Dear colleagues, We invite submissions to a new article collection: *"Knowing Without Knowing: How False Confidence Shapes the World" * at Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (part of the Nature Portfolio). 🔗 https://www.nature.com/collections/cehbhjfcej 🗓️ Now open for submissions | Deadline: 23 April 2026 This interdisciplinary collection explores how false or unwarranted confidenc – manifested in phenomena such as misinformation, conspiracy beliefs, science denial, epistemic overconfidence, and polarization – shapes public opinion, undermines democratic processes, and affects social trust. We welcome theoretical and empirical contributions from across the social sciences and humanities, including political science, sociology, psychology, communication studies, and philosophy. _Edited by:_ * Magdalena Adamus (Masaryk University & Slovak Academy of Sciences) * Sibo Chen (Toronto Metropolitan University) * Julia Partheymüller (University of Vienna) Please feel free to share and circulate this announcement within your networks. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out. With best regards, Julia Partheymüller (on behalf of the editorial team) *Dr Julia Partheymueller* Department of Government University of Vienna Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna, Austria T +43-1-4277-49718 julia.partheymueller@univie.ac.at https://staatswissenschaft.univie.ac.at <https://staatswissenschaft.univie.ac.at/en> https://viecer.univie.ac.at <https://viecer.univie.ac.at/en>