Joint INFOCORE, MeCoDEM, VOX-Pol Workshop on Social Media, Conflict and Democracy

VOX-Pol, in conjunction with two other EU FP7-funded projects, INFOCORE and MeCoDem, will hold a joint workshop themed “Social Media, Conflict and Democracy: Utopian Visions, Dystopian Futures and Pragmatic Policies” at the Press Club Brussels on Friday, November 18.

Agenda (preliminary):

Friday 18 November 2016  (9:00h-12:00h)
08:30h Registration Conference Hall, The Press Club
09:00h – 09:15h Welcome and introductions
  Prof. Katrin Voltmer, MeCoDEM
University of Leeds
Dr. Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, INFOCORE
The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Dr. Matti Pohjonen, VOX-Pol
University of Amsterdam
09:15h – 09:30h Keynote speech
  Wael Abbas, Egyptian activist and blogger
09:30h – 09:45h Keynote speech
  European Commission DG Home
09:45h – 10:00h Discussion
10:00h – 10:35h Findings from the MeCoDEM project: 
  Introduction
Prof. Christian Christensen, MeCoDEM
University of Stockholm
MeCodify: An open source project for extracting and analysing tweets
Dr. Walid Al-Saqaf, MeCoDEM
University of Stockholm
Twitter and governance in South Africa
Dr. Heather Ford, MeCoDEM
University of Leeds
                      Discussion
10:35h – 10:50h Coffee break
10:50h – 11:25h Findings from the INFOCORE project
  Suggesting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of social media in conflict-ridden societies
Asst. Prof. Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Principal Investigator WP5 “Social Media”, INFOCORE
Dr. Salome Boukala, Postdoctoral researcher WP5 “Social Media”, INFOCORE The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
Challenges in analysing big data in conflict contexts
Sergios Lenis, Researcher WP5 “Social Media”, INFOCORE
  Discussion
11:35h – 12:00h Findings from the VOX-pol project
  Comparative mapping of online networks of the EU’s extreme far right and ISIS: Lessons learned for research and policy
Matti Pohjonen, VOX-Pol
University of Amsterdam
Discussion
12:00h – 13:00h Lunch and networking

For more information, please contact Walid Al-Saqaf on walid.al-saqaf@ims.su.se.

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