To further promote the development, application, and academic exchange in computational social science, the 5th Chinese National Forum on Computational Social Science will be held on November 18-19, 2023,in Long gang District, Shenzhen. The forum is hosted by the Chinese Association for Computational Social Science and organized by the School of Humanities and Social Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. The call for paper submissions will be closed on Friday, October 13, 2023 at 24:00. Researchers in the field of computational social sciences are welcome to submit papers!
 

01 About the Forum

The 5th Chinese National Forum on Computational Social Science will be themed “Innovation in Social Science with Computational Science Assistance”. Innovation in social science research methods is a crucial pathway for accumulating knowledge and fostering theoretical innovations concerning the rules of human societies. In recent years, the digitization transformation of public governance has created opportunities for applying new research data and emerging research methods in social science. More and more researchers are exploring scientific research using new approaches such as online experiments, big data, and machine learning. During this exploration, computational social science also faces some new challenges, including how to go beyond the instrumental use of digital technologies, adapt research agendas to technological changes, better utilize cutting-edge computational methods to advance and innovate the foundational theories of social science, and promote methodological and technological innovations in computational science based on digitized social governance and scientific research.

This forum will invite researchers in computational social science from both domestic and international backgrounds to engage in in-depth discussions on topics such as research agendas, data resources, research tools, research methods, and paradigmatic innovations. The forum explores the revolutionary development of social science paradigms in the digital era and the possibilities of integrating social science with computational science for joint development.
 

02 Topic Scope

The topics of this forum include but are not limited to the following areas:

Economic Big Data and Digital Economy
2.Computational Political Science and Digital Governance
3.Computational Sociology and Social Governance
4.Global Digital Economy and Governance
5.Research on Smart City under Big Data
6.Computational Science and Public Policy Management
7.Social Psychology Research in the Era of Big Data
8.Social Computing and Simulation
9.Big Data and Causal Inference

We sincerely invite experts and scholars engaged in related fields to participate.

03 Forum Schedule

Date: November 18-19, 2023
Venue: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

04 Submission Guidelines

1.Participants are invited to submit papers related to the forum’s themes. Please submit your documents in Word format to hssconference@cuhk.edu.cn before 24:00 on October 13, 2023 (Friday). The standard format of the email subject is: [Submission] The 5th Chinese National Forum on Computational Social Science + Author’s name + Paper title.
2.The paper can be written in Chinese or English, and the recommended length is 10,000-15,000 words in Chinese and 8,000-10,000 in English.
3.The Organizing Committee will review the submissions and classify the selected papers into oral and poster presentations. If your paper is accepted, you will receive a conference invitation letter from the committee before 12:00 on November 8, 2023. The conference will select outstanding papers for recommendation to professional journals, such as the Journal of Social Computing, which will be given priority in the review process.
4.There is no registration fee for this forum. Participants are responsible for their own travel expenses, while accommodation and meals during the forum will be covered by the organizer.

Contact Person: Ms. Li
Email: hssconference@cuhk.edu.cn
Tel: +86 (0755) 2351 6613
 

05 Host

Chinese Association for Computational Social Science
The Chinese Association for Computational Social Science was formally established in 2019 to integrate the scientific research strength of universities, strengthen the sharing of data resources, and improve academic exchanges and cooperation to enhance the overall strength and international influence of China’s computational social science. It intends to promote the discipline construction, scientific research innovation and social empowerment of computational social science in China, create a big data research atmosphere of “innovation, sharing, openness and cooperation”, create a unique path for the innovation and development of China’s social science in the era of big data, and build an academic community of computational social science in domestic universities and research institutions.

Aims: (1) To promote the exploration and exchange of research paradigms, research methods, and fundamental theories of computational social science in China and build academic consensus; (2) To set up the “Chinese National Forum on Computational Social Science” to promote the exchange and sharing of ideas and achievements in the area, and display the significant breakthroughs and innovative achievements in Chinese computational social science; (3) To promote the opening and sharing of survey data, big data and algorithms among members; (4) The association is committed to training computational social science talents for the whole society by organizing seminars, workshops and youth forums; (5) To promote extensive cooperation among association members in the fields of data collection, mining and computing, and build a national open learning platform for computational social science; (6) To jointly promote the discipline construction of computational social science.
 

06 Organizer

The School of Humanities and Social Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Founded in 2014, the School of Humanities and Social Science (hereinafter referred to as HSS) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, is an exceptional and collaborative community of faculty, students, and alumni dedicated to improving lives and expanding opportunities through the comprehensive study and effective practice of humanities and social science. HSS now offers three bachelor programmes, seven master programmes, and three MPhil-PhD programmes. The bachelor programmes include Translation, Applied Psychology, and English Studies. The master programmes include Translation and Interpreting Studies, Simultaneous Interpreting, Global Studies, Applied Psychology, Urban Studies, Public Policy, Chinese Language and Literature. The MPhil-PhD programmes include Global Studies, Translation Studies, and Applied Psychology. In 2020, HSS established the Institute for International Affairs, which is committed to building an internationally influential academic center and policy research think-tank based in Shenzhen with a global perspective, so as to provide timely and prescient policy analysis for regional and national strategic development. Meanwhile, HSS is actively preparing to establish the Institute of Computational Social Science and Institute of Chinese Culture, which will be dedicated to developing a high-level international academic platform to exploit the new development of social science in big data era, and inherit and promote the outstanding Chinese traditional culture. In the future, a new series of interdisciplinary programmes and research institutes will also drive the further development of HSS.

In addition to major-related courses, HSS provides university core courses for undergraduate students in multiple areas, including General Education, English, Chinese, Physical Education and Information Technology, so as to lay a solid foundation for holistic education.

HSS has been globally recruiting high-caliber faculty with rigorous standards of a world-class university. With over 170 full- time faculty members, HSS has a strong team consisting of distinguished senior scholars and a large number of young academic leaders. Most of them have learning, teaching and research experience overseas, with numerous papers published in leading journals at home and abroad.

HSS will continue to shoulder the important responsibility of passing on fine humanities tradition, and make greater strides!