{"id":41,"date":"2026-03-17T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eataw-wa2026\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:37:35","slug":"conference-theme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eataw-wa2026\/conference-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Writing at the Human\u2013Machine Interface: Moving from Detection to Understanding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As AI writing tools become increasingly sophisticated and ubiquitous, the central challenge facing writing researchers and educators is no longer simply how to <em>detect<\/em> AI-generated text. Instead, the field must grapple with how AI is reshaping <strong>human writing itself<\/strong>\u2014including writers\u2019 linguistic choices, expressions of knowledge and stance, and writing development across genres, disciplines, and languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This conference foregrounds a shift:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>from surveillance and authenticity toward <strong>understanding writing processes<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>from English-only perspectives toward <strong>multilingual and L1 writing contexts<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>from abstract debate toward <strong>pedagogically productive responses<\/strong> to AI-mediated writing<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While much existing research has focused on English academic writing, EATAW\/Writing Analytics 2026 explicitly welcomes work addressing <strong>smaller language communities<\/strong>, <strong>multilingual writers<\/strong>, and <strong>disciplinary writing practices<\/strong> affected by AI systems predominantly trained on English-language data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conference Subthemes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposals may address, but are not limited to, the following themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writing analytics beyond AI detection<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corpus-linguistic approaches to human and AI-mediated writing<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI and writing development across time, genres, and disciplines<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Writing analytics for pedagogy and curriculum design<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multilingual, L1, and translingual writing analytics<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Writing analytics in workplace and professional settings<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethical, epistemological, and methodological challenges in AI-based writing research<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Writing analytics tools and dashboards for teaching and learning<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessment, feedback, and formative uses of writing 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