7th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics
– Internet and Big Data in Economics and Social Sciences

2 – 4 July, 2025 · Rome, Italy
https://carmaconf.org

CARMA call for papers
Scope

Research methods in economics and social sciences are evolving with the increasing availability of the Internet and Big Data sources of information. As these sources, methods, and applications become more interdisciplinary, the 7th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2025) is a consolidated forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and advances on how emerging research methods and sources are applied to different fields of social sciences and discuss current and future challenges.

The CARMA 2025 conference will be held on 2 – 4 July 2025 at the University of Roma Tre

Topics of interest

The scientific committee encourages the submission of articles discussing challenges related to contemporary issues in Internet and Big Data in economics and social sciences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Internet and Big Data sources in economics and social sciences
Google Trends and Search Engine data
Social media and public opinion mining
Web scraping
Geospatial and mobile phone data
Open data and public data
Big Data methods in economics and social sciences
Sentiment analysis
Internet econometrics
AI and Machine learning applications
(Causal) Machine learning
Machine learning econometrics
Statistical learning
Information quality and assessment
Crowdsourcing
Natural Language Processing
Explainability and interpretability
Algorithm bias
Online Experiments
Internet and Big Data applications
Politics and social media
Sustainability and development
Finance applications
Official statistics
Forecasting and nowcasting
Tourism forecasting
Bibliometrics and sciencetometrics
Social and consumer behaviour, mobility patterns
eWOM and social media marketing
Labor market
Business analytics with social media
Advances in travel, tourism, and leisure
Digital management
Marketing Intelligence analytics
Data governance
Digital transformation and global society
Privacy and legal aspects
Data Economy
Electronic Government
Smart Cities
Industry adoption
Digital Economy Governance
Future of Work
Economic Inequality in Data Capitalism
Gender bias
If you are interested in organizing a special session as part of CARMA 2025, please contact the organization at carma2025@carmaconf.org

Important Dates

Submission deadline: 7 March 2025
Acceptance notification: 28 April 2025
Camera ready due: 16 May 2025
Conference: 2 – 4 July 2025

Publications

All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings with a DOI and ISBN number. They will be published in open access by UPV Press and submitted to be indexed in major international bibliographic databases. Some previous editions are already indexed in the Clarivate Web of Science.

Special Issue: Italian Economic Journal

As part of this year’s CARMA conference, a special issue will be published in the Italian Economic Journal. You can explore more details about the special issue and the journal.

Submission guidelines

Authors worldwide are invited to submit original and unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal. All submissions must be in English and formatted as PDF documents. To ensure proper formatting, please consult the template, available in Microsoft Word format at the following link:

Template file

Papers must be between 4 to 8 pages in length, with page dimensions of 170 by 240 mm. The page count includes the title page, comprising the title, abstract, and keywords, as well as the main text, references, figures, and tables. Only manuscripts adhering strictly to the template will undergo peer review by the scientific committee. Evaluation criteria encompass originality, significance, methodological rigor, and clarity of presentation. By submitting a paper, the authors confirm that at least one of them is committed to registering, participating in the conference, and presenting the paper.

CARMA 2025 is using the OCS platform of UPV Press to manage the submissions. In order to submit your paper, you must first create an OCS account. OCS will provide you with a submissions homepage where you can register your paper submission and make appropriate changes. You can find more about submission here: