[Air-L] CfP Digital Authoritarianism section at the ECPR General Conference

[Ülker Sözen]

Dear Colleagues,

We hope this message finds you in good spirits. We invite paper and panel
proposals for the Digital Authoritarianism section
<https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1511> at the ECPR General
Conference <https://ecpr.eu/GeneralConference> which will take place on
26-29 August 2025 in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Our proposed
panels focus on the topics of generative AI, big data, crisis of social
reproduction and gender, and comparative approaches to digital
authoritarianism. We welcome further panel proposals as well.

Deadline for submissions is *January 6 (Midnight UK time)*. Please find the
guidelines for paper & panel proposals here
<https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/Content?ID=1482&EventID=269>.

We wish you a happy Christmas and New Year.

Kind regards,

ECPR Digital Authoritarianism Research Network Steering Committee

Follow us on X: https://x.com/digitalaut_ECPR

and Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/digitalaut-ecpr.bsky.social

*"Digital Authoritarianism and Generative AI" Chair: Hossein
Kermani, hossein.kermani at univie.ac.at <hossein.kermani at univie.ac.at>*

*"Big Data Transformations: Does Regime Type Matter?" Chair: Ahmed
Maati, ahmed.maati at tum.de <ahmed.maati at tum.de> *

*"Crisis of Social Reproduction and Gendered Perspectives on Digital
Authoritarianism" Chair: Ülker Sözen, ulk.sozen at gmail.com
<ulk.sozen at gmail.com>*

*"Comparative Approaches to Digital Authoritarianism" Chair: Gregory
Asmolov, gregory.asmolov at kcl.ac.uk <gregory.asmolov at kcl.ac.uk>*

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Dr. Ülker Sözen
Post-doctoral Researcher
Chair of Development Politics, University of Passau
Institute for the Study of Religion, Leipzig University