The workshop on Cognitive and Empirical Research into Computational Argumentation aims to create a space for researchers working with empirical cognitive methods on argumentation to share materials, present ideas, and test studies. Sharing ideas will facilitate further studies, collaborations, and make it easier for interested researchers to get involved. Therefore, the workshop is also open to any researchers interested in the topic and those who have ideas that others might be able to test.
Empirical evaluation of argumentation properties and semantics
Cognitive plausibility of argumentation assumptions
Human factors that influence argumentation
The perception and interpretation of arguments and attacks
Evaluation of argumentation-based explanations
Qualitative investigations of human argumentation
Connections between argumentation and cognitive science research
Materials that facilitate cognitive research into argumentation, such as natural language argument sets
Tools that support annotation of arguments, including annotation guidelines, labeling interfaces, and annotation tools
The workshop will include:
Presentations of submitted papers,
A session for running experiments and pilots, and
A discussion on collaboration and the exchange of study materials.
The submissions that will be accepted at the workshop are:
Full papers (10-15 pages):
Papers reporting outcomes of empirical/cognitive/experimental studies
Papers reporting new results on existing human data
Short papers (5-9 pages)
Study proposals of studies yet to be conducted
Proposals for pilots to run at the workshop
Abstracts describing resources and data sets (1-2 pages)
These should include a link to the resource or data set, which is ideally published on a platform such as OSF.
Describing data sets collected with empirical work,
Study materials, such as argumentation frameworks, natural language arguments, and annotation schemes.
We intend to submit accepted short and long papers as CEUR-WS proceedings. Please follow the CEUR-WS template [INSERT].
The abstracts will not be published in the workshop proceedings, but we will facilitate the sharing of data and materials during the workshop and make a reference to all shared resources and data sets in the proceedings if possible.
Call for workshop papers: 27 February 2026
Workshop paper submissions deadline: 29 June 2026
Workshop paper decisions: 10 August 2026
Final versions of accepted papers: 31 August 2026
Workshops: 14 or 15 September 2026
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.