Global Fact 9 is the largest annual fact-checking summit, bringing together journalists, researchers, government and industry representatives, and of course, fact checkers. As the profile and community of this form of journalism grows in the face of misinformation, Global Fact provides an important venue for sharing best practices, networking, and identifying coming challenges. This year, Global Fact will be held at Oslo Metropolitan University in Oslo, Norway.

Global Fact 9 is currently planned as an in-person event, from June 22 – 25, 2022. (The academic track has the potential to include Global Fact 9 is currently planned as an in-person event, from June 22 – 25, 2022. (The academic track has the potential to include  hybrid online and in-person sessions.) The first day of the summit, 22 June, will be devoted to an academic track, with several invited panelists and speakers addressing topics such as:

• Best academic practices in—and potential contributions to—this developing field.
• Fact-checking in the context of misinformation and increasing polarization.
• Directions of fact-checking, e.g., towards more debunking and tech partnerships?
• (Socio)technical tools–old, new, and yet-to-be-developed–in fact-checking.
• Fact-checker safety–mental, emotional, and/or physical. 
• Collaborations between different types of actors, based on topics, aims, regions, languages  etc.
• Regulation efforts aimed at big tech and platforms, and the impact on fact-checking partnerships and funding.
• Media and information literacy in the age of COVID-19 and declining institutional trust.
• The importance of publicly available data (e.g., national statistics, platform insights) and other resources for fact-checkers.
• Fact-checking in the context of oppression–e.g., how it can be conducted and disseminated.

In addition to the invited presentations, we are reserving a portion of the academic track for lightning round presentations. These will entail discussions of your work, at whatever stage—conceptual, in progress, or finished—in a shorter time frame. Depending on the number of submissions accepted, presentations will likely be limited to 10 In addition to the invited presentations, we are reserving a portion of the academic track for lightning round presentations. These will entail discussions of your work, at whatever stage—conceptual, in progress, or finished—in a shorter time frame. Depending on the number of submissions accepted, presentations will likely be limited to 10 minutes with questions. We are particularly interested in work from early career researchers, work that focuses on marginalized communities or regions, and/or work using new or innovative methods. Potential topics might include, but are no way restricted to, the above list.

If you are interested in presenting at this open session, please fill out this linked form. Please include your institutional affiliation and contact information, a title, a description of what you’d like to present (~300 words), and a paragraph on the significance (~150 words).  The deadline for submissions is 18 February 2022, and notifications of selection will be on or before 25 March 2022.

If you have questions, please feel free to email rebekahl@oslomet.no. You can also contact the OsloMet team behind the Source Criticism and Mediated Disinformation project.