About the Event
This pre-conference builds on the momentum of the successful Blue Sky Workshop in ICA 2025 . The field of communications has demonstrated a clear demand for more structured engagement with causal inference. Our goal is to meet that need by establishing a cross-disciplinary community of scholars.
Submission Themes
Causal Inference Basics
Theory, Design, and Observational Data
Addressing methodological and conceptual challenges in drawing causal inferences from observational data and refining classic theories.
Beyond Quantitative
Qualitative, Mixed-Methods, and CBPR
Exploring causal reasoning in qualitative research and its role in community-based participatory research.
Disciplinary Readiness
Curriculum, Editorial Norms, and AI
Institutionalizing causal thinking into communication scholarship, including AI-generated data and digital trace data.
Ethics & Best Practices
Transparency and Replicability
Ethical considerations in experimentation, research transparency, and responsibly communicating causal claims.
Submit Your Proposal
We invite abstracts of max 500 words for empirical studies, conceptual frameworks, training modules, or moderated discussion proposals.
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