SEASON 2025: CONFERENCE OF THE SEARCH ENGINES AND SOCIETY NETWORK
PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH
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08:30-09:00Coffee & Registration
09:00-10:15 Session 8: Keynote- Search engines beyond search: questions for a critical knowledge infrastructure

Prof. Dr. Anne Beaulieu, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Chair:
Dirk Lewandowski
10:15-10:45Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 Session 9A: Politics and Conflicts 1
Chair:
Axel Bruns
10:45
Malte Rödl
Negotiating knowledge by referring to search: exploring the verb ‘to google’ in Swedish online discussions on the climate
11:15
Mykola Makhortykh, Maryna Sydorova, Aleksandra Urman and Roberto Ulloa
Auditing what the algorithm pays attention to at the time of war: How image search framed the Russian-Ukrainian war before and after the 2022 invasion
11:45
Fabian Haak and Philipp Schaer
Auditing Bias: Detecting and Quantifying Bias in Search Query Suggestions for US Politicians
10:45-12:15 Session 9B: Ethics
Chair:
Rosie Graham
10:45
Christine Plote, Renée Ridgway and Daniela Zetti
Ethics-by-design: A values framework for open web search
11:15
Karine Lespinasse
Reclaiming Search: Ecosia and the Shifting Moral Economy of Digital Infrastructure
11:45
Noor Afshan Fathima, Noor Khuthejatul Kubra and Andreas Wagner
Reimagining Search: A Privacy-Preserving and Inclusive Infrastructure for Disability Knowledge Retrieval
12:15-13:15Lunch Break
13:15-14:45 Session 10A: Politics and conflicts 2
Chair:
Aleksandra Urman
13:15
Katharina Leyrer
Assessing How Search Engines Affect Democratic Values: An Analysis from the Perspective of Information Ethics
13:45
Vihang Jumle, Mykola Makhortykh and Maryna Sydorova
“Be like others”: On what search engines tell us about our nations
13:15-14:45 Session 10B: Everyday Life
Chair:
Jutta Haider
13:15
Cecilia Andersson
Global reach and local context: the impact of bilinguality on online search
13:30
Desheng Hu, Aleksandra Urman, Joachim Baumann, Elsa Lichtenegger, Robin Forsberg, Aniko Hannak and Christo Wilson
Auditing Google's AI Overviews and Featured Snippets: A Case Study on Baby Care and Pregnancy
14:00
Elsa Lichtenegger, Aleksandra Urman and Anikó Hannák
Rethinking search intent: from traditional search engines to AI-powered information retrieval
14:45-15:00Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 Session 11: The Evolving Search Landscape
Chair:
Elizabeth Van Couvering
15:00
Axel Bruns, Daniel Angus, Ashwin Nagappa, Abdul Obeid, Shir Weinbrand and Brett Tweedie
Assessing Recommendation Diversity in Search Results: Approaches Using Data Donations and Artificial Personas
15:30
Dirk Lewandowski
Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Online Search: Findings from a Study Commissioned by the German State Media Authorities
16:00-16:30 Session 12: Ending