Dear colleagues, We are hosting the 2025 AoIR Flashpoint Symposium this year at my lab PGMT in Bremen, Germany. Please take note of the short deadline for abstract submissions (February 15, that is this Saturday!) – and the great line-up of plenary speakers (Natali Helberger, Tarleton Gillespie, Sarah T. Roberts, Thomas Poell). **From Platform Governance to Generative AI:Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance** 2025 AoIR Flashpoint Symposium, 3-4 June 2025, Bremen, Germany Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT), University of Bremen **Submission Deadline for Abstracts: 15 February 2025** Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Natali Helberger, Sarah T. Roberts, Thomas Poell Call for Papers (short): The study of platform governance and generative AI has become increasingly critical as these technologies significantly (re)shape public discourse, societal norms, and policy-making processes. By determining how information is created, shared, and consumed, these technological systems raise complex questions of accountability, fairness, transparency, contestability, and ethics. After 20 years of social media these challenges remain topical, and both current political developments as well as the advent of generative AI will exacerbate rather than relieve those challenges. The AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen aims to contribute to these urgent discussions on governance and normative questions. Submissions for research papers or policy/position papers, or for pre-curated panels, will take the form of 400-600 word abstracts. *The submission deadline is 15 February 2025.* The complete Call for Papers, more information on the symposium and the link for submissions are available here: https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/ Inquiries can be sent to aoir2025@uni-bremen.de <mailto:aoir2025@uni-bremen.de>. The Symposium organisers are Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach, Dr. Daria Dergacheva, and Dr. Dennis Redeker. It would be great to see some NOC colleagues with us in Bremen! Best, Christian Katzenbach — Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach Professor of Media and Communication Centre for Media, Communication & Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen www.uni-bremen.de/zemki Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT) platform-governance.org Associated Researcher Alexander von Humboldt Institut for Internet and Society (HIIG) www.hiig.de -- Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft gGmbH Französische Straße 9 · 10117 Berlin T +49 30 200 760 82 · F +49 30 206 089 60 · www.hiig.de <http://www.hiig.de/> · Bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/hiigberlin.bsky.social> · Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/hiigberlin/> · LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/school/hiigberlin/> Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B | USt-ID DE 291 151 171 Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Björn Scheuermann · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß