From olof.sundin at kultur.lu.se  Wed Apr  1 06:34:14 2026
From: olof.sundin at kultur.lu.se (Olof Sundin)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 06:34:14 +0000
Subject: [NORSLIS] Call for Contributions for SEASON 2026
Message-ID: <GVZP280MB09362CE6FEBFB09719ADA2C9DB50A@GVZP280MB0936.SWEP280.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Dear colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Call for Contributions for SEASON 2026 is still open with a submission deadline of 30 April 2026.

On behalf of the Search Engines and Society Network (SEASON), we invite submissions for the 2026 edition of the Search Engines and Society Annual Conference (SEASON 2026), to be held at HAW Hamburg, Germany, from 15?17 September 2026.

Following the success of SEASON 2025, which brought together an engaged and diverse international community of researchers, practitioners, and students, SEASON continues as a dedicated conference series for critical and interdisciplinary research on search engines and their societal implications.

SEASON explores the multifaceted role of search engines in today's culture and society. The conference fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration to deepen our understanding of search engines as cultural, societal, political, and technical artefacts, as well as their role in everyday practices.

We invite submissions for:

-Long presentations

-Short presentations

-Interactive sessions (e.g., panels and workshops)

-Posters



Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

-Social and cultural aspects of relevance

-Epistemic implications of search-engine use

-Search engines and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

-Search engines and information disorders (e.g., disinformation, data voids)

-AI and changing patterns of search engine use

-Search engines and environmental crises

-Political economy of search

-Accountability and responsibility of search engine providers

-Search engine bias and fair search

-Ethical and affective dimensions of search

-Media and information literacy

-Search engines in everyday life and educational settings

-Search engines and specific communities

-Methods and data collection for search engine research

-Comparative and historical studies of web search

-Approaches to opening the ?black box? of search engine rankings

We welcome conceptual and empirical contributions from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, including the humanities, social sciences, and technical disciplines. Interdisciplinary approaches, work in progress, submissions from practitioners, and student contributions are especially encouraged.



Submission categories and formats:

-Long presentations: Extended abstracts, max. 1000 words (excluding references)

-Short presentations: Abstracts, max. 500 words (excluding references)

-Interactive sessions: Proposals (60?90 minutes), max. 1000 words (excluding references)

-Posters: Abstracts, max. 500 words (excluding references)



Submission guidelines:

-Submissions must be in PDF format

-APA referencing style



Please submit via EasyChair:  https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=season2026

Submission deadline: 30 April 2026

Accepted contributions will be made available to conference participants ahead of the event. All accepted abstracts will be freely accessible after the conference.

SEASON 2026 Website: https://searchenginesandsociety.net/season-2026/

We look forward to your contributions.


With best regards,
The SEASON 2026 Organizing Team


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From olof.sundin at kultur.lu.se  Wed Apr  1 13:34:11 2026
From: olof.sundin at kultur.lu.se (Olof Sundin)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 13:34:11 +0000
Subject: [NORSLIS] Position at Lund University: "The Role of Reading and
 Book Culture in a Sustainable Society"
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Hi,

If you are interested in "The Role of Reading and Book Culture in a Sustainable Society," please consider applying for this prestigious position at Lund University.

https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:910296/type:job/where:4/apply:1

Best regards,
Olof


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Olof Sundin
Professor in Information Studies
Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Lund University, Sweden
Tel: +46 46 2220966<tel:+46462220966>
W:http://www.kultur.lu.se/en/the-department/staff/OlofSundin/


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From birger at ikk.aau.dk  Mon Apr 27 13:15:21 2026
From: birger at ikk.aau.dk (Birger Larsen)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:15:21 +0000
Subject: [NORSLIS] =?windows-1252?q?Call_for_Abstracts=3A_Nordic_Workshop?=
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Dear Colleagues,

The Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy (NWB'2026) will be
held in Copenhagen on November 4-6, 2026.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy has been an annual
event since its beginning in 1996. The event alternates between locations in
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The purpose of the Nordic
Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy is to link bibliometric research
with research policy, to present the newest bibliometric research in the
Nordic countries, and to create better links between the bibliometric research
groups and their PhD students.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Participants who wish to give an oral presentation or present a poster are
kindly asked to submit a 250-word abstract. We welcome novel ideas or
work-in-progress of interest to a Nordic audience. We specifically encourage
presentation with a research policy perspective.

Presenters of accepted abstracts must attend the 31st Nordic Workshop on
Bibliometrics and Research Policy in person in Copenhagen. Accepted abstracts
(submitted version) will be published in the book of abstracts under a
CC-BY license.

Submission of abstracts opens on May 15 and is though the NWB website at:
https://sites.google.com/view/nwbrp/nwb2026

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of abstracts: May 15 - August 1, 2026
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2026
Registration: August 25 - September 15, 2026
Nordic Workshop: November 4-6, 2026

PARTICIPATION
NWB'2026 will take place in the Black Diamond, The Royal Library with
state-of-the-art architecture and conference facilities and with stunning
views of the harbour.

There will be a 200 EUR registration fee, and travel and accommodation must be
arranged and financed by the participants themselves. A fee waiver for
presenting PhD students will be available.

Feel free to contact us at nwb.2026.cph at gmail.com with any questions you might
have.

LOCAL ORGANISERS
Michael Svendsen, Copenhagen University Library
Dicte Madsen, Copenhagen University Library
Nikoline Dohm Lauridsen, University of Copenhagen
Marianne Gauffriau, IT University of Copenhagen
Birger Larsen, Aalborg University

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Birger Larsen, PhD, Professor
Co-lead of the ?Purposeful Technology Lab? research group
Associate scientific director of ?maSSHine?, the AAU computational SSH initiative

Department of Culture and Communication
Aalborg University
A.C. Meyers V?nge 15
DK-2450 Copenhagen SV
Denmark

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