ECREA WEEKLY digest ARTICLES

We want to invite you to participate in an expert survey that addresses a key political topic of our time: the future of democracy in the digital age and the rise of authoritarianism. 

The EU research project INNOVADE: Innovative Democracy through Digitalisation https://innovade-democracy.eu/ studies digital democracy. Paderborn University’s INNOVADE research team (led by Christian Fuchs) runs the Futures of Digital Democracy Survey (FDDS): 

https://bit.ly/fdds_1 

https://digital-democracy.net/d/index.php/111849 

Particiation will take about five minutes. 

The goal of the survey is to analyse how digital media experts assess the potential futures of digital society and the Internet and what visions they have for these futures. 

INNOVADE will use the results of the survey as inputs to European Union policy debates on the future of democracy (that is currently being discussed as part of the European Democracy Shield’s goal to strengthen the EU’s democratic resilience, digital autonomy/sovereignty from big tech, etc.). 

The survey has two rounds. In the first round, we ask for basic assessments. In a follow-up round, we report some of the first round results to the participants and ask for further assessments. After the survey’s second round is completed, all data will be published anonymously as an open data set. 

We’d be happy if you were able to participate. The first round is open until 23 February 2026. The second round will take place some time in March or April. 

https://bit.ly/fdds_1 

https://digital-democracy.net/d/index.php/111849 

Below you find some links to research that INNOVADE has already conducted on the topic of digital democracy. 

With kind regards 

Christian Fuchs 

on behalf of the Paderborn University INNOVADE research team 

Relevant INNOVADE reports: 

Christian Fuchs: What is and How Do We Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy? https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.1 

Christian Fuchs, Joel Museba, Kevin Friesch: White Paper: The Futures of Digital Democracy. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17747936 

Christian Fuchs (Editor) Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016 

Deadline: March 6, 2026

Call for Chapters

Editors: Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u & Lara Martin Lengel

Communication for development has evolved over the last seventy to eighty years with impactful contributions from leading scholars. The impact of their work has reverberated beyond academic circles, shaping policy and practice especially in the global south.

These groundbreaking contributions include the modernization theories of the 1950s and 1960s led by Daniel Lerner, Wilbur Schramm and Everett Rogers whose insights on the stages of modernization, the contribution of mass media to national development, and the diffusion of innovation became guiding principles for engaging with publics for decades.

The work of dependency and other critical theorists, especially in the 1970s, provided an alternative view in communication for development and by extension the international development trajectory. Thinkers like Andre Gunder Frank, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Samir Amin, Walter Rodney, Luis Ramiro Beltrán and Paulo Freire recalibrated the debates by bringing to the fore issues of inequality, internal failure dynamics and the need for communication to address power imbalances.

The 1980s and 1990s introduced a seismic shift in the communication for development discourse by focusing on participatory approaches to communication. The works of Paulo Freire, Paolo Mefalopulos, Jan Servaes, Thomas Tufte, Alfonso Gumucio Dagron,  and Srinivas Melkote among others reshaped the debate particularly on the need for community engagement and sustainable social change.

The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals in the 2000s and the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 as well as the technological revolutions spurred by the internet and the sudden emergence of COVID-19 that rebooted how people communicated had profound impact on communication for development, leading to calls on the United Nations to reconsider the 17 SDGs by adding SDG18—Communications for All, to ensure that the role of communication does not take a back seat in the development process.

While this is going on, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence has emerged as a transformative force. Thisrevolutionary phenomenon is altering how development is implemented at individual, country and continental levels. Artificial intelligence is likely to define the development path in the 21st century with profound impact on all sectors, be it health, education, infrastructure, poverty alleviation, food security, energy access, and climate action. Artificial intelligence presents new promises, yet also presents challenges that may exacerbate inequality. The algorithmic governance of information flows, the concentration of AI capabilities in the global north, and the potential exclusion of marginalized voices from AI-mediated development discourse demand urgent scholarly attention.

This reality calls for rethinking of how communication for development will be implemented in the coming decades. The aim of this book, currently under consideration by the renowned publisher, Wiley-Blackwell, is to examinecommunications for development in light of the rise of artificial intelligence. It aims to revisit previous theories, models and approaches to communications for development and assess their potency or otherwise in the artificial intelligence century. Communication for Development 2.0 intends to be a major scholarly collection and reference work that will shape the communication for development discourse in the AI era. We seek contributions from established and emerging scholars to critically review and propose new approaches to communications for development in light of artificial intelligence and its implications for development practice.

Potential chapter topics comprise but are not limited to the following:

• Diffusion, innovation and artificial intelligence
  
• Participatory communication and artificial intelligence
  
• Communication for development, artificial intelligence and inequality
  
• Communicating national development in the age of artificial intelligence
  
• Development communication and artificial intelligence in the global south
  
• Development communication and artificial intelligence in the global north
  
• Communicating social change in the era of artificial intelligence
  
• Data colonialism, artificial intelligence and communications for development
  
• Artificial intelligence infrastructure and communication for development
  
• Communication for development, language and artificial intelligence
  
• Digital inequality, artificial intelligence and development communication
  
• AI divide and digital dependency
  
• Communicating Sustainable Development Goals in the AI era
  
• AI ethics and communication for development
  
• Algorithmic governance and development communication
  
• AI literacy and capacity building in development contexts
  
• Case studies of AI applications in development communication practice
  

Submission Requirements

Prospective authors should send their abstract submissions to Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u (mjyushau@gmail.com) by 6th March 2026. Abstracts should comprise the following:

• 250 words abstract
  
• Institutional affiliation
  
• Corresponding email address
  
• 200 words author bio
  

All submissions should be in Word document format. Authors whose abstracts have been accepted will be notified by 3rd April 2026. Final chapters should be between 5,000- and 6,000-words and will be due by 12thJune 2026. Co-authored chapters will be considered. Full papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process. Submitted work must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.

Link to DOCA: https://www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/

Link to the Call: https://t.uzh.ch/1Wn

The Database of Variables for Content Analysis (DOCA) invites researchers to submit variable entries on the overarching theme of digital publics.

Digital publics refer to communicative spheres in networked digital media where individuals and groups exchange and negotiate opinions on public issues. DOCA seeks entries on variables such as platform affordances, publicness levels, audience engagement, networked visibility, deliberative quality, polarization, community governance, user-generated visuals, and automated indicators (e.g., sentiment, network structures, visibility analytics)...  

We are looking for contributions that systematize and operationalize key variables and constructs for the analysis of digital publics, using both standardized and automated content analysis approaches. DOCA provides an open-access infrastructure for documenting and enabling the comparability of content-analytical variables in communication research.

Interested authors are invited to indicate which variable or construct they intend to contribute by May 3, 2026. Final entries (approximately 2–3 pages) are due by June 28, 2026. More information: https://t.uzh.ch/1Wn

We are very much looking forward to your submissions.

Franziska Oehmer-Pedrazzi, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons FHGR; Sabrina H. Kessler, University of Zurich; Edda Humprecht, University of Jena; Katharina Sommer, ZHAW; Laia Castro Herrero, Universitat de Barcelona; Nicole Bizzotto, University of Zurich; Philippe Sloksnath, University of Zurich

May 22-23, 2026

Bucharest, Romania

Deadline: April 10, 2026

Venue: Faculty of Letters, Bucharest / Department of Communication Sciences & National University of Theatre and Cinematography "I.L. Caragiale", Bucharest / Animation Department

Email for inquiries and submission: eugen.istodor@unibuc.ro

Format: Hybrid / The conference has a section for online presentations

Open to: Undergraduate students, Master’s students, PhD candidates, and Academic Faculty/Researchers

The conference organizers do not provide accommodation or meals. There is no participation fee.

 Call for Papers

We live in an era of "polycrisis," where the absurdity of reality seems to surpass any fiction. From the trenches of Eastern Europe to the ruins of the Middle East, and from the courts of digital public opinion to the algorithms that curate our reality. Under these conditions, humor has ceased to be merely a form of entertainment. It has become a weapon, a survival mechanism, a propaganda tool, and, sometimes, the last refuge of freedom.

This conference aims to explore the functions, failures, and mutations of humor in the present day. How can we still laugh when the news cycle is dominated by images of atrocity? Are there any "harmless jokes" left in the age of ideological surveillance?

We invite researchers, critics, and practitioners to submit proposals addressing the following critical themes:

1. Humor Under Siege: Cancel Culture and the New Blasphemies

In a cultural climate marked by hypersensitivity and social vigilantism, comedy has become a minefield.

Humor as the last bastion of free speech vs. social responsibility. Is the comedian a hero defending the truth at any cost (even if it offends), or an opinion leader who must take care not to incite hate or "punch down"?

Analysis of comedian "deplatforming" mechanisms. Pressure on content hosts to sanction speech deemed offensive. Algorithmic censorship on social networks (*shadowbanning*). Access to an audience — a privilege conditioned by moral conformity.

Cancel Culture as a form of Censorship (The New Inquisition). It is not the state that censors you, but your neighbors. In "Cancel Culture," the sentence (deplatforming) precedes the trial, and context is often ignored in favor of a 10-second out-of-context clip.

The "Chilling Effect" (Self-censorship). The homogenization of art and the forced "sanitization" of discourse.

The tyranny of the vocal minority which succeeds in intimidating corporations and organizers. The impossibility of forgiveness: Cancel Culture tends to judge past actions (from 10-20 years ago) through the moral lens of the present, without offering a clear path to rehabilitation.

2. Laughter in the Time of Algorithms: Techno-Feudalism and Meme Warfare

In an era defined by what Yanis Varoufakis calls "techno-feudalism," humor is a commodity and a currency.

Memes as tools of political propaganda and radicalization.

How do TikTok and X (Twitter) algorithms shape the collective sense of humor?

Ownership of laughter: Who owns the joke in platform capitalism? Post-internet irony and digital alienation.

3. Dark Humor and the Horrific: The War all around

Can humor coexist with tragedy in real-time? How does satire transform in the face of extreme violence?

Humor as a coping mechanism (psychological survival) for populations under bombardment. The memeification of war: From "Saint Javelin" to frontline soldiers' TikToks.

The role of political caricature in contemporary asymmetric conflicts.

4. NSFW: Eroticism, the Grotesque, and Taboo

In a society increasingly puritanical in public discourse but saturated with pornography in private, NSFW (*Not Safe For Work*) humor becomes a space for contestation.

The return of the grotesque and bodily humor (scatological, sexual). Pornography and parody: Cultural intersections.

The limits of obscenity: What is still considered "shocking" today? OnlyFans, performative sexuality, and humor as a fetish.

We are also open to any theme related to humor as the main character of these times.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit an abstract of maximum 300 words, accompanied by a short author biography (max. 100 words), to the email address: eugen.istodor@unibuc.ro

Proposals are accepted in: Romanian, English.

Important Dates:

• Submission Deadline: April 10, 2026
  
• Notification of Acceptance: April 20, 2026
  
• Conference Date: May 22-23, 2026
  

The organizing committee:

Nina Mihăilă, Matei Branea, National University of Theatre and Cinematography "I.L. Caragiale", Bucharest

Eugen Istodor, Faculty of Letters Bucharest

July 6-7, 2026

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain

Deadline: March 13, 2026

Full information: https://incom.uab.cat/congreso26/en/

Given the key role that digital platforms currently play in the media and cultural consumption of young people, the influence of artificial intelligence systems for organizing and generating content is a phenomenon of great academic relevance. Through personalized recommendations and systems that provide plausible answers to queries formulated in natural language, algorithmic mediations not only determine the information and entertainment content that young people consume, but also shape public opinion and levels of engagement with political and social issues.

With the I International Conference on Digital Audiences: Youth, Algorithmic Mediations and Political Socialization, organized by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the aim is to create a meeting space for researchers interested in analysing how digitalization and algorithmic mediations shape reception processes and the very configuration of audiences.

In this first edition, there is a particular interest in proposals that adopt an intersectional perspective on digital audiences, that take into account diversity and social inequalities, but there is also a desire to devote significant attention to the “informational experience”. More broadly, the objective is to discuss how the progressive displacement of human agency is affecting social engagement and citizen participation in the digital public sphere.

We expect contributions that delve into one of the following thematic lines:

1. New informational habits of youth audiences: This line seeks to explore how young people consume, share, and produce informational content on digital platforms. The goal is to address all types of digital environments, whether linked to traditional media or independent of them.

2. Algorithmic perceptions and imaginaries: This theme focuses on the role of personalization algorithms in content mediation and, more specifically, on how they are perceived by youth audiences. Particular interest lies in assessing the sense of control over algorithmic mediations, as well as the ability to identify and respond to biases and disinformation. Proposals may address studies on algorithmic literacy.

3. Political socialization: This section examines dynamics of political socialization in digital environments, considering aspects such as ideology formation, levels of social/collective engagement, or political participation. A wide range of topics is welcome, from the potential of digital activism to fears of cancellation among the most vulnerable groups. Although most available studies have been conducted during election campaigns, we aim to include all types of empirical work in this conference.

4. Gender and social representation: Through this thematic line, we intend to explore how gender identity and sexual orientation shape algorithmically mediated consumption. Proposals are invited on algorithmic biases, from analyses documenting the presence of prejudices and negative stereotypes toward minority social groups or "invisible" topics, to works offering solutions or strategies to address these issues.

Abstract: 300 -500 words (submitted via Form available at the site)

Proposal submission deadline: March 13, 2026

Proposals can be individual or collective (up to four authors).

Participation will be in-person (with at least one of the authors present).

Proposals may be submitted in Spanish, Catalan, or English.

All proposals will undergo a double-blind peer review process.

Registration is free for participants

Organized by: 

ALCOM - Perception and Knowledge generation on personalization algorithms in digital communication platforms ( PIs – Fernanda Pires and Celina Navarro - UAB). PID2023-1-48682OA-I00, financed by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/, FEDER/UE. https://webs.uab.cat/alcom/

POINTAP - Social Polarization and Interculturality: Monitoring Political News by Migrant and Native Youth from an Intersectional Perspective (PI – Amparo Huertas Bailén – UAB). https://incom.uab.cat/pointap/?lang=es

Partner organizations:

ICPS - The Political and Social Science Institute of Barcelona 

INCOM-UAB - Institute for Communication/ UNESCO Chair for Communication UAB

Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising UAB

AE-IC - Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación 

International Journal of Film and Media Arts (special issue)

Deadline (full papers): April 15, 2026

This special issue seeks to foreground renewed and insurgent feminist approaches within film and audiovisual scholarship and practice. We invite contributions that interrogate dominant historiographies, reclaim marginalised genealogies, and propose innovative methodologies capable of reshaping the epistemological frameworks of cinema and media studies. We particularly welcome work that bridges theory and practice, fosters transnational dialogues, and advances intersectional, decolonial, and speculative perspectives.

CFP: https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/announcement/view/255

February 12, 2026

LSE/online

Apps and AI are now part of everyday schooling: who are they really for? 

Homework platforms, learning apps, AI-driven assessments, classroom monitoring… Digital tools and AI are embedded in children’s school experience. 

While these technologies promise innovation, efficiency and personalisation, we must also urgently explore:

- children’s rights and wellbeing, what “good learning” actually looks like

- how decisions about classroom technologies are made

- and what it means to profit from compulsory schooling

At our upcoming public lecture, we will explore these topics by bringing together perspectives that are rarely in the same room: child rights advocates, investors shaping the learning technology market and academics.

Speakers: Dr Sandra El Gemayel, Jen Persson, Prof Julian Sefton-Green, Rhys Spence, Chair Sonia Livingstone

Public lecture, Thursday 12 Feb | 6:30-8pm (UTC) | in-person at LSE (with drinks reception) and online

Topic: EdTech at the crossroads of pedagogy vs profit

Register Here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/edtech

Hosted by the Digital Futures for Children centre, Department of Media and Communications at LSE & 5Rights

September 7, 2026

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Deadline: May 10, 2026

Joint Communication, Social Justice and Democracy IAMCR Working Group conference & ECREA 2026 pre-conference

Read more: https://iksz.fsv.cuni.cz/en/research/conferences/communicating-narratives-imaginaries-and-epistemes-hope

Political ideology, religious faith, science and art are all informed by visions of hope, the promise or prospect of a good state of affairs in the future. While hope is shaped by ideas of the present (and the past), it is mainly forward-looking, articulating visions of possible futures. Hope can be a powerful motivator for mobilisation and societal change. At the same time, aspirations for a better future may be instrumentalised or manipulated for political gain or financial profit. This conference focuses on the constructive force of hope, addressing visions, discourses, and practices of hope for democracy, peace and justice, as articulated in media representations and communicative practices. 

By focusing on hope, the conference aims to foster intellectual reflection and dialogue, through diverse approaches and methods, on how spaces, practices, cultures, and technologies of communication can give visibility to or help articulate claims and inform struggles for fairer societies, dignity, and freedom. 

A wide range of settings, fields and practices may serve as objects or loci of study (e.g., journalism, political communication, campaigning, activism, popular culture, art, history, education, religion), exploring how hope is represented, negotiated, rearticulated and performed by actors and groups in the social realm. 

We welcome contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following thematic areas: 

• how societal phenomena, challenges, and crises (e.g., climate change, migration, war and conflict, extremism) are mediated and reconfigured  through narratives of hope at national and international levels; 
  
• how different actors, social groups, and institutions (e.g., media, political parties, education, religion, art) negotiate their visions of hope in mediated environments; 
  
• how visions of peace and justice are communicated in public discourse and through people’s struggles; 
  
• how history is mobilised in communicative practices and public debates in articulations of better presents and futures; 
  
• how space, time and technology inform narratives and imaginaries of hope;
  
• how imaginaries of hope are constructed in contexts of persistent curtailment of freedoms and rights, and increasing authoritarianism; 
  
• how viable democratic presents and futures are imagined, under dire conditions of ongoing conflict, violence, or war; 
  
• how struggles against injustice, oppression and authoritarianism inform, and are informed by, cultures and epistemes of hope. 
  

Abstract length and submission deadline 

Abstracts of 400–500 words should be submitted by 10 May 2026 via email to vaia.doudaki@fsv.cuni.cz 

Please note that this conference will be held in person only; no arrangements will be made for online participation. 

Decisions will be announced by 10 June 2026. 

Date and location 

Date: 7 September 2026 

Location: Centrum Voršilská, 5th floor, Charles University / Voršilská 144/1, Prague, Czech Republic 

The conference is scheduled for the day before the ECREA 2026 main conference begins. Brno, the host city of this year’s ECREA conference, is approximately a 2.5–3 hour train ride from Prague, with very frequent connections. 

Conference organisers 

This is a joint Communication, Social Justice and Democracy IAMCR working group conference & ECREA 2026 pre-conference. 

The conference is endorsed by the International and Intercultural Communication ECREA section, and is hosted by the Culture and Communication Research Centre (CULCORC) @ the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism (ICSJ) (Charles University) 

Contact: Vaia Doudaki, vaia.doudaki@fsv.cuni.cz 

Scientific Committee 

Vaia Doudaki (Charles University, Czech Republic) 

Nico Carpentier (Charles University, Czech Republic) 

Ilija Tomanić Trivundža (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) 

Andrea Medrado (University of Exeter, UK) 

Fernando Oliveira Paulino (University of Brasilia, Brazil) 

Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno (Loyola University Maryland, United States) 

May 5, 2026

Lusaka, Zambia

Deadline: February 20, 2026

In connection with the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2026 Global Conference, which will take place in Lusaka on 4 May, UNESCO and partners: University of Liverpool, Oslo Metropolitan University, the University of Sheffield, Tampere University, the University of Zambia, and the Worlds of Journalism Study invite scholars to submit abstracts for the WPFD Academic Conference to be held on 5 May 2026 in Lusaka.

At a time of declining global freedom of expression, rising conflict, digital disruption, and growing economic pressure on independent media, the academic conference will provide a platform for evidence-based research and interdisciplinary dialogue on the future of journalism, information ecosystems, and democratic governance.

Please submit your abstracts via this link: https://forms.gle/mT8YsCQGSoLcxpja7

The deadline for abstract submissions is 20 February.

For any further inquiries, please contact either:

Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, University of Liverpool, vpetkova@liverpool.ac.uk

Dr Brenda Bukowa, University of Zambia, hod.dmcs@unza.ac.zm

June 1, 2026

International Online Symposium

Deadline: April 1, 2026

Website: HERE

The growing complexity arising from the integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into creative practices requires equally complex theoretical, conceptual, and methodological approaches across different disciplines and fields of research (Ruszev et al. 2025). Likewise, the functionalities of the new generative models, its multi-level adoption, and the expanding range of uses, establish a paradigm that goes beyond the generation of isolated outputs towards a complete reconfiguration of creative workflows (Santoso & Wijayanti, 2024; Valverde-Valencia, 2025).

In this context, the notion of workflow seems to call for a renewed approach, distinct from more traditional uses and definitions. Traditionally envisioned as a sequential organization to complete any type of work (Oxford UP; Cambridge UP), the concept has been expanded to accommodate the complexity of human-technology relationships within production processes, focusing on the design, coordination and adaptation of work processes through and with technology (Nicoll and Keogh, 2019). The emergence of Generative AI and its integration into creative practices requires a further expansion of this concept to encompass notions such as distributed agency (Celis Bueno et al. 2024) or Human-AI collaboration (Geroimenko, 2025), which frame these processes not as sequential but as dynamic and co-evolutionary (Moruzzi, 2023). Therefore, Human-AI creative workflows can be understood as an entanglement of relationships between actors, practices, and artifacts that includes mutual learning, feedback loops, iteration, strategies and social, ethical, and labour implications. However, this renewed interest in the concept of workflow also raises new questions: How is learning organized and performed in these iterative processes? How do the stages of creative work adapt when Generative AI plays a role in the process? How can the labour implications of these changes be addressed? How do we negotiate value and authenticity when creative agency is distributed? How can we redefine and reimagine the concept of workflows? And conversely, how this might change our understanding of creativity?

Considering these questions and the challenges posed by Generative AI in creative fields, this International Online Symposium on Human-AI Creative Workflows aims to bring together scholars, professionals and creative practitioners who are embracing complex approaches to the study of these topics. More specifically, we invite proposals that address, but are not limited to, the professional fields such as the Audiovisual Industry, Visual Arts, Videogames, Journalism, Music or Advertising while connecting with the following lines of interest:

• Educational approaches: Teaching-learning processes, contexts and strategies in Human-AI Creation and the role of AI Literacy.
  
• The political economy of Human-AI workflows: monopolisation of workflows (Young et al. 2025), Human-AI co-creation from the perspective of labour, shifts in industry dynamics, business models, and labour conditions.
  
• Agency and Authorship: How is the authorship framed in Human-AI Creativity? Negotiations of control and autonomy in collaborative workflows.
  
• Conceptual contributions: How to redefine the concept of workflow?; which novel theoretical frameworks can we deploy to examine this phenomenon?
  
• Case studies: Case studies on GenAI implementation in studios, newsrooms, agencies... Resistance, workarounds, and/or adoption patterns.
  

Submit your abstract

Registration

Format: 100% Online (Synchronous). A link will be provided before the symposium.

Cost: The attendance and participation to the symposium is free of charge. Registration is required.

Certification: The organizing committee of the symposium can provide a certificate of participation and attendance if needed.

Submission Details: We welcome submissions from diverse disciplines, including but not limited to communication, media studies, computer science, (digital) humanities, social sciences and the arts. Submissions should delve deep into critical insights, conceptual and theoretical frameworks, empirical research, or innovative methodologies aligned with the conference themes.

Abstract length: 300-500 words, excluding references.

Bio: Brief author biography, max. 100 words.

Language: Proposals have to be submitted in English.

• Key dates
  
• Abstract submission deadline: 1st of April, 2026
  
• Notification of acceptance: 2nd of May, 2026
  
• Conference date: 1st of June, 2026
  

Programme

To be announced.

Contact

For more information, or if you encounter any problems with the submission form, please contact alex.valverde@upf.edu

References

Cambridge University Press. (n.d.). Workflow, n. In Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved January 20, 2026, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/workflow

Claudio Celis Bueno, Pei-Sze Chow, & Ada Popowicz. (2024). Not ‘what’, but ‘where is creativity?’: Towards a relational-materialist approach to generative AI. AI & Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01921-3

Geroimenko, V. (2025). Generative AI: From human–computer interaction to human–computer creativity. In Human-computer creativity: Generative AI in education, art, and healthcare (pp. 3–29). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Moruzzi, C. (2023). Creative agents: Rethinking agency and creativity in human and artificial systems. Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology, 9(2), 245–268.

Nicoll, B., & Keogh, B. (2019). The Unity game engine and the circuits of cultural software. In The Unity game engine and the circuits of cultural software (pp. 1–21). Springer International Publishing.

Oxford University Press. (n.d.). Workflow, n. In Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved January 20, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/2899020370

Ruszev, S., Trifonova, T., & Guerrero-Solé, F. (2025). Authorship and creativity in the era of AI: Towards a transformation of contemporary media narratives. Hipertext.net, (31), 1–10.

Santoso, B., & Wijayanti, R. (2024). Human–AI collaboration in creative industries: Workflows in media production and community-driven platforms. Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Systems, 9(11), 11–26.

Valverde-Valencia, À. (2025). Introducing the concept of relational processes in human–AI creativity. Hipertext.net, (31), 55–66.

Young, C., Joseph, D., & Nieborg, D. (2025). Workflow monopolies: A platform historiography of Unity in the immersive app economy. Platforms & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/29768624251376562