The network was first conceived of during a roundtable at the TaCT-FoRSED conference in Prague, on 9 and 10 of April 2026. During this roundtable, the WP4 members presented the proposed structure of the association, along with a roadmap for its consolidation. The roundtable was open to all and had a significant number of attendees. Among the conference participants, there were key scholars whom we wanted to reach out to obtain not only invaluable feedback, but also to motivate them to join the learned society. That goal was reached.

            The prototype of the website was first launched on April 22, in accordance to its deliverable due date. The learned society’s name, ACTOR, Association of Conspiracy Theory Researchers, has already been defined, along with the basic version of its logo. A number of website features are already working. These are the “Home”, “About”, “News”, “Members”, “Resources & Publications”, “Events & Conferences”, and “Contact” tabs.

            According to the roadmap presented and approved during the conference, the next step is now to consolidate the basic features of the website, developing and fixing the present tabs, along with populating it with information from the society’s first members, which are TaCT-FoRSED’s own academic personnel. WP4 has been working on this step since the website launch, and it is about to integrate the first round of feedback from the project’s members until April 30th. It is important to notice that among the priorities until the end of the month, is operationalizing the email address and changing the domain to something much shorter and easier to remember.

            Departing from May 1st, WP4 members will reach out to conference participants and other key figures to expand its membership base, while continuing to consolidate the basic features of the website and integrate other potential components. Once this membership base has been significantly consolidated beyond TaCT-FoRSED’s members, WP4 will send a call for the first workshop, according to the roadmap above. For a long-term development plan and a more robust discussion about the website components, read this report, most of which was delivered first as the learned society’s concept paper delivered at the Prague conference on April 10, noting that a few things have already changed based on the feedback we received, including ACTOR’s logo.

            This report pertains to the TaCT-FoRSED deliverable 4.2., associated with “Building and maintaining a research network of scholars”; a “Web-based, lively, sustainable and open research network of scholars studying conspiracy theories (CTs)”. For this deliverable, the aim was to establish the basic structure of the network and the first version of its website.

            The network was first conceived of during a roundtable at the TaCT-FoRSED conference in Prague, on 9 and 10 of April 2026. During this roundtable, the WP4 members presented the proposed structure of the association, along with a roadmap for its consolidation. The roundtable was open to all and had a significant number of attendees. Among the conference participants, there were key scholars whom we wanted to reach out to obtain not only invaluable feedback, but also to motivate them to join the learned society. That goal was reached.

            The prototype of the website was first launched on April 22, in accordance to its deliverable due date. The learned society’s name, ACTOR, Association of Conspiracy Theory Researchers, has already been defined, along with the basic version of its logo. A number of website features are already working. These are the “Home”, “About”, “News”, “Members”, “Resources & Publications”, “Events & Conferences”, and “Contact” tabs.

            According to the roadmap presented and approved during the conference, the next step is now to consolidate the basic features of the website, developing and fixing the present tabs, along with populating it with information from the society’s first members, which are TaCT-FoRSED’s own academic personnel. WP4 has been working on this step since the website launch, and it is about to integrate the first round of feedback from the project’s members until April 30th. It is important to notice that among the priorities until the end of the month, is operationalizing the email address and changing the domain to something much shorter and easier to remember.

            Departing from May 1st, WP4 members will reach out to conference participants and other key figures to expand its membership base, while continuing to consolidate the basic features of the website and integrate other potential components. Once this membership base has been significantly consolidated beyond TaCT-FoRSED’s members, WP4 will send a call for the first workshop, according to the roadmap above. For a long-term development plan and a more robust discussion about the website components, read this report, most of which was delivered first as the learned society’s concept paper delivered at the Prague conference on April 10, noting that a few things have already changed based on the feedback we received, including ACTOR’s logo.

            This action pertains to the TaCT-FoRSED deliverable 4.2., associated with “Building and maintaining a research network of scholars”; a “Web-based, lively, sustainable and open research network of scholars studying conspiracy theories (CTs)”. For this deliverable, the aim was to establish the basic structure of the network and the first version of its website.