PING
Politics and Internet Working Group

European University Institute · Florence · 2026–27

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PING is a new EUI working group on politics and the internet. Computational social science at the core, other disciplines and methods welcome. A place to present ongoing work and get constructive feedback. Meets every other Wednesday, 16:30–17:45, followed by an apéro. All EUI members (faculty, researchers, fellows, visiting fellows) welcome.

Schedule

Date	Room	Presenter
Wed 14 Oct	Seminar Room 3, Badia Fiesolana	Internal presentations
Wed 28 Oct	Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia	TBA
Wed 11 Nov	Seminar Room 3, Badia Fiesolana	TBA
Wed 25 Nov	Sala Belvedere, Villa Schifanoia	TBA
Wed 9 Dec	Seminar Room 1, Badia Fiesolana	TBA

Getting there: EUI campus map and buildings. The EUI runs a shuttle bus between buildings.

Call for presentations

To present, fill out the presenter application form with a tentative title, short abstract, preferred format, and preferred date(s). Deadline: 14 October.

Applications are aimed at researchers outside the EUI, but EUI members are welcome to apply as well. The first session (14 Oct) is internal presentations.

Early-career researchers and scholars underrepresented in the field particularly encouraged. Presenters from outside the EUI self-fund travel and accommodation.

Remote presentation is possible, but we prefer in-person presentations.

Session formats

Each session runs 1h15. Two options:

Feedback session — 15 min presentation, 60 min discussion. Early-stage projects, research designs, pre-analysis plans, specific problems.
Full presentation — 60 min presentation (interruptions welcome), 15 min Q&A. Advanced drafts, job-market papers.

Scope

Digital technologies and politics, broadly defined:

online political communication and discourse
social media and political behaviour
online subculture and digital socialization
platform governance and content moderation
misinformation and information ecosystems
algorithmic curation and recommender systems
digital media effects on attitudes, norms, and participation
online mobilization and activism
polarization and online interaction
political uses of AI
political economy of tech platforms and the tech industry

Any method: computational text and network analysis, field and survey experiments, causal inference with observational and digital trace data, qualitative and ethnographic work on online communities, theory.

Mailing list

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Questions: kevin.munger@eui.eu