37.365, Calls: Workshops at LREC 2026: Social Context Workshop and Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study Social Interactions Workshop (Spain)

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Subject: 37.365, Calls: Workshops at LREC 2026: Social Context Workshop and Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study Social Interactions Workshop (Spain)

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Date: 26-Jan-2026
From: Marco Antonio Stranisci [marcoantonio.stranisci at unito.it]
Subject: Workshops at LREC 2026: Social Context Workshop and Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study Social Interactions Workshop

Full Title: Workshops at LREC 2026: Social Context Workshop and
Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study Social Interactions Workshop
Short Title: SoCon-NLPSI
Theme: Including social and psychological factors that shape
linguistics behaviors in NLP technologies

Date: 12-May-2026 - 12-May-2026
Location: Palma De Mallorca, Spain
Contact Person: Marco Antonio Stranisci
Meeting Email: socon-nlpsi-workshop-organizers.nlproc at uni-bamberg.de
Web Site: https://socon-nlpsi.github.io/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics;
Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 16-Feb-2026

Joint Call for Papers:
Social Context (SoCon) and Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study
Social Interactions (NLPSI)
Co-located with LREC 2026, Palma, Mallorca (Spain)
Workshop day: May 12, 2026
Deadline for paper submission: February 16, 2026
Website: https://socon-nlpsi.github.io
Contact: socon-nlpsi-workshop-organizers.nlproc at uni-bamberg.de
Overview:
Natural Language Processing has evolved significantly, enabling the
modeling of high-level aspects of human communication. Relevant topics
include pragmatics, social dynamics, and the integration of social
context to better understand communicative intent. The SoCon and NLPSI
workshops share a focus on the social dimensions of communication,
while addressing distinct challenges.
The Social Context Workshop explores how context shapes language use,
seeking interdisciplinary collaboration across NLP, Pragmatics,
Sociolinguistics, and Sociology. It aims to develop shared terminology
and promote community-centered approaches as alternatives to
traditional crowdsourcing.
The NLPSI Workshop focuses on psychological processes shaping human
communication, including how individuals perceive, process, and
produce language. It welcomes interdisciplinary work from NLP, Social
Psychology, and Affective Computing, with an emphasis on large-scale
studies.
Topics:
This joint Call for Papers contains two tracks, SoCon and NLPSI.
Authors should choose the track that best matches their contribution.
SoCon Track:
"Towards Responsibly Infusing NLP with Social Context, Community
Meanings, and Pragmatics Through Interdisciplinary NLP Efforts."
Topics include, but are not limited to:
 - Interdisciplinary methods for modeling context, integrating NLP
with pragmatics and social sciences
 - Studying social communities and how to engage with communities of
practice and speech communities
 - Ethical challenges in resource creation, including participatory
design involving relevant communities
 - Explaining behaviors in social interactions through models of
social attitudes shaped by backgrounds, contexts, and triggering
events
Contact for SoCon track: social-context-workshop at googlegroups.com
NLPSI Track:
"Bridging the gap between NLP and psychological insights to foster a
deeper understanding of social interactions."
Topics include, but are not limited to:
 - Psychological constructs (beliefs, motives, feelings, affect,
personality)
 - Psychological studies, especially those focused on interaction
 - Communication patterns such as empathy, persuasion, and conflict
resolution
 - The role of emotions in interpersonal communication, such as
emotion contagion and interpersonal emotion regulation
Contact for NLPSI track:
nlpsi-workshop-organizers.nlproc at uni-bamberg.de
Submission Types:
 - Long papers (up to 8 pages) presenting original research, from
preliminary to established contributions
 - Short papers (up to 4 pages) presenting emerging ideas or
early-stage research
 - Extended abstracts(non-archival, up to 2 pages): a new format
designed to be inclusive of researchers from fields where conference
papers are not standard (e.g., Social Sciences). Extended abstracts
are not included in conference proceedings.
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions will be double-blind reviewed.
Papers must follow the LREC templates (LaTeX, Word, Open Office,
Overleaf). Page limits apply only to the main content; limitations,
ethics, acknowledgements, references, and appendices do not count.
Submission via Softconf: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/SoConNLPSI/
Authors must indicate resources used or created (data, tools,
technologies, evaluation kits). ELRA encourages sharing of language
resources to support reuse and replicability. Authors must follow
ethical AI research policies and include an ethics statement.
Workshop Format:
The workshop follows LREC’s attendance policy. It will be a full-day
hybrid event with keynotes and paper presentations (oral and lightning
talks).
Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline: February 16, 2026
Notification of acceptance: March 23, 2026
Camera-ready deadline: March 30, 2026
Workshop day: May 12, 2026
Organizers:
SoCon
Marco Antonio Stranisci, Turin University
Soda Marem Lo, Turin University
Sabine Weber, Bamberg University
Rossana Damiano, Turin University
Simona Frenda, Heriot-Watt University
Roman Klinger, University of Bamberg
Viviana Patti, Turin University
Marteen Sap, Carnegie Mellon University
Seid Muhie Yimam, University of Hamburg
NLPSI
Aswathy Velutharambath, University of Bamberg
Sofie Labat, Ghent University
Neele Falk, University of Stuttgart
Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco, Bocconi University
Roman Klinger, University of Bamberg
Véronique Hoste, Ghent University
Bennett Kleinberg, Tilburg University

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