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Joint Call for Papers
Social Context (SoCon) and Integrating NLP and Psychology to Study
Social Interactions (NLPSI)
Co-located with LREC 2026, Palma, Mallorca (Spain)
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Workshop day: May 12, 2026
Deadline for paper submission: February 16, 2026 February 23, 2026
Website: https://socon-nlpsi.github.io
Contact: socon-nlpsi-workshop-organizers.nlproc@uni-bamberg.de
OVERVIEW
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Natural Language Processing has evolved significantly, enabling the
modeling of high-level aspects of human communication. Relevant topics
include pragmatics, social dynamics, and the integration of social
context to better understand communicative intent. The SoCon and NLPSI
workshops share a focus on the social dimensions of communication, while
addressing distinct challenges.
The Social Context Workshop explores how context shapes language use,
seeking interdisciplinary collaboration across NLP, Pragmatics,
Sociolinguistics, and Sociology. It aims to develop shared terminology
and promote community-centered approaches as alternatives to traditional
crowdsourcing.
The NLPSI Workshop focuses on psychological processes shaping human
communication, including how individuals perceive, process, and produce
language. It welcomes interdisciplinary work from NLP, Social
Psychology, and Affective Computing, with an emphasis on large-scale
studies.
TOPICS
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This joint Call for Papers contains two tracks, SoCon and NLPSI. Authors
should choose the track that best matches their contribution.
SoCon Track
"Towards Responsibly Infusing NLP with Social Context, Community
Meanings, and Pragmatics Through Interdisciplinary NLP Efforts."
Topics include, but are not limited to:
* Interdisciplinary methods for modeling context, integrating NLP with
pragmatics and social sciences
* Studying social communities and how to engage with communities of
practice and speech communities
* Ethical challenges in resource creation, including participatory
design involving relevant communities
* Explaining behaviors in social interactions through models of social
attitudes shaped by backgrounds, contexts, and triggering events
NLPSI Track
"Bridging the gap between NLP and psychological insights to foster a
deeper understanding of social interactions."
Topics include, but are not limited to:
*Psychological constructs (beliefs, motives, feelings, affect, personality)
*Psychological studies, especially those focused on interaction
*Communication patterns such as empathy, persuasion, and conflict resolution
*The role of emotions in interpersonal communication, such as emotion
contagion and interpersonal emotion regulation
SUBMISSION TYPES
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* Long papers (up to 8 pages) presenting original research, from
preliminary to established contributions
* Short papers (up to 4 pages) presenting emerging ideas or early-stage
research
* Extended abstracts(non-archival, up to 2 pages): a new format designed
to be inclusive of researchers from fields where conference papers are
not standard (e.g., Social Sciences). Extended abstracts are not
included in conference proceedings.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Submissions will be double-blind reviewed.
Papers must follow the LREC templates (LaTeX, Word, Open Office, Overleaf).
Page limits apply only to the main content; limitations, ethics,
acknowledgements, references, and appendices do not count.
Submission via Softconf: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/SoConNLPSI/
Authors must indicate resources used or created (data, tools,
technologies, evaluation kits). ELRA encourages sharing of language
resources to support reuse and replicability. Authors must follow
ethical AI research policies and include an ethics statement.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
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The workshop follows LREC’s attendance policy.
It will be a full-day hybrid event with keynotes and paper presentations
(oral and lightning talks).
IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission deadline: February 16, 2026 February 23, 2026
Notification of acceptance: March 23, 2026
Camera-ready deadline: March 30, 2026
Workshop day: May 12, 2026
ORGANIZERS
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SoCon
Marco Antonio Stranisci, University of Turin
Soda Marem Lo, University of Turin
Sabine Weber, Bamberg University
Rossana Damiano, University of Turin
Simona Frenda, Heriot-Watt University
Roman Klinger, University of Bamberg
Viviana Patti, University of Turin
Marteen Sap, Carnegie Mellon University
Seid Muhie Yimam, University of Hamburg
NLPSI
Aswathy Velutharambath, University of Bamberg
Sofie Labat, Ghent University
Neele Falk, University of Stuttgart
Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco, Bocconi University
Roman Klinger, University of Bamberg
Véronique Hoste, Ghent University
Bennett Kleinberg, Tilburg University
Marco https://marcostranisci.github.io/
- How happy were you with the shot selection the PhD even though they came back? - Happy? - Reasonable - Happy is not a word that we think about in the game the PhD. Think of something different. Happy, I don't know how to judge 'happy'. (Pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl_I9s1cN3Q)