Call for papers — Information Interactions 2026
, Bratislava, Slovakia
The conference and methodological seminar Information Interactions 2026 will take place on Friday 27 November 2026 in Bratislava.
Venue: Department of Library and Information Science, 10 Múzejná ulica, New building, 4th floor, room N416, 811 02 Bratislava.
Main topic
The 2026 edition follows on from previous editions devoted to information ethics, artificial intelligence and information creativity.
The Ethics of Information Design: Visions for the Development of Information Science in the Age of AI
Research papers, projects by doctoral researchers, scholars and computer scientists, and presentations by information professionals are welcome. The call is addressed to researchers, doctoral students, computer scientists, information and library professionals, and managers of libraries and information institutions.
The conference includes a doctoral methodological seminar with presentations of doctoral research projects and a discussion of methodological challenges in information science.
Detailed topics
Contributions may address the main theme or any of the following areas:
- Ethical challenges in the use of information in education and research
- Transformative and adverse impacts of AI on the information environment
- Ethical aspects of the information design of systems, services, and products
- Information creativity and resilience in the context of AI tool use
- Designing information experiences and human adaptation to the information environment
- Designing informed learning
- Information infrastructures supporting scholarly communication through AI; publication ethics and AI-assisted digital publishing
- Redesigning concepts and models of information literacy and information behaviour in the context of AI; emerging trends in information science
- AI literacy: concepts, models, and methods; social and ethical dimensions
- AI in supporting information processes in the practice of information institutions
- Innovative methods in digital services and information ecosystems
- Disinformation, information pathologies, and AI
- Functions of AI in information science: generative AI (GAI) systems, large language models (LLMs), conversational systems, deep learning, and recommender systems
- AI and data management; the impact of AI on social media
- AI and the information design of services, products, and systems
- AI in supporting the ethics and creativity of students, doctoral researchers, teachers, and scholars
- AI in supporting the ethics and creativity of information professionals and librarians
- Transdisciplinary collaboration across academic disciplines and professions in information processing and creation using AI in information science
- Metaliteracy and AI; emerging literacies, including data literacy and transformative AI literacy
Key dates
- Abstract submission
- to be announced
- Notification of acceptance
- to be announced
- Programme published
- to be announced
- Conference
- (passed)
How to submit
To propose a contribution, submit an abstract. Send the abstract by e-mail to informationinteractions@fphil.uniba.sk.
Conference language is Slovak, Czech and English.
Presentation length: 30 minutes including discussion in the main sessions, 15–20 minutes in the doctoral seminar.
Accepted abstracts will be published in the book of abstracts (STIMUL) and deposited in the DSpace repository of Comenius University.
The participation is free of charge.
We can arrange for the accommodation and travel for participants, however we are not able to fund the costs of the stay of participants.
Organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava, as part of the KEGA project KEPUP 068UK-4/2025.
Guidelines for authors
Abstract length: up to 800 words.
The abstract contains: title, author's name, affiliation and e-mail, the abstract text, keywords and a list of sources.
The abstract text may be divided into paragraphs, but it must not contain subsections or underlined words. You may use bold or italics, but not in combination. Do not use bullet points; numbered lists will be converted to running text. Images, diagrams and charts cannot be included – refer to the article in which they are published.
List exactly four key information sources related to your contribution. If your contribution is based on your own previous article or publication, list that source first. If you list more sources, the first four will be included in the book of abstracts.
Linguistic and stylistic editing is responsibility of the author of the abstract.
The citation standard is ISO 690:2021, numeric format.
Contact
All questions about call for papers or organisation should be emailed to informationinteractions@fphil.uniba.sk.
On social media the conference uses the tag #infint2026.
We look forward to seeing you in Bratislava on 27 November 2026.