Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly evolving in multilinguality, multimodality, reasoning, and agentic capabilities. While these advances have transformed language and data processing, their alignment with the research needs and epistemic values of the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) remains limited.
The LLMs4SSH workshop aims to bridge this gap by bringing together researchers from AI, NLP, Digital Humanities, linguistics, social sciences, cultural heritage, and related fields. We invite contributions that explore how multilingual, multimodal, and reasoning-oriented LLMs can support SSH research tasks, while critically examining their methodological, ethical, and societal implications.
We invite submissions on topics including, but not limited to:
Multilinguality and Cultural Diversity
Multilingual LLMs for low-resource and underrepresented languages
Cross-lingual transfer and cultural adaptation
Bias, fairness, and inclusivity
Translation, code-switching, and cross-cultural communication
Multimodality in SSH Research
Integration of text, image, audio, and speech modalities
LLMs for multimodal archives, museum collections, and heritage data
Generative and interpretive multimodal applications in humanities research
Reasoning and Agentic LLMs
Reasoning and interpretive capacities for SSH tasks (e.g. argumentation, causality, hermeneutics)
Agentic LLMs as autonomous or collaborative research assistants
Tool use, planning, and hypothesis generation
Epistemological and ethical implications of reasoning and agency
Methodologies and Evaluation
SSH-oriented datasets, benchmarks, and evaluation metrics
Explainability, transparency, and reproducibility
Human–AI co-creation and qualitative evaluation methods
Comparative studies across languages, domains, and modalities
Applications in SSH Domains
Digital humanities and cultural analytics
Political science, sociology, and media studies
History, philosophy, law, psychology, education, and ethics
FAIR, Ethics, and Governance
Responsible and participatory design of LLMs
Ethical challenges in data use, authorship, and accountability
Policy frameworks for open and inclusive AI infrastructures
Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Infrastructure
Co-design of tools and workflows between LT and SSH
Integration of LLMs into research infrastructures and curricula
Open science initiatives and community building
We welcome:
Short research papers
Position papers
Case studies
Posters and demos
Submissions must be made electronically through the START Conference Manager (Softconf) system:
🔗 Submission site: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LLMs4SSH
All submissions should follow the official LREC 2026 workshop guidelines regarding format, length, and anonymity. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop, and details regarding proceedings publication will be announced on the workshop website.