[Commlist] All Things in Moderation: 2027 call for submissions

*All Things in Moderation: May 2027: Common Ground*

Call for submissions

https://www.allthingsinmoderation.org/call-for-contributions

Moderation has always been about how people share space. Every day, 
moderators decide who gets heard, how disagreement plays out and what a 
community owes its members. That is democratic work.

Right now that work is under pressure. Platforms are automating 
decisions and stripping tools from communities, while polarisation and 
rage bait culture scorch the places where people once found each other, 
and the safety to speak openly.

ATIM 2027 asks what it takes to find and rebuild common ground. We want 
to hear how communities govern themselves together, how moderators help 
people disagree well, and where common ground runs out.

This annual online event seeks to connect work being done in academia, 
policy making and industry and to showcase the latest in research and 
professional practice.


  Moderating Common Ground

Session submissions should have moderation practice at their heart. Here 
are some starting points, but we welcome any ideas that speak to the theme.

  * *Moderating for deliberation: *Civility is a low bar. What moves a
    community from talking past each other to reasoning together, and
    how do community stewards design for it?
  * *Social licence to moderate: *Why people accept or reject moderation
    decisions, and how that licence is earned and kept?
  * *The limits of common ground: *Where does common ground fail us?
    When to welcome conflict, and when to protect communities that need
    their own space.
  * *Sharing the power: *Models for**bringing members into governance
    decisions through councils or juries. What works and how to start 
small.
  * *Rise of the counter-commons: *As platforms automate decisions and
    strip community tools, indie third spaces are rising as
    counter-commons. How moderators push back, and what it takes to
    build elsewhere.
  * *Repair on scorched terrain: *Removing harm ends the incident, not
    the damage. How moderators repair relationships and culture after
    rupture, and offer people a path back in.
  * *Sovereign grounds: *What First Nations understandings of
    relationships, conflict, shared sense-making and collective
    governance can teach moderation practice.
  *
    *Uncomfortable lessons: *Extremist spaces often pair intense
    belonging with shrewd moderation strategies. What can we learn from
    these confronting commons, and what do we risk by looking away?

*Session formats*

We welcome presentations in a variety of session formats, as long as 
they can be delivered online:

  *
    *Research paper*
  *
    Findings at any stage, shared and discussed with practitioners.
  *
    *Case study*
  *
    A practical walkthrough of something you tried and what happened.
  *
    *Panel*
  *
    A facilitated conversation between people with shared concerns and
    different takes.
  *
    *Talk or reflection*
  *
    Experience-led insight, whether you’re new to the work or leading it.
  *
    *Workshop*
  *
    Hands-on skills practitioners can use the next working day.
  *
    *Something else*
  *
    A creative format we haven't yet thought of. It just needs to work
    online.


Proposal of 300-600 words for sessions, and short contributor bios, can 
be submitted here: 
https://www.allthingsinmoderation.org/call-for-contributions 
<https://www.allthingsinmoderation.org/call-for-contributions>
Proposals must be received by January 15th 2026. Feedback and outcomes 
will be sent by end January 2027.

*Global perspectives matter*
We are actively seeking voices from beyond Global North frameworks: on 
community-led governance, moderation in low-resource or high-risk 
settings, and work that challenges the defaults built into mainstream 
hosting platforms.

*Questions?*

All Things in Moderation is the virtual global event for humans who 
moderate. It is hosted by Australian Community Managers: 
www.australiancommunitymanagers.com.au 
<https://www.australiancommunitymanagers.com.au/>

Practice sits at the heart of every session. First-time speakers and 
those from diverse communities and settings are warmly welcome.

Read the full call and submit: 
https://www.allthingsinmoderation.org/call-for-contributions


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