37.3358, Confs: LLMs and the Social Sciences and Humanities: Research, Resources and Infrastructures (Portugal)

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Subject: 37.3358, Confs: LLMs and the Social Sciences and Humanities: Research, Resources and Infrastructures (Portugal)

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Date: 14-Oct-2026
From: Rui Sousa-Silva [rssilva at letras.up.pt]
Subject: LLMs and the Social Sciences and Humanities: Research, Resources and Infrastructures


LLMs and the Social Sciences and Humanities: Research, Resources and
Infrastructures

Date: 30-Nov-2026 - 30-Nov-2026
Location: Porto, Portugal, Portugal
Meeting URL: https://llmssh.events.up.pt/

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 15-Nov-2026

Large Language Models (LLMs) are creating new opportunities for
research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), while raising
important questions about research methodology, data, interpretation,
reliability, integrity, ethics, and reproducibility. From analysing
historical documents and cultural artefacts to studying social
phenomena, language, and human behaviour, LLMs are now opening new
avenues for research while challenging established paradigms to
knowledge production.
How can SSH researchers meaningfully integrate LLMs into their
research? What can these models contribute to established research
methods, and what are their limitations? What resources, tools, and
research infrastructures are needed, alongside critical thinking, to
support reliable, transparent, and reproducible LLM-based research?
This one-day symposium aims to bring together researchers working
across the Social Sciences and Humanities to share experiences,
present ongoing work, discuss methodological challenges, and explore
emerging research opportunities involving LLMs. It will also introduce
participants to CLARIN, the European research infrastructure for
language resources and technologies, and PORTULAN CLARIN, its
Portuguese national infrastructure, highlighting how these
infrastructures can support research involving language data, digital
resources, and LLM-based methods.
We welcome contributions from researchers at all career stages and
from a broad range of SSH disciplines. Contributions are encouraged
both from researchers already working with LLMs and from those
critically examining their potential, limitations, and implications
for SSH research.
Topics of Interest:
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- LLMs in SSH research: Applications of LLMs in the social sciences
and the humanities, including linguistics, history, philosophy,
political science, sociology, communication, psychology, digital
humanities, cultural heritage, and related fields.
- LLMs as research tools: Using LLMs for qualitative and quantitative
analysis, text interpretation, classification, annotation, information
extraction, summarisation, and other research tasks.
- Research methodology and evaluation: Methodological frameworks,
evaluation strategies, validation, reproducibility, and the
reliability of LLM-assisted research.
- LLMs, language, and meaning: Language understanding, interpretation,
discourse analysis, multilingualism, cultural context, and knowledge
representation.
- Data and research resources: Corpora, datasets, digital collections,
data curation, synthetic data, and the role of language resources in
LLM-based research.
- Ethical and societal implications: Bias, fairness, privacy,
transparency, accountability, research integrity, and the broader
societal consequences of LLM adoption.
- Critical perspectives on LLMs: Theoretical and conceptual
perspectives on the capabilities, limitations, and epistemological
implications of LLMs.
- Research infrastructures and open science: The role of CLARIN,
PORTULAN CLARIN, and other research infrastructures in supporting
resource discovery, data sharing, sustainable research practices, and
reproducibility.
- LLMs and research practice: Changes to scholarly workflows,
interdisciplinarity, human–AI collaboration, and the role of
researchers in LLM-assisted knowledge production.
We particularly welcome work that connects substantive SSH research
questions with methodological reflection, empirical evidence, or the
use of research resources and infrastructures. Work in progress,
preliminary results, case studies, and critical reflections are also
encouraged.
Submission Guidelines:
Researchers are invited to submit abstracts describing original
research, ongoing projects, methodological contributions, empirical
case studies, or conceptual perspectives relevant to the symposium.
Abstract length: 300–500 words
Language: English
Submission format: online submission form
Submission deadline: November 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance: November 20, 2026
Submission link: https://forms.gle/iT84kjLVq4ZwaxB96
Submissions should briefly describe the research question or
motivation, the approach adopted, and the main findings, expected
contributions, or issues to be discussed, as appropriate.
Accepted contributions will be presented as short oral presentations,
followed by discussion. The symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary
exchange and welcomes contributions that may not fit traditional
computer science, NLP, or SSH conference formats.
About the Symposium:
The symposium is organised in connection with CLARIN, the European
Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure. Alongside
research presentations and invited talks, the programme will introduce
participants to CLARIN and PORTULAN CLARIN, their resources and
services, and their potential to support research involving LLMs. A
dedicated session will explore how research infrastructures can
contribute to more transparent, reusable, and sustainable SSH
research.
We invite the SSH research community to contribute to the discussion
and help shape the future of LLM-based research.
Organising committee:
Henrique Lopes Cardoso, FEUP / LIACC
Rui Sousa-Silva, FLUP / CLUP
Gil Rocha, FEUP / LIACC
David Freitas, FEUP / LIACC
Contact: hlc at fe.up.pt



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