[Commlist] Call for Papers - II EPEA - II International Seminar Public Sphere in the Age of Algorithms

LabCom – Communication Laboratory of the University of Beira Interior 
(Portugal) is organising the *II International Seminar Public Sphere in 
the Age of Algorithms*, under the theme *“AI in the Age of Algorithms.”* 
The event will take place on *10 and 11 December 2026*, entirely online.


The *Call for Papers is open until 30 September 2026* and welcomes 
contributions addressing the following thematic areas:

  * AI, populism and authoritarian leadership
  * Algorithmic literacy and digital citizenship
  * AI and new networked social movements
  * AI, the public sphere and the crisis of deliberation
  * Surveillance, control and predictive policing
  * AI, political polarisation and online radicalisation
  * AI regulation and platform governance
  * AI, political microtargeting and electoral communication
  * AI and new forms of agenda-setting and gatekeeping
  * Conspiracy theories and algorithmic recommendation
  * Hate speech, symbolic violence and digital harassment
  * Deepfakes, disinformation and data authenticity
  * Algorithmic transparency, auditing and accountability
  * AI ethics, algorithmic discrimination and human rights
  * Feminist, anti-racist, environmental and labour movements

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*CONFIRMED SPEAKERS*

This year's edition will feature a group of renowned national and 
international experts, including *Fenwick McKelvey (Concordia 
University, Canada), Louise Amoore (Durham University, United Kingdom), 
Angel Carrasco-Campos (University of Valladolid, Spain), Gil Baptista 
Ferreira (Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra), José Luís Garcia (ICS – 
University of Lisbon)* and *Rita Figueiras (Portuguese Catholic 
University)*.

For further information: https://labcom.ubi.pt/epea/ 
<https://labcom.ubi.pt/epea/>

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