SAVE THE DATE! We are excited to announce that the 9th International COMPTEXT Conference to be held at Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, in Prague, from 27 to 29 May 2027. Call for papers and registration information will be shared in the upcoming months!

That's a wrap on #COMPTEXT2026! Huge thanks to lead organiser @ChrisGUArnold and IDAI/@unibirmingham team, plus all tutors, chairs, discussants & sponsors. Conference dinner at a world-renowned cricket stadium—what a treat. Safe travels home; see you at COMPTEXT 2027!

The General Meeting of the COMPTEXT Association is now in the books with good turnout by the community. Our officers (James Cross, @FabienneLind, Zoe Greene and @Miklos__Sebok) and chief organiser (@ChrisGUArnold) reviewed current affairs and fielded questions from members.

We are happy to announce the 2026 recipients of the COMPTEXT Association travel grants. Grants were based on priorities such as global attendance and diversity: Anne Clausen, Xiran Liu @XiranLiu771245, Mafalda Patacão Zúquete, Fulvio Raddi, Stefano Sangiovanni @SteSangio

The Annual General Meeting is under way at #COMPTEXT2026 – you can still make it and make your voice heard!

Still processing, our growing community brings us to the 8th annual #COMPTEXT✨ #COMPTEXT2026 at IDAI, University of Birmingham is underway! Day 1: training in text, image&video as data for social research 10 tutorials, full rooms, brilliant scholars: bit.ly/4mLbFlf

⏳Final reminder: Registration for #COMPTEXT2026 closes today. 📍University of Birmingham 📅23–25 April 2026 Workshops: bit.ly/4bW0AZN Registration: bit.ly/4v4ghXC Deadline issues? Contact: comptext26(at)comptextconference.org

📢Call for Bids! We’re seeking hosts for the 9th & 10th International #COMPTEXT conferences (2027 & 2028). 📅Bid deadline: March 15, 2026 Request materials: [email protected] Please circulate within your networks!

Thank you everyone for a huge number of submissions, we are humbled by the overwhelming interest in COMPTEXT 2026! The variety of research topics, methods, and tutorials previews a great conference at the University of Birmingham! Acceptance notifications will be sent by 17 Feb.

Submissions to COMPTEXT 2026 close tomorrow! Showcase your text-, image-, and video-as-data research, get useful feedback, join the training workshops, and connect with like-minded researchers at our social events in Birmingham. See you there!

Submission for #COMPTEXT2026 is still open 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲. We are looking forward to receiving your proposals for papers and panels. We also appreciate it if you can spread the word and circulate shorturl.at/gRg0p! See you in Birmingham, 23–25 April 2026!

The Call for Papers and Panels for #COMPTEXT2026 in Birmingham (23-25 April) is out; feel free to circulate: shorturl.at/gRg0p! Deadline: January 16!

SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce that the 8th COMPTEXT Conference will take place at the Institute of Data and AI of the University of Birmingham, 23-25 April 2026, with @ChrisGUArnold serving as the lead local organiser. Call for Papers coming soon!

Even though COMPTEXT2025 closed last weekend, its spirit will live on in the splendid photography of our dedicated group of colleagues from the University of Vienna: Jakob-Moritz Eberl, @AMPlanitzer, @apeksha_sh! We thank and appreciate their work!

After 3 packed days of research, workshops, and networking, #COMPTEXT2025 has officially wrapped up! In 48+ panels, 220+ presentations, and a full day of tutorials we received a great review of the state-of-the-art in our field. Thanks everyone and see you next year!

How can we better capture marginalised voices through computational text analysis? An inspiring roundtable at #COMPTEXT2025 sparked important reflections. Huge thanks to @AhrabhiKat, Angelie Kraft, and @indiiigosky for guiding this vital conversation!