[Air-L] CFP: AoIR Flashpoint Symposium – June 2025 – Bremen, Germany

[Christian Katzenbach]

Hi everyone, 

Just a quick submission reminder with BONUS update on our 2025 AoIR Flashpoint Symposium in Bremen!

(1) REMINDER: Don’t forget, Submission Deadline for Abstracts is this Saturday, February 15!
(2) BONUS UPDATE: We now have our first great plenary speakers confirmed: 
– Natali Helberger https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/h/e/n.helberger/n.helberger.html
– Thomas Poell https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/p/o/t.poell/t.poell.html
– Sarah T. Roberts https://gender.ucla.edu/person/sarah-t-roberts/

Please reach out to us if you have questions. 

https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/

We are looking forward to see you in Bremen in summer! (Look, it’s wonderful – here’s a clip through the eyes of our students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCqW-MchddA&t=7s)

Best,
Christian 
https://platform-governance.org/





> Am 14.01.2025 um 23:30 schrieb AoIR Association Coordinator via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>:
> 
> *From Platform Governance to Generative AI:Concepts, Methods, and Data for
> Studying Tech Governance*
> 
> We’re thrilled to announce that submissions are open for our next AoIR
> Flashpoint Symposium, to be hosted by the Lab Platform Governance, Media,
> and Technology (PGMT), at the Centre for Media, Communication and
> Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen to be held on 3-4 June
> 2025!
> 
> The study of platform governance and generative AI has become increasingly
> critical as these technologies significantly (re)shape public discourse,
> societal norms, and policy-making processes. By determining how information
> is created, shared, and consumed, these technological systems raise complex
> questions of accountability, fairness, transparency, contestability, and
> ethics. After 20 years of social media these challenges remain topical, and
> both current political developments as well as the advent of generative AI
> will exacerbate rather than relieve those challenges. The AoIR Flashpoint
> Symposium 2025 in Bremen aims to contribute to these urgent discussions on
> governance and normative questions.
> 
> Submissions for research papers or policy/position papers, or for
> pre-curated panels, will take the form of 400-600 word abstracts. *The
> submission deadline is 15 February 2025.*
> 
> The complete Call for Papers, more information on the symposium and the
> link for submissions are available here:
> https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
> 
> Inquiries can be sent to aoir2025 at uni-bremen.de.
> 
> The Symposium organisers are Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Dr. Daria
> Dergacheva, and Dr. Dennis Redeker.
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