Dear all,
I would like to inform you about a call for papers for a workshop at INFORMATIK FESTIVAL 2026 in Dresden, 22.09. – 25.09.2026:
4th Workshop on Digitalization and AI for Society, in Education and Educational Research (DAI-EaR’26)
Submission Deadline: 07.05.2026
See https://wp.uni-koblenz.de/cssbibb/4th-workshop-on-digitalization-and-ai-for-... for details.
Aims & Scope ============
Societies today have to deal with multifaceted risks such as pandemics, geopolitical tensions, and virtual security risks. At the nexus of these risks computational social sciences, computing education and digital literacy are emerging as a critical political and societal lever for designing digitalized futures. In pursuit of an open society, open science and open source, this workshop addresses the transformative power of computational methods, including AI, not only in education, but also in society and labor markets by exploring interdisciplinary insights to questions of digital and open sovereignity, societal structures, and the evolving demands of labor markets.
Call for Papers ===============
This workshop aims to comprehensively explore the intersection of computer science, computational methods, education research, sociological research, their respective methods and societal implications, with a special focus on digitalization and AI for and in society, education and educational research. It focuses on interdisciplinary perspectives on the design of an open society, open science and open source, examining aspects such as society, general education, labor markets, qualifications, vocational education and training, or adult education. In addition, the workshop encourages submissions that critically reflect on the application of digital methods in these research areas. The overarching goal is to understand how computational methods, especially AI, can be sensibly applied in the development of open, digital and sustainable societies and economies. Emphasis is placed on theoretical as well as empirical research, including data science methods and AI approaches applicable to recommender systems, digitized learning, and effective linking of digital resources.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Computational Social Sciences, in particular AI and computational approaches for the interdisciplinary work of the social sciences, economics, and humanities: report on theoretical, methodological, experimental, and applied research. - Quantitative and qualitative research - Data science methods to analyse (vocational) education and labour market data - Digital methods and systems in education (e-learning, adult education, general, VET and academic education, etc.) - AI approaches for recommender systems and digitized learning - Linking of digital resources, a discussion of data sets, their quality and reliability, combining quantitative and qualitative data, anonymization and data protection. AI and computational methods for text mining and textual analysis, for example texts within social sciences, digital literary studies, computational stylistics and stylometry. - Network analysis, including social and educational network analysis. - We also welcome submissions focusing on a critical reflection of digital methods in labour market research, education and other research areas.
Submission ==========
The workshop will consist of paper and poster presentations. Selected papers will be published in “GI-Edition: Lecture Notes in Informatics” (LNI). Submissions (6-16 pages for full paper, 3-6 pages plus references for poster presentation) must be written in English and follow the guidelines published at https://informatik2026.converve.io/ and https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni.
Please submit your papers to https://www.conftool.org/informatik2026/index.php?page=login
Submissions are reviewed using a single-blind review process, which means you do not have to hide authors’ names and affiliations.
Important Dates: 07.05.2026 – Submission Deadline
01.06.2026 – Notification 01.07.2026 – Deadline Proceedings/Full Paper Submission – Submission of camera-ready papers. 31.07.2026 – Publication of agenda.