eurocss symposium 2019: 3rd European Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science: Polarization and Radicalization ETH Zurich Zurich, Switzerland, September 2-4, 2019 |
Conference website | http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2019/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eurocsssymposium2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | April 20, 2019 |
Submission deadline | April 20, 2019 |
Call for Abstracts
We welcome submissions in the intersection of the social sciences and the computer sciences, including (a) new approaches for understanding social phenomena and addressing societal challenges, (b) improving methods for computational social science, (c) and understanding the influence of the Web and digital technologies on society.
For the 3rd Symposium we are especially interested in the following four main topics:
I. misinformation and censorship
(including political tension, upheaval and disrupt; public sphere in the digital age; social media as alternative communication channels; information leakage; whistleblowing)
II. discourse polarization and echo chambers
(including discourse radicalization; effects of filter bubbles; online and offline radicalization; diffusion of information)
III. online and offline group formation
(including global, national and local network structures; effects of weak and strong ties in contemporary and historic societies; mobilization patterns)
IV. political polarization and populism
(including political networks and party politics; detection of radicalization and deradicalization; political campaigning)
Important Dates:
Submission deadline: April 10th, 2019
Acceptance notification: June 10th, 2019
Conference days: September 3rd and 4th, 2019
Submission Guidelines:
Extended abstracts should be submitted in English and in pdf format.
Submissions should be abstracts of approx. 2-3 pages (up to 1000 words plus references and figures) summarizing the work to be presented. We encourage researchers to also submit abstracts of work that has already been published and/or submit work in progress. Please give a sufficiently detailed description of your work and your methods so we can adequately assess its relevance. Please consider that reviewers will be from an interdisciplinary community.
Each extended abstract will be reviewed by a Program Committee composed of experts in computational social science. Accepted submissions will be non-archival, i.e. there are no proceedings. Submissions will mostly be evaluated based on relevance and the potential to stimulate interesting discussions. Submissions may be accepted as talks or posters.