<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues and friends,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You might be interested in the following CfA Early Stage Research Workshop: Digitalization of the Knowledge Economy:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><a href="https://discourseanalysis.net/en/cfa-early-stage-research-workshop-digitalization-knowledge-economy" class="">https://discourseanalysis.net/en/cfa-early-stage-research-workshop-digitalization-knowledge-economy</a></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class="">The production, validation, and use of knowledge are undergoing profound transformations in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI tools influence knowledge production in education, research, media, politics, consulting, advertising, and many more areas in every day live. In addition to that, AI is used to manage entire systems in medicine, traffic management, water supply, electricity industrial production, military and many more. Furthermore, to technical innovations accelerate in breathtaking pace. Nobody seems to know the current stage of technical development and application.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">From the viewpoints of sociology, political science, discourse studies, education studies and political economy, AI is reshaping social life in manyfold respects. Whereas traditional forms of knowledge production are relatively transparent in terms of sources, authorship, and methodology, AI-driven processes increasingly rely on opaque and often untraceable mechanisms. Different governments and competing economic areas like China, USA, Russia, and Europe are developing ways for regulating AI technology to control knowledge production, ideological manipulation and political as well as economic influence.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The shift to AI raises critical questions regarding the attribution of speaker positions, authorship, accountability, and the very criteria by which knowledge is validated. Despite widespread skepticism —particularly among social groups whose cultural capital is rooted in text-based labor (e.g. academics, educators, journalists)— AI is becoming an increasingly pervasive tool across domains of intellectual work. As such, it reconfigures social relations through the mediation of AI-created knowledge itself.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">We invite contributions to a two-day online workshop. This online workshop aims to bring together researchers from a range of disciplines —including linguistics, sociology, political economy, and computer science— to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue about the challenges and transformations brought by the digitalization of the knowledge economy.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The contribution proposals will address (but are not limited to) the following topics:</span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; list-style-position: outside; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Linguistic and discourse analysis of AI-generated texts.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Attribution of authorship, authority, and legitimacy in relation to AI.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Ethical, legal, and social dimensions of AI accountability.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Construction and positioning of speakers in AI-mediated discourse.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Discursive production and validation of truth in digital contexts.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Misinformation, bias, and manipulation risks associated with AI.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Applications of AI in education, journalism, academia, and beyond.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Change in power relations through the devaluation of classical knowledge production.</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In addition to that, we invite contributions from all fields of research and disciplines, including:</span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; list-style-position: outside; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Computer science and programming<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Math, Statistics, Physics</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Engineering<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Social Sciences</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Cultural Studies</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Linguistics</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Economics, Policial Economy<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The abstract as well as the presentation should include the following aspects:</span></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; list-style-position: outside; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Research question (i.e. How is the AI xyz providing validity of information?)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Field of research/research object (i.e. ChatGPT on political discourse in Germany and France compared)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Short Literature review on the research topic (including non-academic information)<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 1em;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Hypothesis/first results (some ideas about possible research outcomes, i.e. “AI draws in most cases a on a conventional linguistic style”)<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The presentation should be no longer than ten (10) minutes.</span></strong></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Practical Information:</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The workshop will be held online over two consecutive days<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">on<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">8/9 May 2026</span></strong>. Active participation in all sessions is expected from all contributors.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">At the end of the workshop participants will be given time to finalize their contribution for a Special Issue in an international journal edited by the organizers.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Submission Guidelines:</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Please submit an abstract of no more than<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">300 words</span></strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span>by<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">30 January 2026</span></strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span>to the following address:<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span><a href="mailto:jens.maesse@sowi.uni-giessen.de" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">jens.maesse@sowi.uni-giessen.de</span></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; caret-color: rgb(29, 31, 38); font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Notifications of acceptance will be sent by the end of March 2026.</span></p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Catedrático de Universidad - <a href="http://www.uv.es/sociologia" class="">www.uv.es/sociologia</a><br class="">Director de:<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Instituto de Creatividad e Innovaciones Educativas - <a href="http://www.uv.es/icie" class="">www.uv.es/icie</a><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Grupo de Investigación de Teoría Crítica: <a href="http://www.uv.es/critica" class="">www.uv.es/critica</a><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Presidente de DiscourseNet: <a href="https://discourseanalysis.net" class="">https://discourseanalysis.net</a><br class=""><br class="">Nuevos libros:<br class="">Vino y Sociedad - Una invitación a la sociología del placer (2020): <a href="http://alfonselmagnanim.net/?q=es/Llibres/vino-y-sociedad" class="">http://alfonselmagnanim.net/?q=es/Llibres/vino-y-sociedad</a><br class="">Invisibilization of Suffering - The moral grammar of disrespect (2020): <a href="https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030284473" class="">https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030284473</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Clàusula de confidencialitat: (ACGUV 227/2014: Art. 7.1)<br class=""><a href="http://www.uv.es/websiuv/clausula_confidencialitat.html" class="">http://www.uv.es/websiuv/clausula_confidencialitat.html</a><br class="">********************************<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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