AIDEM 2025

International Tutorial and Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Democracy

Side event at ECML-PKDD 2025 Conference
September 19th 2025, Alfândega Congress Center, Porto, Portugal

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Call for papers

We are pleased to announce the AIDEM 2025: International Tutorial and Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Democracy, a critical gathering that aims to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern governance, public discourse, and democratic processes. As AI technologies continue to evolve, their influence permeates every aspect of our lives, from the way we communicate on social media to how decisions are made in both public and private sectors. While AI promises numerous opportunities for improving efficiency, fairness, and public engagement, it also introduces significant challenges to democratic values, citizen privacy, and social integrity. This workshop seeks to bring together scholars, policymakers, industry experts, and practitioners to engage in discussions about the opportunities and risks posed by AI in the context of democracy. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role of AI in social media ecosystems, disinformation, the regulation of algorithms, ethical concerns, content moderation, social justice, algorithmic fairness, and the implications of generative AI. We aim to foster interdisciplinary dialogue that addresses the ethical, social, and political dimensions of AI technologies and offers solutions for balancing innovation with democratic principles.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • AI and the Integrity of Online Information:
    • Integrity and Trust in Social Media Ecosystems
    • Disinformation in Social Media
    • Deep Fake in Social Media
    • Integrating data from multiple (and diverse) data sources
    • Moderation in Social Media
    • Coordinated Online Behavior
  • AI, Social Media, and Public Opinion:
    • Polarization in Online Platforms
    • Effects of Recommender Algorithms on Social Media Users
    • Personalized support tools and systems for communities of learners
    • Generative AI in Social and Opinion
    • Personalized Advertising and Risks
  • AI for Democracy, Governance, and Justice:
    • Ethical Aspects and Implications of AI in Democracy
    • Regulation vs. Innovation in AI
    • Fairness in Democracy
    • AI and Data Analytics for Social Justice
    • Democracy in Justice and Crime
    • AI methods for implementing public consultation processes
  • AI, Bias, and Societal Impact:
    • Bias and AI
    • Algorithmic Hiring
    • Citizen Privacy in the Age of AI
    • Impact of Algorithms on Mobility
    • Overreliance on AI Undermines Accountability and Responsibility
  • AI for Public Services and Social Good:
    • Democratization of Social Services with AI
    • AI and Data Analytics for Social Justice
  • Democratic governance of AI systems:
    • Citiczens' assemblies for assembling training sets for content moderation systems
    • Citizens' assemblies for aligning generative AI models
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Submission and publication

All contributions will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. As regards size, contributions can be up to 16 pages in LNCS format, i.e., the ECML PKDD 2025 submission format. All papers should be written in English and be in LNCS format. The following kinds of submissions will be considered: research papers, tool papers, case study papers and position papers. Author instructions, style files, and the copyright form can be downloaded here:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

The following kinds of submissions will be considered:

  • Regular papers (12 - 16 pages including references) presenting novel original work not published or submitted elsewhere. Regular papers should be anonymized (double-blind review process) and formatted according to the ECMLPKDD 2025 guidelines (see link below). Accepted regular papers will be included in the Springer Workshop proceedings of ECMLPKDD 2025.
  • Short papers (6 - 11 pages including references) presenting work-in-progress and position papers. Short papers should be anonymized (double-blind review process) and formatted according to the ECMLPKDD 2025 guidelines (see link below). Accepted short papers will be included in the Springer Workshop proceedings of ECMLPKDD 2025.
  • Non-archival submissions presenting relevant work recently accepted or currently under submission/review at other venues. The original work should be submitted (free format). These submissions will not be included in the Springer Workshop proceedings.

Accepted papers will be published after the workshop by Springer in a volume of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Condition for inclusion in the post-proceedings is that at least one of the co-authors has presented the paper at the workshop. Pre-proceedings will be available online before the workshop. We also allow accepted papers to be presented without publication in the conference proceedings, if the authors choose to do so. Some of the full paper submissions may be accepted as short papers after review by the Program Committee.

The submission link is:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ECMLPKDDWorkshops2025/Submission/Index (choosing the right track corresponding to your workshop name)

Important dates

Jun 14 2025

Submission deadline

Jul 14 2025

Accept/Reject Notification

Jul 30 2025

Camera-ready deadline

Sep 19 2025

Workshop

Program Co-Chairs

cresci

Stefano Cresci

IIT - National Research Council
Italy

knott

Alistair Knott

Victoria University of Wellington
New Zeland

leavy

Susan Leavy

University College Dublin
Ireland

mannocci

Lorenzo Mannocci

University of Pisa
Italy

monreale

Anna Monreale

University of Pisa
Italy

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Venue

The event will take place at the ECML-PKDD 2025 Conference at Alfândega Congress Center, Porto, Portugal

Registration

The registration to the workshop is managed by the ECML-PKDD main conference at
https://ecmlpkdd.org/2025/attending-registration/

Partners

TANGO

Europe
The AIDEM event is partially supported by the European Union under Grant Agreement no. 101120763 - TANGO. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

DEDUCE

Europe
The AIDEM event is partially supported by the European Union – NextGenerationEU within the ERC project DEDUCE (Data-driven and User-centered Content Moderation) under grant #101113826.

SoBigData.it

Italy
The AIDEM event was organised as part of the SoBigData.it project (Prot. IR0000013 - Call n. 3264 of 12/28/2021) initiatives aimed at training new users and communities in the usage of the research infrastructure (SoBigData.eu).

FAIR

Italy
The AIDEM event is partially supported by PNRR - M4C2 - Investimento 1.3, Partenariato Esteso PE00000013 - "FAIR - Future Artificial Intelligence Research" - Spoke 1 "Human-centered AI", funded by the European Commission under the NextGeneration EU programme.

FindHR.eu

Italy
The AIDEM event is partially supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme for the project FINDHR (g.a. No. 101070212).

Contacts

All inquiries should be sent to:

Email: lorenzo.mannocci@phd.unipi.it