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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Please find below a call for
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">papers for</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">
“Digital Democracy Workshop” taking place on October 26-27 at the University of Zurich</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Feel free to pass on the call to researchers (senior and junior) who</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> might be
interested in the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">workshop. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Chiara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr. des.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chiara Valsangiacomo</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Zurich</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Zollikerstrasse 117</span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
<span style="background:white">8008 Zurich</span></span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:chiara.valsangiacomo@uzh.ch" title="mailto:chiara.valsangiacomo@uzh.ch"><span lang="DE-CH" style="color:#0B60C9;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">chiara.valsangiacomo@uzh.ch</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"var(--title-font)",serif;color:#111111">Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"var(--title-font)",serif;color:#111111">Digital Democracy Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"var(--title-font)",serif;color:#111111">Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family:"var(--title-font)",serif;color:#111111">October 26<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>& 27<sup>th</sup>, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">We invite paper submissions on the relationship between digital technology and democracy, broadly understood. We are particularly interested in topics such as political communication
and public opinion, e-government and public administration, AI and governance, civic tech and political participation, the regulation of tech platforms, and state repression and surveillance, among others.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">This workshop is co-organized by the Democracy Community of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Digital Society Initiative</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(<a href="https://www.dsi.uzh.ch/de.html">https://www.dsi.uzh.ch/de.html</a>)
and the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Digital Democracy Lab</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(<a href="https://digdemlab.io">https://digdemlab.io</a>) at the University of Zurich. It aims to facilitate exchange among scholars
from different substantive fields working on these topics. We particularly encourage early-career researchers and those belonging to groups traditionally underrepresented in the field to apply.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">Workshop</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">attendance
is free and is open to both paper presenters and non-presenters, but registration is required and subject to seat availability. The workshop will take place in Zurich and all presenters are expected to attend in person.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">The deadline to submit paper abstracts for the workshop is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>May 31, 2023</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">Acceptance notifications will be sent by June 30, 2023</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">. Find</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">the submission page at this link:
<a href="https://digdemlab.io/forms/workshop2023.php">https://digdemlab.io/forms/workshop2023.php</a>.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">Please note that co-authors have to register separately as non-presenters.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#111111"><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">We provide a limited number of travel grants for junior scholars; more information will be provided upon acceptance.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"var(--title-font)",serif;color:#111111">Organizing committee:<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"var(--basic-font)",serif;color:#111111">Alexandre Bovet, Elliot Ash, Karsten Donnay, Fabrizio Gilardi, Lucas Leemann, Matthias Leese, Martino Maggeti, Ehud Shapiro, Uwe Serdült, Sophie van IJzendoorn, Maël Kubli, Anna
Boos, Emma Hoes, Natalia Umansky, Philipp Trein, Jennifer Scurrell. We can be reached at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://digdemlab.io/forms/democracy@dsi.uzh.ch"><span style="color:#2A7AE2">democracy@dsi.uzh.ch</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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