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The free online Encyclopedia Wikipedia answers questions of millions of users every day. Wikipedia’s mere existence, growth, (social and technical) functioning and quality also raises an enormous number of research questions. The “Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge” provides a platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in particular and on free knowledge in general.

The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will take place in Berlin, June 29 to July 1, 2012. The event will be open to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats, ranging from panel discussions and tracks with traditional paper presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks, poster presentations and a science fair. We particularly encourage young doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit extended abstracts.

News

May 10, 2012: We are pleased to announce the list of all accepted submissions.

May 07, 2012: Due to a necessary extension of the review process and related further discussions regarding the programming of Paper Sessions, notifications of acceptance will only be sent out to submitters of papers on 10 May. Thank you for your patience. We apologise for the delay!

April 23, 2012: You can register for Wikipedia Academy 2012 now!

April 17, 2012: Dates have changed!! Notifications of acceptance will be send out on 7 May. Submission deadline for full papers is 6 June.

April 15, 2012: We are pleased to announce our Venue: Freie Universität of Berlin, School of Business & Economics.

March 29, 2012: Call for Papers - We extended the submission deadline to April 15, 2012.

March 26, 2012: We have just published the first draft of the Program.

March 16, 2012: The Wikipedia Academy finally has a new logo and we are sending out reminders for the Call for Papers to several mailing lists. You are welcome to spread the message!

February 07, 2012: Academic Program Committee – We have announced our Academic Program Committee.

January 17, 2012: Call for Papers – For research paper and poster sessions, we encourage the submission of extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall nexus of Wikipedia and free knowledge.

Note

If you have questions about the event, you can send us an e-mail and one of the organizers will follow up on your query.

Partners

The Wikipedia Academy is supported by the following institutions: