Call for Papers: Images as Data Workshop Dublin (IMG-DUB), 28-29 May 2020


In recent years, social scientists have begun using computational methods to study images, launching a new “images-as-data” research field (Joo & Steinert-Threlkeld 2018). Either through home-grown classifiers or pre-trained image labeling services, it is now possible to analyze image content at large scales. These methods open new avenues of research in a variety of sub-disciplines in the social sciences, including communication and behavioral studies. At the same time, researchers are actively working on addressing known biases in computational image classification.

To take stock of new methodological and empirical developments in this exciting field, we invite interested scholars to participate in a 2-day workshop in Dublin.

We encourage both substantive and methodological papers from all sub-disciplines of the social sciences, as long as they share a focus on applying image-as-data methods to questions of interest to these disciplines. Topics include, but are not limited to:

  *   Using images to study (political) communication

  *   Developing image training data

  *   Image classification algorithm development

  *   Gender and ethnic bias in image classification

  *   Emotion detection in images

  *   Validation of image classifiers

  *   Applications and ethics of synthetic (“deepfake”) video and audio

  *   Linking qualitative and quantitative approaches to the study of images


The workshop will take place on 28-29 May 2020 on the campus of Trinity College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland starting 28 May around noon and ending 29 May at around the same time.

We strongly encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, and junior scholars. We also encourage participation from scholars who rely on mixed methods in the study of images.


Location

The workshop will take place at Trinity College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland on 28-29, May 2020.


Important dates

17 February 2020

Deadline abstracts

2 March 2020

Acceptance notifications

28 – 29 May 2020

Images-as-Data (IMG-DUB) Workshop Dublin

Submissions

Titles and abstracts (200-word maximum) can be sent to Martijn Schoonvelde: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

NB: A small number of travel grants will be made available for PhD students wishing to attend and present their work at the workshop.

Organizers

This workshop is organized by:

  *   Constantine Boussalis (Trinity College Dublin)

  *   Martijn Schoonvelde (University College Dublin)


Constantine Boussalis
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Trinity College Dublin
3 College Green, Dublin 2
+353 01 896 3482
http://www.boussalis.com

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