2nd European Congress on Disinformation and Fact-Checking

The 2nd European Congress on Disinformation and Fact-Checking invites researchers, journalists, communication experts, computer scientists, lawyers, and other professionals to submit abstracts addressing the challenges of disinformation in the digital age. The Congress seeks interdisciplinary contributions that combine technological, social, and communication perspectives to advance innovative strategies against disinformation and strengthen fact-checking practices.

Objectives

• Explore technological and social science perspectives on combating disinformation.
• Promote interdisciplinary dialogue between researchers, journalists, and practitioners.
• Address the challenges posed by generative AI, deepfakes, and synthetic media.
• Advance fact-checking practices and automated verification tools.
• Examine the societal, political, and ethical impacts of disinformation.

Topics of Interest

• Assessing authenticity of online content in the era of deepfakes.
• Evolving challenges of generative AI in disinformation and fact-checking.
• Strategies for debunking misinformation in AI-driven information ecosystems.
• The role of social media in amplifying fake news and rumors.
• Machine learning methods, datasets, and evaluation techniques for disinformation detection.
• Media literacy initiatives to counter manipulated content.
• Fact-checking automation: opportunities and risks.
• Disinformation, political polarization, and public opinion.
• The impact of misinformation on global crises (health, climate, geopolitics).
• Psychological and cognitive factors influencing misinformation spread.
• Ethical challenges in AI-assisted information verification.
• Case studies across elections, public health, climate change, and conflicts.
• Research and funding opportunities for combating disinformation.

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to researchers, scholars, journalists, and professionals working on disinformation and fact-checking.
• Abstracts must be written in English (maximum 250 words).
• Presentations may be delivered online or in-person.
• A participation fee of €180 applies for each accepted abstract.

Submission deadline: 15 September 2025
For more information and to apply, please click here.