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Conferences and seminars

CDN Equinox

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Come join us for the open-to-all CDN Equinox, the centre’s biannual research day.

Panels and presentations on gaming culture and gender, diverse bodies in digital narratives, games and AI, narrative theory for AI, algorithmic folklore, and research as a creative practice. Free lunch and welcome reception for registered guests.

The day will be organised around themed sessions featuring short talks followed by discussion with the audience, and plenty of breaks for networking, discussing work-in-progress and sharing ideas.

CDN Equinox Spring 2026 Program

  • 09:30-10:00 – Arrival coffee or tea, morning snack, and open conversation (please register so we have enough for everyone)
  • 10:00-10:15 – Welcome from Scott Rettberg, Director of CDN 
  • 10:15-11:00: Gaming culture and gender, Tom Legierse and Mikko Meriläinen
  • 11:00-11:45: The wrong body: Diverse bodies in digital narratives, Hannah Ackermans, Ella Holi and Sérgio Galvão Roxo
  • 11:45-12:45 – Lunch and informal discussion
  • 12:45-13:30 – Games and AI, Haoyuan Tang and Dom Ford 
  • 13:30-14:15 – Narrative theory for AI, Hanna-Riikka Roine, Zahra Rizvi and Jubi C. John, moderated by Jill Walker Rettberg 
  • 14:15-14:45 – Refreshments and informal discussion
  • 14:45-15:30 – the Algorithmic Folklore archive: short narratives to inspire further research, Gabriele de Seta, Marianne Gunderson, Yagmur Cisem Vik and Hanna Lauvli 
  • 15:30-16:15 – Research as a creative practice, panel discussion moderated by Jason Nelson. Panelists:  Alinta Krauth, David (Jhave) Johnston, Lina Harder 
  • 16:15-16:30 – Concluding remarks for the day, Anders M. Gullestad, Research Coordinator at LLE and Jill Walker Rettberg, co-Director of CDN 
  • 17:00 - Reception at the CDN (for registered guests only).

Speakers and moderators (by order of appearance)

  • Scott Rettberg, Professor, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Tom Legierse, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Mikko Meriläine, Academy Research Fellow, Tampere University Research Centre for Communication Sciences (Finland) and Guest Researcher at CDN
  • Hannah Ackermans, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Ella Holi, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Sérgio Galvão Roxo, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Haoyuan Tang, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Dom Ford, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Jill Walker Rettberg, CDN co-director, Professor, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Hanna-Riikka Roine, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Zahra Rizvi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Jubi C. John, Senior Research Fellow, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia (India) and Guest Researcher at CDN
  • Gabriele de Seta, Researcher, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Marianne Gunderson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Yagmur Cisem Vik, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Hanna Lauvli, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Jason Nelson, Professor, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Alinta Krauth, PhD, Affiliated Researcher, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ 
  • Lina Harder, PhD Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • David (Jhave) Johnston, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
  • Anders M. Gullestad, Research Coordinator, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, CDN, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´

About the Center for Digital Narrative (CDN)

CDN is a Norwegian Centre of Research Excellence funded by the Norwegian Research Council from 2023-2033. CDN focuses on algorithmic narrativity, new environments and materialities, and shifting cultural contexts. We will investigate how the interactions of human authors with non-human agents result in new narrative forms, how the materiality of digital narratives has changed, and how cultural contexts are reshaping the use and function of digital narrative. CDN hosts approximately 40 funded and affiliated researchers and regularly hosts international guest researchers at all career stages.

Contact person

Mahaut de Vareilles