Malmö University and the Sustainable Digitalisation Research Centre are delighted to be hosting the 22nd Social Simulation Conference (SSC2027) and, in collaboration with Stockholm University and UiT The Arctic University of Norway (University of Tromsø), will be organising the annual scientific exchange of the European Social Simulation Association. The theme this year will be: Social Simulation in Action: Catalysing Public Decision-Making?!
You can find details, as they are decided, on our website at essa.eu.org/ssc/2027

Save the dates 16th to 20th August 2027. As in previous years, the first day (16th) will be devoted to workshops and the main conference will run from 17th to lunch time on 20th. This conference is in-person only, no online options will be available.

At this stage, we are inviting submissions of proposals for workshops and special tracks.

Workshops are intended to offer a broad perspective on social simulation employing a “hands-on” approach. The topic of the workshop can be oriented to specific domains (e.g. health), methodological aspects (e.g. how to use qualitative and quantitative data), technical aspects (e.g. features of a programming language), career development, or anything else that benefits from a narrow focus. It can be half day (3 hours) or full day (6 hours). Regardless of the topic, it should involve activities by the participants, not simply presentations. We invite participants interested in organising a dedicated workshop to send us a proposal by 15th January 2027. Proposals should include the title of the workshop, names and affiliation of organisers, and a 150-word description of the workshop arrangements, including duration.

Special tracks will be held in parallel during the main conference. A special track consists of a group of papers in a sub-area of the larger domain of social simulation and computational social science. All papers will go through a reviewing process and will be assigned to special tracks if there is a match. We invite participants interested in organising a dedicated special track to send us a proposal by 15th January 2027. Proposals should include the title of the special track, names and affiliation of organisers, and a 150-word description of the topic that can be used by paper authors to identify tracks of interest. We will expect track organizers to be available for chairing track sessions during the conference.

Proposals should be applied for using the following forms:
- Workshop form: https://survey.su.se/Survey/61847
- Special track form: https://survey.su.se/Survey/61848

If the form is not accessible to you for some reason, the application can be emailed to us at: ssc2027 at essa.eu.org with SSC2027 {Workshop | Track} proposal in the subject line.

The call for paper and poster contributions will follow once tracks are decided. If you want to start your planning now, we expect the submission deadline to be 4th April 2027.