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 |
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| Dr. Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, INFOCORE The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy |
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| Dr. Matti Pohjonen, VOX-Pol University of Amsterdam |
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| 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 |
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| MeCodify: An open source project for extracting and analysing tweets Dr. Walid Al-Saqaf, MeCoDEM University of Stockholm |
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| Twitter and governance in South Africa Dr. Heather Ford, MeCoDEM University of Leeds |
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| 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 |
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| Challenges in analysing big data in conflict contexts Sergios Lenis, Researcher WP5 “Social Media”, INFOCORE |
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| 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 |
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| Discussion | |
| 12:00h – 13:00h | Lunch and networking |
For more information, please contact Walid Al-Saqaf on walid.al-saqaf@ims.su.se.