-and-rhetorical-studies/conferences.php Deadline for submissions of abstracts: April 1, 2025 The 18th Biennial Communication Ethics conference and the Silver Jubilee Anniversary Conference (2000-2025) of the International Communicology Institute will explore current research on the “image” and “imagination,” broadly conceived, across the human sciences. Our focus is on the phenomenological, semiotic, rhetorical and ethical foundations of communication in the experience of embodied thinking, speaking and inscribing. We seek to explore the frontiers of natural and artificial sign-systems, encounter diverse manifestations of concrete reality and…

Call for Abstracts Ludo2025 – Conference on Video Game Music and SoundUniversity Square Stratford Campus, University of East London [and online; see below]July 10-12, 2025https://www.ludomusicology.org/2024/11/06/ludo2025-call-for-papers/ Submission deadline: February 28, 2025 The organizers of Ludo2025 are accepting proposals for research presentations. We welcome proposals on all aspects of sound and music in games. This year, we are particularly interested in papers that support the conference theme of ‘Rhythm, vibes, and beats’. Papers on this topic may include: Rhythm games Rhythmic entrainment and gameplay Story beats and narrative rhythm Vibes, styles, and genres Voices and vibes Music, sound, and embodiment in games…

[More information about Pedagogic Research at the University of Leeds is available on the website of the University’s School of Music. –Matthew] Call for Papers: Screen Music Pedagogies – Study DaySeptember 3, 2025School of Music, University of Leeds, UKhttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2025-all/msg00033.html Deadline for submissions: March 28, 2025 What is distinctive and discipline-specific about teaching and learning in screen music? And how might pedagogic practices relating to screen music inform — and be informed by — teaching and learning in other areas of the curriculum (both within Music, Film and Media Studies, and other disciplines)? Despite the popularity of screen music as an…

Call for Papers: The 8th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI)Affiliated with HRI 2025March 3, 2025Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaVAM-HRI 2025 Workshop: https://vam-hri.github.io/HRI 2025 Conference: https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2025 KEY DEADLINES: Early Notification Deadline: January 17, 2025 (AoE) Final Submission Deadline: February 13, 2025 (AoE) ROLLING SUBMISSIONS: To accommodate the early registration deadline for HRI, we have introduced rolling submissions with updated deadlines. Make sure to submit by Jan 17th if you want notification before the HRI 2025 early registration deadline. Final submissions will close February 13, 2025 AoE. The 8th International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality…

Call for Abstracts: “Redefining Relationships: Human Vulnerability and AI-driven Technologies“A panel at the 10th STS Italia ConferenceJune 11-13, 2025Milan, ItalyPanel: https://stsitalia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/22.Redefining-Relationships_-Human-Vulnerability-and-AI-driven-Technologies-ID_44.pdfSTS Italia: https://stsitalia.org/call-for-abstracts/ Deadline for submissions: February 3, 2025 We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for the panel “Redefining Relationships: Human Vulnerability and AI-driven Technologies”, which will be held as part of the 10th STS Italia Conference – Technoscience for Good: Designing, Caring, and Reconfiguring. KEY INFORMATION Deadline for submission: 3 February 2025 Abstract submission:  here Complete call for abstract:  here Conference date: 11-13 June 2025 Venue: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Design, Milano, Italy PANEL OVERVIEW…

[NOTE: See the 4S website for more open panels and other submission opportunities. –Matthew] Call for Abstracts: Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2025Open panel: ‘Temporalities of bodies, technologies and their entanglements in the experience of disability and/or chronic illness’September 3-7, 2025Seattle, Washington, USAhttps://www.4sonline.org/about_the_conference_seattle.php Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2025 We are pleased to invite you to take part in our panel at the next conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2025 (Seattle, 2025 3-7 September): Temporalities of bodies, technologies and their entanglements in the experiences of disability and/or chronic illness (Panel ID Number: 43)…

Call for Papers Adaptive eXplainable AI Workshop 2025Co-located with the 2025 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI 2025)March 24, 2025Cagliari, Italyhttps://axai.trx.li ACM IUI 2025:March 24-27, 2025https://iui.acm.org/2025/ Deadline for submission of papers: January 13, 2025 We are delighted to announce the second edition of the Adaptive XAI (AXAI) Workshop, to be held in conjunction with ACM IUI 2025. As the integration of Artificial Intelligence into daily decision-making processes intensifies, the need for clear communication between humans and AI systems becomes crucial. This workshop is dedicated to exploring the design and development of intelligent interfaces that adaptively explain AI’s decision-making…

Call for Abstracts Special Issue of Itinerari: Transformations of the Human in the Digital TransitionPosted to the Philos-L e-list on December 23, 2024 Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 30, 2025 The upcoming issue of Itinerari is dedicated to examining the profound transformation of humanity and its values in the context of the ongoing digital transition. The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) calls for a reevaluation of foundational normative concepts, enabling us to rethink what “human-centeredness” means in today’s world. By investigating both the benefits and critical challenges of this digital paradigm shift, the issue seeks to explore the…

Call for Submissions: Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiries (CEPE) 2025September 24-26, 2025Rome, Italyhttps://cepe2025.uniroma2.it/ Deadline for submissions of abstracts, full papers, panels and roundtables: January 31, 2025 (extended) Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiries (CEPE) is a INSEIT conference series. The CEPE conference series is recognized as one of the premier international events on computer and information ethics attended by delegates from all over the world. CEPE is held biennially, and is organized by INSEIT (the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology). Conferences are held about every 24 months, alternating between Europe and the United States. The next CEPE Conference will be held…

Call for Abstracts: Chapters for open-access book on Food, Technology, and Society (esp. ethics/philosophy)Posted to PhilUpdates on December 23, 2024https://groups.google.com/g/philosophy-updates/c/Me33oWp3AWE Deadline for 1-page abstracts: February 1, 2025 (expressions of interest requested as soon as possible) Hi everyone – Here at Cal Poly, we’re running a project on the ethical and social implications of AI kitchens and robot cooks, and we’re now soliciting abstracts for the edited book we plan to publish.  Here’s some basic information: WHAT: We are putting together an edited book for our project, funded by the US National Science Foundation.  While we’re most interested in AI kitchens…

Call for Papers: Next Generation Avatars (NGA) WorkshopAt IEEE VR 2025Saint-Malo, FranceNGA Workshop: March 8, 2025; https://project.inria.fr/nga2025IEEE VR 2025: March 8-12, 2025; https://ieeevr.org/2025 We are pleased to announce the first IEEE VR Workshop on “Next Generation Avatars”, to be help during the IEEE VR 2025 conference, 8th March 2025 8:30-12:30, in Saint-Malo, France. NGA2025 is a half-day on-site workshop which focuses on the very last advancement in avatar capture, modeling, control, animation, interaction and user-studies, with interests also in ethical questions. Recent advances in deep learning, neural representations, and physics-based character simulation… have contributed to a breakthrough in avatar design,…