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*LLMs4SSH: Shaping Multilingual, Multimodal AI for the Social Sciences and Humanities*
Workshop at LREC 2026 – 11 May 2026
📍 Location: LREC 2026, Mallorca, Spain 🗓 Date: 11 May 2026 🌐 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/llms4ssh-lrec2026/home https://sites.google.com/view/llms4ssh-lrec2026/home
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Description
Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly advancing in terms of multilinguality, multimodality, reasoning, and agentic capabilities. While these developments have transformed language and data processing, their potential remains insufficiently aligned with the specific research needs, methodologies, and epistemic values of the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH).
The LLMs4SSH workshop aims to bridge the gap between Language Technologies (LT) and SSH, bringing together researchers from AI, NLP, Digital Humanities, linguistics, social sciences, cultural heritage, and related fields. The workshop will provide a forum to explore how multilingual, multimodal, and reasoning-oriented LLMs can support SSH research tasks, while critically examining their methodological, ethical, and societal implications.
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Topics
We invite submissions on topics including, but not limited to:
Multilinguality and Cultural Diversity
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Multilingual LLMs for low-resource and underrepresented languages -
Cross-lingual transfer and cultural adaptation -
Bias, fairness, and inclusivity -
Translation, code-switching, and cross-cultural communication
Multimodality in SSH Research
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Integration of text, image, audio, and speech modalities -
LLMs for multimodal archives, museum collections, and heritage data -
Generative and interpretive multimodal applications in humanities research
Reasoning and Agentic LLMs
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Reasoning and interpretive capacities for SSH tasks (e.g. argumentation, causality, hermeneutics) -
Agentic LLMs as autonomous or collaborative research assistants -
Tool use, planning, and hypothesis generation -
Epistemological and ethical implications of reasoning and agency
Methodologies and Evaluation
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SSH-oriented datasets, benchmarks, and evaluation metrics -
Explainability, transparency, and reproducibility -
Human–AI co-creation and qualitative evaluation methods -
Comparative studies across languages, domains, and modalities
Applications in SSH Domains
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Digital humanities and cultural analytics -
Political science, sociology, and media studies -
History, philosophy, law, psychology, education, and ethics
FAIR, Ethics, and Governance
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Responsible and participatory design of LLMs -
Ethical challenges in data use, authorship, and accountability -
Policy frameworks for open and inclusive AI infrastructures
Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Infrastructure
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Co-design of tools and workflows between LT and SSH -
Integration of LLMs into research infrastructures and curricula -
Open science initiatives and community building
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Submission Types
We welcome:
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Short research papers -
Position papers -
Case studies -
Posters and demos
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Submission Information
Submissions must be made electronically through the START Conference Manager (Softconf) system:
🔗 Submission site: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LLMs4SSH https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LLMs4SSH
All submissions should follow the official LREC 2026 workshop guidelines regarding format, length, and anonymity. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop, and details regarding proceedings publication will be announced on the workshop website.
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Important Dates
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Submission Deadline: 23 February 2026 -
Review Period: 2–23 March 2026 -
Notification of Acceptance: 30 March 2026 -
Workshop Date: 11 May 2026
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Workshop Format
The full-day workshop will include:
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An invited keynote from the Language Technologies community -
Oral paper sessions on foundations, methodologies, and applications -
Poster and demo sessions -
Breakout groups and roundtable discussions -
A closing panel to summarize insights and outline future research directions
Hybrid participation options will be available to foster inclusivity.
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Organizing committee
Jeremy Barnes (HiTZ Center, EHU) Elena Battaner (URJC) Joanna Blochowiak (University of Zurich) Cristina Grisot (University of Zurich) Arturo Montejo-Ráez (University of Jaén) Nikola Ljubešić (Jožef Stefan Institute) Maciej Piasecki (Wrocław University of Science and Technology) German Rigau (HiTZ Center, EHU) Marko Tadić (University of Zagreb) Friedel Wolff (SADiLaR, North-West University)
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Diversity and Inclusion
The workshop actively supports:
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Underrepresented languages and research communities -
Geographic and gender diversity -
Interdisciplinary collaboration across AI, LT, and SSH
[image: Universidad de Jaén] https://www.ujaen.es/ Arturo Montejo Ráez Profesor Titular de Universidad | Associated Professor (Tenured) amontejo@ujaen.es
Universidad de Jaén Departamento de Informática, A3-114 Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 - Jaén (Spain) +34 953 212 882 https://www.ujaen.es/servicios/sinformatica/sites/servicio_sinformatica/files/piefirmacorreo4/index.html ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8643-2714 Researcher ID: D-3387-2009 SINAI Research Group https://sinai.ujaen.es
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