How Are You, Democracy?
As part of the Days of Democracy, the SOSEC consortium hosts How Are You, Democracy? – Academic Conference on Measuring Sentiment and Polarization in Times of Crises
📅 on June 25, 2026, 10:00-17:30 and an evening event at 19:00
📍 at Kronenplatz, Karlsruhe.
Please find all information on the here on the SOSEC website.
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology invite researchers to submit poster contributions by June 10, 2026.
Program
Wednesday, 24.06.2026
| 17:00 - 19:00 | PRE EVENT MuT Topic Announcement: Resilient & Digital Democracy |
Thursday, 25.06.2026
| From 09:30 | Arrival |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Introduction to the SOSEC research project, the conference, and brief introductions by the participants |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Impulse Talk by Prof Steven Kimbrough, University of Pennsylvania |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Short Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Poster Session I: Democratic Trust, Resilience, and Discourse |
| 12:00 - 13:15 |
Lunch Break
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| 13:15 - 14:15 | Poster Session II: Online Platforms, Conspiracy, and Polarization |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Short Break |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Poster Session III: Times of Crises – Climate, War, and Pandemics |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee and cake |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Poster Session IV: NLP, AI and Computational Methods |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Wrap-up & Farewell |
Submit your abstract
Your abstract should not exceed 1,500 words. Submissions from early-career researchers particularly welcome. Submit until 10.6.2026 to
fegert@fzi.de