Call for Papers

Social Sim'25 invites authors to submit papers about their work around social simulation .  Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Agent-Based Simulation: Collective behavior and social dynamics using LLM-powered agents

• Emergence and Cultural Evolution: Capturing the development of norms, beliefs, and behaviors over time

• Persona Fidelity: Designing psychologically plausible, consistent, and evolving agent personas

• Novel Simulation Frameworks: Innovative approaches to simulate societal-scale phenomena with high fidelity

• Feedback Loops in Social Systems: Modeling reciprocal influence between individual actions and group-level outcomes

• Hybrid Modeling Approaches: Combining symbolic/abstract models with generative methods for expressive and high-fidelity simulation

• Simulation Realism and Privacy: Balancing detailed modeling with privacy-preserving practices

• Ethical and Social Implications: Navigating the responsibilities of deploying realistic simulations in sensitive domains

• Policy and Platform Design Applications: Using simulations to inform public policy, civic design, or platform governance

• Mitigating Manipulation Risks: Addressing the dual-use nature of persuasive or predictive simulations

Submission Types:

We invite the following types of submissions:

• Regular Papers: Submissions presenting completed work, including theoretical advances, empirical studies, or novel simulation methods. These can be up to 4 (four) pages for short papers or 9 (nine) pages for long papers, following COLM’s formatting guidelines.

• Early-stage Papers: Submissions outlining preliminary findings, prototype systems, or position pieces. These should focus on emerging ideas and directions, and may be up to 4 (four) pages in length.

• Demo Papers:  Submissions showcasing interactive systems or tools—particularly those that extend or run simulations on  Social Sandbox or similar frameworks.  These can be up to 4 (four) pages of content.

All submissions should include references (not counted toward the page limits) and follow COLM’s guidelines. All submissions will be non-archival.

Submission Portal: https://openreview.net/group?id=colmweb.org/COLM/2025/Workshop/Social_Sim 

Important Dates:

• Submission Deadline: June 23, 2025, AoE  June 27, 2025, 11:59 PM EST

• Accept/Reject Notification: July 24, 2025, AoE

• Camera Ready Deadline: July 31, 2025, AoE

• Workshop Date: October 10, 2025

Questions:

For questions regarding the call or the relevance of specific topics, please contact us at social-simulation@googlegroups.com. If you are interested in serving as a reviewer, please sign up here.