Call for Papers

submission

We invite papers (long and short) on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

• Models and methods for generating counter speech;

• Dialogue agents employing counter speech to address hateful inputs, directed towards other people or the AI itself;

• Human and automatic evaluation methods of counter speech tools;

• Multidisciplinary studies including different perspectives on the topic such as from computer science, social science, NGOs and stakeholders;

• Development of datasets and taxonomy for counter speech;

• Potentials and limitations (e.g., fairness, biases) of using large language models for generating counter speech;

• Social impact and empirical studies of cunter speech on social media, including investigating the effectiveness and consequences on users of employing counter speech to fight online hate

• Proposals for future research on counter speech, and/or preliminary results of studies in this field

We accept three types of submissions:

• Regular research papers – long (8 pages) or short (4 pages);

• Non-archival submissions: like research papers, but will not be included in the proceedings;

• Research communications: 2-4 page abstracts summarising relevant research published elsewhere.

It will be possible to present your work both in site and remotely!

Format and Styling

Submissions should follow ACL Author Guidelines and policies for submission, review and citation, and be anonymised for double blind reviewing. Please use ACL 2023 style files; LaTeX style files and Microsoft Word templates are available at https://2023.aclweb.org/calls/style_and_formatting/.