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• The applications that Artificial Intelligence is deploying in the legal field are constantly growing, covering increasingly broad sectors of the various branches of law. The possibilities, effects and implications that in the Law suppose and are going to suppose such applications force us first to their updated knowledge, but also to reflect on possible derivations of the same ones that, transcending the strictly legal scope, enter in the branch of the ethics. It is possible that with the arrival and perhaps colonization of the A.I. in the Law some of the classic balances on which it rested are altered. An example of this could be the effect on certain rights and duties, especially those related to human rights.
  
  
• Aims
  1. To know the main applications of the A.I. in the different branches of the Law.
  2. To assess the scope of applications and possible transformations that, for the law, both theoretical and practical, may involve
  3. Analyze current and potential impacts in the field of ethics and human rights
  
  
• Contributions
  This session is aimed at law theorists and practitioners who have knowledge and/or experience of the application of A.I. in any legal sector.
  
  Key Words:
  1. Different theories about what A.I. is and can be for theoretical and practical law. 2. Concrete experiences of the application of A.I. in the legal and administrative field. 3. Assessments and prospects of the impact of A.I. in the field of social and human rights.
  
  

(2). Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Governance and Creativity. - Prevalence of human thought and its creative capacity in the use of artificial intelligence in social challenges and world government in the 21st century
Chairs. Amparo Gracia Bernal, amgracia@unizar.es, University of Zaragoza. Amaya Gil-Albarova, agilalbarova@unizar.es,  Research Group Sociedad Incertidumbre y Creatividad (SIC).

• In the current context, characterized by uncertainty, complexity and an unprecedented pandemic, different researchers around the world are raising questions and anticipating answers to the questions about the future of humanity. Not only because of the challenges, but also because of the opportunities that scientific and technological transformations bring.
  The development of artificial intelligence (A.I.) may represent a major advance for humanity, but it also gives rise to new concerns. There is concern about the potential challenges and risks that A.I. may have for humanity and especially in global governance.
  It is not surprising that now there is an urgent need to put the human being in the center of attention and to provide ethics in the decision making that requires the programming of intelligent machines with algorithms that govern and influence directly and indirectly in all areas of our lives (Hartley, 2017).
  The influence of technology on governance is enormous and consequently it is necessary to encourage "the social construction of technology and the economy, (...) under the contribution of critical thinking or from the reflective society" (Ramos and García, 2018, p. 24).
  The document entitled: The new European consensus on development "Our word, our dignity, our future" (European Union, 2017) establishes the basis for a firm and active commitment by the European Union to promote the mainstreaming of the ODS (Sustainable Development Goals) in all public policies so that they have the desired impact. The framework for action is organized into four areas: 1) people, human development and dignity, in the face of demographic, economic, social and environmental challenges; 2) planet Earth and the need to protect the environment and tackling climate change; 3) prosperity, by promoting sustainable and inclusive growth; 4) peace, by building peaceful and inclusive societies, good governance, democracy, the rule of law and human rights.
  With the transformative vision of the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development (United Nations, 2015) as a frame of reference, it is time to reflect on the prevalence of human thinking and its creative capacity over artificial intelligence to find solutions to new social problems.
  Moreover, the connections between problems in all areas (social, health, economic, philosophical, political, legal, environmental...) are also growing and creating increasingly complex networks, and therefore it is necessary to train thought to make sense of them and find new ways to understand them.
  
  
• Aims
  -- To analyze lines of work that highlight the prevalence of human thought over AI, in the search for solutions to the new social problems of humanity.
  - To debate and analyze the priority of the human thought and its creativity in the search of right solutions with the artificial intelligence, without generating other new problems in a world in which everything is connected.
  - To examine the vulnerabilities that artificial intelligence can favor.
  - To examine the uncertainties that artificial intelligence presents in social matters.
  - To analyze the challenges posed by the governance of digitalization and the first steps being taken in this direction.
  
  
• Contributions:
  - The interest is to receive contributions that consider how human thought and creativity prevail and should prevail, using artificial intelligence with sense, as a necessary tool, to face the challenges and develop new public and social policies for the benefit of the human being: - inequalities - manipulation - new forms of slavery - sustainable economy  - environment - renewed education  - future of work - aging and care. - robots and "machine awareness - justice and regulation - health and pandemic control - ethics and security – democracy - governance of digitization.
  
  
• Key Words:
  Artificial intelligence, human thought, solution of social problems in the 21st century, governance of digitalization
  
  

(3). Law, rights and policies at the edge of artificial intelligence
Chair: María José Bernuz Beneitez, mbernuz@unizar.es. Andrés García Inda, agi@unizar.es Filosofía del Derecho, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Zaragoza

• Artificial intelligence seems to have dominated most of our lives, consciously or unconsciously. However, there are still areas that seem to be impervious to this trend. The aim of this working group is to give visibility to all those aspects of law, rights and social policy that are apparently still not dominated by algorithms.
  
  
• Aims
  - To present analysis and research on areas of law, rights and social policy that are outside the scope of artificial intelligence.
  - To analyze whether or not these areas of study are really outside of artificial intelligence in its various aspects.
  - To discuss the possibility and effects of introducing artificial intelligence in these areas of study.
  
  
• Contributions:
  - Doctoral students working in the field of public and social policies not necessarily linked to artificial intelligence
  
  
• Key words:
  Public and social policies, law, fundamental rights
  
  

(4). Educational Inequality(s) in Times of Pandemic: An Opportunity to Rethink Education?
Chairs: Tatiana Iñiguez Berrozpe, tatianai@unizar.es,  Carmen Elboj Saso, celboj@unizar.es, Department of Sociology and Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Zaragoza

• The COVID-19 pandemic, with the consequent Declaration of the State of Alarm by the Government of Spain, caused the confinement of the population to their homes and the closure of all educational centres between the months of May and June. The majority of these centres were forced to continue their activities online, demonstrating, in addition to the limitations for the socialization of children and adolescents, the seriousness of the pre-existing socio-educational inequalities. The digital gap in both access and use, the lack of access to educational support for children from disadvantaged classes, or the serious consequences of the closure of schools for minors with canteen scholarships and access to the services they provided, are some examples of the increased educational inequality in times of pandemic. Furthermore, although children have been the most affected by this school closure, other members of the educational community have also suffered its consequences. From the families themselves and the difficulties of reconciliation, to the teachers and their almost immediate transition from a face-to-face education to one that is entirely online, without forgetting the group of university students who saw all their training transferred to the digital environment and limited their socialization.
  However, the situation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has also shown the importance of support and solidarity networks among the educational community, with numerous initiatives with the slogan "Leave no one behind", demonstrating the willingness of the educational agency to transform even in the most complicated contexts.
  Both questions, with the imminent proclamation of the new educational law, the LOMLOE, bring back to the centre of the debate the role of education in society, the inequalities it must face and how to do it, the progressive digitalization of education despite the existing gap, or the role of the family and teachers in the face of these challenges, among many other issues. Are we therefore facing an ideal moment to rethink the relationship between education and society? What role do both the system and the different social agents have in this process? How can we face these questions from socio-educational research to achieve social impact? What does current evidence say about the present and future of education from a sociological point of view? What should be the role of public policies? These and many other questions derived from the current situation of uncertainty are raised in this Working Session
  
  
• Aims
  - Analyse socio-educational inequalities in the COVID-19 context at all levels (Infant, Primary, Secondary and Higher Education).
  - To reflect on the role of Public Policies in the management and overcoming of these socio-educational inequalities.
  - To propose answers to these socio-educational inequalities from scientific research.
  - To collect successful actions and/or experiences, collaborations between public institutions and/or social agents, and other actions that have been carried out in the educational field to overcome these social inequalities.
  -To reflect on the role of scientific research in overcoming social and educational inequalities.
  
  
• Contributions:
  -In this session, studies may be proposed that theoretically and/or empirically address the different forms of educational inequality derived from the social context, aggravated during the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of public policies or that of the different social agents in their management, and their consequences. Proposals containing generic analyses or case studies on strategies to overcome such educational inequalities are also welcome. The papers will be required to present a rigorous methodology of analysis and a specific contribution to the state of the art.
  
• Key Words:
  Education, educational inequality, school performance, equity, COVID-19
  
  

(5). The impact of Artificial Intelligence at work
Chairs: Pablo García Ruiz, pgruiz@unizar.es, Department of Psychology and Sociology, and  Victor Montuenga, vimontue@unizar.es, Economic Analysis Department. Faculty of Economics and Business. University of Zaragoza

• This session proposes a debate on the advance of artificial intelligence at work and, as a consequence, on the adaptation of people to the new work scenario. The proposal includes three main axes: first, the impact of artificial intelligence on employment; second, the transformation of tasks and professional profiles; third, the new paradigm that is opening up for the conceptualization of work in relation to data governance and automation.
  Artificial intelligence is proving to be a disruptive technology in different areas of labor reality. Machines and algorithms are increasingly able to match and even surpass the skills that seemed to be reserved exclusively for human beings. The nature of work is facing radical transformations: intelligent systems and robots will share offices, factories and other work spaces. Many workers will be able to adapt to the changes and share tasks and spaces with machines. Others, however, will lose their jobs or suffer a position of precariousness and vulnerability in these new scenarios.
  The transformation of work gives rise to a variety of new situations. On the one hand, employment related to the use and improvement of technology grows: the demand for professions such as data analysts, software developers, specialists in process automation, robotics engineers, and others related to the creation, development and application of robots or intelligent systems increases. On the other hand, the freelance work and the gig economy are expanding, which include punctual and sporadic jobs, in which the flexibility, the online work and the decentralization are their main features. Within this economy, crowdwork also emerges, in which people and groups that are disconnected from each other offer companies the possibility of developing projects thanks to their knowledge and resources distributed in different parts of the world. Networking is also growing with the explosion of social networks and digital platforms that allow sharing not only videos and photos but also information and value.
  New ways of working require new skills. Technological advances generate a strong demand for labor, from which not only specific skills but also lifelong learning is expected. Digital skills are linked to a set of technical and cognitive skills, but together with these we can guess the importance of creativity and socio-emotional skills, which will be key to interact with artificial intelligence in the "hybrid" jobs that are already being generated.
  Continuous training and investment in human capital are two other essential challenges for companies in the digital economy. Initial professional training is no longer sufficient: the evolution of technologies and, with them, of tasks and processes requires workers to have a permanent capacity to adapt. In this scenario, educational institutions and public authorities also play an important role in providing the necessary support to those who want to work in this digital society .
  
  
• Aims:
  - Analyze the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the various aspects of work and labour policies
  
  
• Contributions
  In this session we invite contributions on the current and future impact of various forms of artificial intelligence on the nature and organization of work. Despite the real threats of unemployment, job insecurity, precariousness and surveillance, technology is also fostering the emergence of a labor culture that changes scales and opens opportunities for a reconceptualization of labor practices and policies. Both theoretical and empirical communications are welcome that contribute to a better understanding of the implementation of artificial intelligence in the labor relationship and its consequences.
  
  
• Key words:
  - Artificial Intelligence and employment. Precarization or new opportunities: gig economy, (false) freelancers, digital platforms and crowdwork. - Artificial Intelligence, automation and robotization: do they complement or replace work? Human capital, training and skills in the digital economy - Digital divide and employment: are there differences according to age, sex or educational level? - Social relations in the "new era" of the labor market. - Public policies in the development of the digital economy.
  
  

(6). Innovation and Technology for Entrepreneurship: Challenges for Health and the SDGs Achievement
Chairs: María Isabel Saz Gil sazgil@unizar.es, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza. Ana Isabel Gil Lacruz anagil@unizar.es, School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Zaragoza

• The fragility of the welfare system is in urgent need of a driver of change for modern societies to revitalize their productive, social and vital fabric, and for the most vulnerable communities to redefine and build on a solid foundation. The problems and lack of opportunities make it very necessary to promote initiatives that generate a triple bottom line and sustainable development, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) included in the 2030 Agenda.
  Businesses are key players in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, while the SDGs represent an opportunity and framework for developing entrepreneurial proposals. The SDGs specify a series of needs and key purposes for the whole of humanity: governments and public institutions, third sector organizations, citizens and companies must be involved in their achievement.
  Therefore, entrepreneurship must be aligned with the five central axes on which the 2030 Agenda revolves: People, ending poverty and hunger in all its forms and ensuring the dignity and equality of all people; Planet, protecting the planet's natural resources and combating climate change to ensure a decent environment for future generations; Prosperity, ensuring that everyone can enjoy a prosperous and full life in harmony with nature; Peace, promoting peaceful, fair and inclusive societies; Alliances, seeking strong global partnerships.
  There is an urgent need to establish social links and focus on new digital opportunities. Innovations involve a transformation in which people are particularly affected, such as in the areas of work and income, as well as consumption, among others. Digital platforms, blockchains and other Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) are the technologies with the greatest impact. So we must pay attention to the digital factor from the local level (Digital + Local) as an essential combination.
  Like this, in the light of COVID, it has become clear the urgent need to address these challenges from a new model of labor intervention to ensure the health and welfare of the various agents involved. Companies have a very relevant role in the development of healthy organizations. But the assumption of this commitment has evolved over time and it is subject of scientific study and social debate.
  Currently, the working environment must face a series of challenges, among which are: globalization, unemployment, the growing use of information technology, changes in employment policies (e.g., part-time work, temporary work, teleworking, the aging of the working population, the growing importance of the service sector, etc.)
  There is a need to convert ideas into sustainable business projects and to demonstrate that the rural environment has a future by taking advantage of its endogenous resources and using ICT and available digital tools and capacities. To this end, it is necessary to establish spaces for innovation and promotion of entrepreneurship in the rural environment where talent and knowledge will be the basis for converting ideas into real and sustainable projects.
  
  
• Aims:
  —The aim is to understand the impact of innovation and technology on the development of entrepreneurial projects that have a projection that is:  -Local: projects adapted and applied to the singularities of each territory.  -Sustainable: with positive or no impact on the environment without the need for external assistance.  -Social: promoting the inclusion of young people, women and groups with different abilities and new talent. -Innovative: applying new logics to traditional processes, generating new collaborations.
  —The aim is to analyze the role of innovation for the management of people as a key element in organizations.
  —The aim is to link entrepreneurship projects with the five axes of the 2030 Agenda.
  
  
• Contributions:
  The coordinators of the group have collaborated with several universities in Colombia on training for leadership and sustainable female entrepreneurship, so we understand that they might be interested in participating and contributing with a communication to this call. The participants of the UNIZAR summer course will also be informed about this, since the topics are aligned with the present proposal. The working group is open to anyone who wants to know the impact of innovation and technology in the development of entrepreneurship projects that have a local, sustainable, social and innovative projection.
  
  
• Keywords
  Entrepreneurship, sustainable, social, innovative, healthy, SDGs
  
  

(6). The New Normal: control, governance, and self-organizing technologies for the effectiveness of rights in times of pandemic
Chairs: David Vila Viñas davidvilavinas@gmail.com, University of Málaga. Daniel Jiménez Franco djf@unizar.es, University of Zaragoza.

• Both the health crisis and the social crisis with which it has hybridized after the confinement of the spring of 2020 have given birth to what has come to be called, not without a certain cynicism, the new normal. This context has demanded a reconfiguration of the strategies and technologies of intervention by the different agents.
  On the one hand, government agencies, both public and private, have had to intensify a range of techniques of a biopolitical nature, which have overlapped the lines of inequality that already dominated the urban, labor or international mobility background. All this has implied a generalization of disciplinary techniques that until the health crisis remained invisible in their selectivity with respect to certain subaltern populations. At the same time, there has been an acceleration in the assumption and reach of technologies for remote government and reconfiguration of life times that have taken a few months to reach the objectives of a decade.
  On the other hand, and from the perspective of the groups governed, the overlapping crisis has impacted on the terrain already weakened by the decade of austerity that was just beginning to be left behind. Thus, new situations of vulnerability have appeared and others that already existed have been aggravated. All of them have in common the relative powerlessness of the Public Administrations to articulate a sufficient protective action that operates as a guarantee of some fundamental rights. All this has encouraged an epistemic-political turnaround in many of these populations, which have gone on to develop their own strategies and technologies for the effectiveness of their rights. In some cases, this has been fuel for social action and community action practices that have been developing for some time. In particular, many communities and groups of neighbors have organized assistance networks whose objectives and functioning are similar to those of a democratic techno-politics: autonomy, horizontal objectives and high political power. These movements for the self-protection of rights have also had an impact on public health, educational and social services, giving rise to a plurality of relations articulated between the poles of collaboration and antagonism.
  
  
• Aims
  The intention of this working group is to put together these analyses from the perspectives of social work, law, philosophy, sociology, political science, and feminist and postcolonial studies to form a toolbox for reading the present.
  In particular, it is intended:
  —To identify the novelties in the strategies and technologies of government and social control in the pandemic context and their post-pandemic impact.
  —To identify the novelties in the strategies and technologies of organization and self-protection of rights by the groups governed.
  —To analyze the impact these developments have had on the organization and delivery of public services.
  
  
• Contributions
  Contributions are expected from the following disciplines: social work, law, philosophy, sociology, criminology, political science and administration, feminist and post-colonial studies, and other social and human sciences. Within these fields, it is presumable that contributions will be received on the following issues:
  —The strategies and technologies of government and social control in the context of the pandemic and their post-pandemic impact.
  —Strategies and technologies for organizing and self-protection of rights by governed groups.
  —The transformations that have taken place in the organization and delivery of public services.
  
  
• Key Words:
  Social control, rights, social services, sociology of law, biopolitics
  
  
  

(8). Social Impact Assessment
Chairs: Ignacio Bretos ibretos@unizar.es, GESES-University of Zaragoza. Carmen Marcuello  cmarcue@unizar.es, GESES-University of Zaragoza.

• According to Deloitte (the number one private audit firm in professional services worldwide, by turnover and prestige), virtual assistants, 5G networks and cloud-based artificial intelligence are the three fundamental technologies that have increased connectivity (ICT) and innovation potential during 2019. Moreover, the annual report presented by Accenture Interactive for 2019, shows how investment in innovation in recent decades has overwhelmed organizations.
  There is no doubt that technology, especially information and communication technologies (ICT), are today a fundamental strategic resource for both the organization of companies and their workers (Curado, 2018; Koednok and Sungsanit, 2018; Wiener, 2018). Throughout this year, with the pandemic situation caused by covid-19, all sectors, some more than others, have been affected.  Nor have all workers faced the challenges of this new scenario equally, since in many sectors such as construction, the automotive industry or certain service companies (restaurants, hotels, etc.) are not familiar with or do not carry out their work digitally. And those who usually use technological tools, have found themselves at home alone, without the support of colleagues and with long working hours.
  Artificial intelligence can facilitate resources and adaptive strategies, considerably improving communication channels and human resource management, which is very beneficial for companies. But what about the employees? Telework, or work done remotely outside the company environment, requires adequate access to different tools and computer support. If teleworking is here to stay, how does it benefit companies and, above all, what are the advantages and disadvantages for workers, especially women? Because, if the usual home is the new place of work, it could mean for women to return to the traditional gender roles in the domestic sphere, having to combine paid work with household or care work.
  The development of artificial intelligence and new technologies requires, firstly, a significant investment in training and, secondly, regulation by companies, the State and other non-governmental organizations. The new knowledge workers also need to be supported by their family and environment.
  In the sessions of this group, we intend to discuss the theoretical and applied side of how new technologies (ICT) and investment in innovation influence organizations, favouring the competitiveness of companies. And, from the perspective of the workers, issues such as the working climate, health and stress at work, social welfare, work teams or training and motivation of workers, etc. All these topics are very present in this new context.
  
  
• Aims
  The aim is to analyze the impact of new technologies and investment in innovation by organizations through an interdisciplinary approach. From a psychosocial perspective, we are interested in studying the well-being and psychological health of workers, examining the role that other relevant psychosocial variables can play in such relationships. From a socioeconomic and organizational perspective, education is considered an agent of change and an indispensable social requirement in the definition of human and social capital.
  
  The proposal of this group is framed within the specific objectives of the European Program Horizon 2020 as they are, among others:
  —Support for the development of key technologies (ICT) and innovations.
  —Health, demographic change and wellness and workplace stress.
  —Emotional skills, climate, teams and cooperative learning.
  
  
• Contributions
  Several members of the consolidated research group Welfare and Social Capital (BYCS) have been contacted. Professors of economics, organization and management of companies, social psychology, social anthropology, marketing and social work, have expressed their interest in contributing with a communication to this call. The topics raised are related to equal opportunities in the labor market; teleworking and labor inequality; teleworking and investment; innovation and quality indicators in organizations; new challenges in the management of human resources in the third sector.
  
  
• Key Words
  New Technologies, Organizational Innovation, Social Capital
  
  

(9). Innovation and Technologies: Challenges for Human Resources and Social Capital in Organizations
Chairs: Eva M. Lira Rodríguez evalira@unizar.es, University of Zaragoza.

• Measuring social impact can be defined as the "systematic analysis of lasting or significant changes - positive or negative, intended or unintended - in people's lives produced by a specific action or series of actions" (Roche, 2004). Thus, this process aims to gather diverse "evidence" that makes it possible to make a well-founded assessment of the achievement of the social change pursued as a result of an activity or service (Marcuello et al., 2017). However, the concreteness of the dimensions that this (social) change includes is still an open debate in the literature, which means that it does not find a commonly accepted definition of social impact.
  Economic organizations, especially those in the social economy, are under greater pressure to measure the social impact of their activity. On the one hand, there is greater competition for increasingly scarce public funding resources and the need to demonstrate the social relevance of the beneficiary organizations, forcing them to be more transparent in their management and to generate evidence to prove their usefulness. On the other hand, there is a growing trend for social needs to be addressed by the market and the company, either through Corporate Social Responsibility, or through projects linked to social entrepreneurship. With this, the approaches towards the search of efficiency and the achievement of tangible and measurable results in the organizations gain specific weight, needing new measurement tools to offer in-training in this sense. This is combined, moreover, with the exponential increase in the demand from investors/donors to know the effects of the funds allocated to organizations linked to the social field. In this sense, the European Commission published the Social Business Initiative in 2011 incorporating the perspective towards social impact assessment in social entrepreneurship projects with the purpose of improving the effectiveness of capital raising by investment funds that invest in such companies.
  In any case, the focus should not be diverted from the usefulness of measuring social impact for social economy organizations. On the one hand, it is an opportunity to gain visibility, demonstrating the differential value that this sector incorporates compared to other business models by internalizing values such as solidarity, mutual support or commitment to the environment (Article 4, Law 5/2011 on Social Economy). On the other hand, the measurement of the social impact allows the development of internal processes of continuous improvement in the operation of these organizations with the aim of deepening the application of these principles. This is one of the most important benefits of these processes, which compensate for the complexity and cost in terms of time and personal and economic resources involved. As Simsa et al. (2014) point out, planning oriented towards impact, measurement and its possible control reaches the core of the activities of these organizations, and it can even be said that they may be implied as the new task of the management of these organizations.
  
  
• Aims
  To analyse the state of the art from the theoretical and practical point of view of the measurement of social impact, presenting the characteristics of this phenomenon and the most used measurement tools, both from external entities dedicated to evaluation and from the organizations and companies themselves and especially from the social economy organizations.
  
• Contributions
  Theoretical and practical contributions both of reflection on the concept, methodologies and of applications or proposals of applied models.
  
  
• Key Words
  Social Impact, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Economy, Social Investment, Impact Investment
• New Technologies, Organizational Innovation, Social Capital
  
  

(10). Sociocybernetics and big data in social policy debates
Chairs: Patricia Eugenia Almaguer Kalixto almaguer@unizar.es, University of Zaragoza.

• From a sociocybernetics perspective, an extensive analysis of the world system (Wallerstein 1974) has shown that “the growing complexity of the world is most clearly visible on these large-scale levels, and effective steering is most urgently needed there to prevent further chaos or even continuing disaster” (Geyer 2006: 24). The utopia of global democracy and neoliberalism which has been used to justify the process of globalization, is taking paths other than those predicted by linear models: the idea of uninterrupted economic growth is giving way to evidence of exclusion and inequality, human migration seeking to leave misery behind in search of better living conditions, environmental crises, and social discontent. 
  
  Systemic instability seems indicating that the international system appears to have been in a stage of structural change at least since the global economic crisis started in 2008 (Kotz, 2016). This is expressed in the strong rise of the extreme Right and extreme nationalism as a political force, and in parallel, in the crisis of legitimacy of democratic systems. In this context of turbulent and uncertain scenarios, questions about the actors, factors and dynamics of change across the international system and their effects at other levels need to be raised (Sanahuja 2017).
  
  
• Aims
  Taking Sociocybernetics as a pertinent perspective to refer to the interconnection of different social subsystems such as the economy, law and democracy in the field of public decisions, we aim to identify: a) How artificial intelligence and its particular expression with big data analysis is modifying the architecture of decision-making. b) How different behaviors in social and digital networks are linked to the change of certain social processes (for example #metoo, #blacklifematters), c) What second-order observations can be made from analyzing the aggregate behavior of different actors linked by the networks.
  This session also seeks to reflect on the dark side of the control of information systems. Public and private conversations are recorded and stored on few platforms owned by private organizations that, take advantage of this data to target ads adapted to our tastes and preferences. In addition, in these dynamics of feedback control, deliberate dynamics input disinformation contents to destabilize at different levels the social system targeting emotive reactions to core social debates. This requires a change of perspective that by leveraging the conceptual framework of sociocybernetics, shifts from exclusive attention to creators of misleading information to a broader approach that focuses on propagators and, as a result, on the dynamics of the propagation processes (Giglietto, Iannelli, Valeriani, Rossi 2019).
  
  
• Contributions
  Papers related to the scope of the session that can include the analysis of the following topics: —Participatory democracy; —Governance of social media platforms; —Emerging technologies and the link between micro, meso and macro levels of individual actors and social institutions —Social systems and economic models of the web; —Participation in the web (politics, business and entertainment); —Culture, knowledge and social impact of Artificial Intelligence as a commodity; —Cyberculture, —Responsibility of algorithms; —The public / private distinction on the Internet.
  
  
• Key Words
  Social systems, artificial intelligence, big data, sociocybernetics, social networks