📢We're looking for a new vice-chair! To submit an application please send: - 1-page candidacy statement (description of research program, fit for the section, and vision for the post) - 1-page CV @Chair Giuliana Sorce (giuliana.sorce@uni-tuebingen.de) 📆by June 29th

🚀 CFP - Data Donation for Communication Research pre-conference at #ECC2026 in Brno! The event features: - An introductory workshop - Presentations 👐Participation is free of charge! 📆Deadline March 31st For more information on registration & submissions 👇https://shorturl.at/XPVjj

✨Excited for our #ECRs Voices of Change webinar co-organized by @acsj-ica.bsky.social & @ecreacomdem.bsky.social 📆 "Challenges & Resources in a fast changing world" Feb 25 10:00-11:30 (CET) via Zoom 👉Register at shorturl.at/700nr @jliu2024.bsky.social @yu-ys.bsky.social @bussolettiar.bsky.social

🚨CFP We’re excited to invite proposals for the upcoming #ECC2026 ⏳Deadline: 8 Jan 2026 ✨Join us in Brno to reflect on the shifting grounds of communication and democracy! 👉Read the full call here ecrea2026brno.eu/call-for-pap...

📣CFP - Communicating Democratic Decline & Resilience, Political Communication journal Focus on political communication dynamics at work in democratic decline & democratic resilience 📆Submission deadline Dec 15 🌱Acceptance Jan 15 See the full CFP👉 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Our conference has ended! It was such a privilege to have you 🌟 Thank you to all of our participants and keynotes for sharing their incredible contributions! We're sure these discussions will spark new and exciting research for projects to come on #AI, democracy and #socialchange🌱

Insightful talk from our keynote Dr. Prof. @mbusuioc.bsky.social : public institutions need to take a leading role in responsible #AI, asking whether technology is indeed the right solution to societal problems📣

A few highlights from today's panels, roundtable and #ECR workshop @bussolettiar.bsky.social✨

Today, you can find us at the @ecreacomdem.bsky.social Automating Democracy conference in Rotterdam! 👇👇 📍 11:45 – 13:00 Parallel panel 2 🎯 AI in Public Communication: Governance and Accountability Mechanisms for Democratic Control 🔗 diacomet.eu/event/automa...

Can machines think? Keynote Dr. @snatale.bsky.social on #AI & deception: how do we understand and define deception and non-deception in an age where machines are ubiquitous?

✨Dr. Delia Dumitrica opens the conference with a short speech on the surge of #AI and a few practical info on the conference

Getting ready for an early start, "Automating democracy" is kicking off 🚀

🚨24 HOURS TO GO Our off-year Conference kicks off tomorrow! 📅 May 22-23, 2025 📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam 🔥Ready to focus on best practices & challenges for AI-driven progressive social change 🖊️ Read more: shorturl.at/VkPfx We’re looking forward to welcoming you in Rotterdam!

🚀Only 3 days to go until "Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice and Social Control begins"! 👀Take a look at our program automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/preliminary-... 📅 May 22-23, 2025 📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam Looking forward to welcoming you in Rotterdam!

Conference Programme

Download Programme Day 1: May 22, 202509:00 – 09:30 Arrival & coffee (Foyer) 09:30 – 10:00 Welcome (Bibliotheektheater) 10:00 – 11:15 Opening Keynote – Dr. Simone Natale AI and the automa…

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📣Calling all #ECRs! We’re hosting a #PhDstudent/ rMA Training & Networking Session on "Social Media for Academic Success" with @yecrea.bsky.social rep @bussolettiar.bsky.social 📆May 22, 13:30 – 14:15 CEST 📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam 🔗Read more: automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/preliminary-...

🙌Excited to welcome our second keynote @mbusuioc.bsky.social to our Rotterdam conference for lecture “Towards a Healthier AI Discourse: How AI Shapes Government and Society” 📅 May 23, 12:00 – 13:15 CEST 📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam Read more: shorturl.at/McOtx 📢Stay tuned for the next updates!

Meet our keynotes! 🙌We’re happy to welcome @snatale.bsky.social in Rotterdam as keynote for session “AI and the automation of deception“ 📅 May 22, 10:00 – 11:15 CEST 📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam Read more: automatingdemocracy.wordpress.com/keynote-spee... 📢Stay tuned for the next updates!

Keynote speeches

Prof. Dr. Madalina Busuioc Full Professor of Public Governance in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Tentative title: “Towards a Healt…

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🌟Located in the heart of the city, our conference venue is “the knowledge centre & cultural stage of Rotterdam” & is easily accessible by public transport. "Automating Democracy: AI Use Between Social Justice&Social Control" 📅 May 22-23, 2025 📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam 👉more: shorturl.at/wKhlD

Conference venue

The conference will take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which is easily accessible from Rotterdam/The Hague Airport, or from Amsterdam Schipol Airport (~30 mins by train). The conference venue &#…

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🌍 Our off-year conference 'Automating Democracy: #AI Use Between #SocialJustice and Social Control' is happening in less than two weeks! 🌟Join us for two days of lectures, panel discussions, and an #ECR workshop! 📅 May 22-23 📍 De Bibliotheek Rotterdam 🖊️ Read more shorturl.at/VkPfx

🚀CFP - Special Issue on Social Movement Studies - AI & Social Movements/Activists Alice Mattoni & Lorenzo Mosca invite you to submit to an edited special issue More info👉 shorturl.at/GAXO4 📆Deadline: June 15, 2025 Abstracts & inquiries should be sent to 🙋 sms_specialissue_ai@live.unibo.it

📢CFA – The ECREA Mediatization Section invites submissions for "Mediatization and Society: Truth, Trust, Technology" Symposium! 🗓 Oct 9–10, 2025 📍 Budapest, Hungary 📝 Deadline: May 20, 2025 📨 Please submit an abstract of 300-350 words via the following link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📢 Call for Papers–Special Issue Alert! How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis? @polpsyispp.bsky.social invites you to submit your work! 🔗 Learn more here: bit.ly/4gqPgop 📅 Submission deadline: April 15, 2025

Thank you for joining us for the second webinar of #VoicesOfChange: Activism Democracy & Social Justice, co-organized with ICA Activism Communication & Social Justice Interest Group 👐A huge thank you to @ipostas.bsky.social for an insightful discussion on effective #climatechange communication!

✨thrilled for the second webinar of the "Voices of Change" talk series, co-organized by ICA Activism, Communication & Social Justice & @ecreacomdem.bsky.social! @ipostas.bsky.social on “Effective climate communication: from eco-anxiety to eco-action” 👉Please register at eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...

This is happening next week. Get registered now for the next installment of our *Voices of Change* webinar 📗 🧑🏼‍🏫 🎤 series @ecreacomdem.bsky.social @jliu2024.bsky.social @bussolettiar.bsky.social ⬇️ all details below

ECREA Communication & Democracy section@ecreacomdem.bsky.social · 2y ago

✨thrilled for the second webinar of the "Voices of Change" talk series, co-organized by ICA Activism, Communication & Social Justice & @ecreacomdem.bsky.social! @ipostas.bsky.social on “Effective climate communication: from eco-anxiety to eco-action” 👉Please register at eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...

✨thrilled for the second webinar of the "Voices of Change" talk series, co-organized by ICA Activism, Communication & Social Justice & @ecreacomdem.bsky.social! @ipostas.bsky.social on “Effective climate communication: from eco-anxiety to eco-action” 👉Please register at eur.nl/en/eshcc/eve...

✨deadline extended to Jan 31!

Arianna Bussoletti@bussolettiar.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢CFP ComDem #ECREA conference "Automating Democracy: #AI Use Between #SocialJustice & Social Control" 📍Erasmus uni Rotterdam 📅22-23 May ⏳Deadline Jan 15 Guest speakers: @snatale.bsky.social & @mbusuioc.bsky.social Discount registration fees available for PhDs & students! tinyurl.com/5k3exu3d