The conference “Rethinking Knowledge, Agency, and Bias in the Age of AI” was successfully held on Friday, 14 November 2025, at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka. Organized in a hybrid format, the event gathered researchers both on-site (Room F-412) and online. A highlight of the conference was the keynote lecture by Professor Antonio Ballarin, Ph.D. (International Neural Network Society, University […]
Workshop Report: Second EDDD Project Workshop Held in Rijeka
The second workshop of the research project “Epistemic Democracy in the Digital Era” (IP2024-05-4113), funded by the Croatian Science Foundation, was successfully held on 13 November 2025 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. The event took place in room F-412 in a hybrid format, bringing together in-person participants and online attendees. Entitled “Team Review and Forward Planning,” the second workshop focused […]
Announcement of the EDDD conference: Rethinking Knowledge, Agency, and Bias in the Age of AI
The conference “Rethinking Knowledge, Agency, and Bias in the Age of AI” will be held on Friday, 14 November 2025, at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka in a hybrid format. The event will feature a keynote lecture by Professor Antonio Ballarin, Ph.D. (International Neural Network Society, University Canada West, Vancouver), titled: “What the Heck is Artificial Intelligence?” This conference is […]
Announcement of the Second EDDD Workshop
The second workshop of the research project “Epistemic Democracy in the Digital Era” (IP2024-05-4113), funded by the Croatian Science Foundation, will take place on 13 November 2025 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka, room F-412, starting at 4:15 PM. The workshop will be held in a hybrid format, allowing for both in-person and online participation. This year’s second workshop, entitled “Team […]
First EDDD Conference Held at the University of Rijeka
The first international conference Epistemic Democracy and Digital Technologies: Legitimacy, Knowledge, and Justice in Contemporary Democracies (EDDD) took place from June 18 to 20, 2025, at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka. The conference is a key output of the research project Epistemic Democracy in a Digital Era (IP-2024-05-4113), funded by the Croatian Science Foundation. It brought together leading international scholars […]
International Professional Training of Senior Assistant in France
As part of her professional development and international collaboration activities, Dr. Kristina Lekić Barunčić, Senior Research and Teaching Assistant on the project Epistemic Democracy in the Digital Era, participated in the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) entitled “European Philosophies of Technology,” held from 10 to 14 June 2025 at Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris. The programme, organized in cooperation with the Young Universities for the Future […]
EDDD Conference Announcement & Program
We are pleased to invite you to the international conference “Epistemic Democracy and Digital Technologies: Legitimacy, Knowledge, and Justice in Contemporary Democracies”, taking place from 18–20 June 2025 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka (Sveučilišna avenija 4, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia). This conference is organized as part of the research project “Epistemic Democracy in a Digital Era” (IP-2024-05-4113), funded by the […]
Guest Lecture at the University of Vienna on Democratic Legitimacy and Digital Technologies
Principal investigator, Assistant Professor Ivan Cerovac, delivered a guest lecture at the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna on April 3rd, 2025. His talk titled “Democratic Legitimacy in a Digital Age” was part of the Philosophy of Technology course led by Professor Mark Coeckelbergh. Cerovac’s lecture examined the influence of digital technologies on democratic processes, focusing on how these developments reshape the legitimacy of political […]
EDDD Conference Epistemic Democracy and Digital Technologies
Epistemic Democracy and Digital Technologies: Legitimacy, Knowledge, and Justice in Contemporary Democracies June 18, 2025 – June 20, 2025 University of Rijeka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rijeka Croatia Topic areas: Political Philosophy Epistemology Philosophy of Technology Details: This international conference explores how digital technologies, such as social media, civic tech, and artificial intelligence, reshape the epistemic underpinnings of democratic governance. Organized within the […]
Invited Lecture at Occidental College on Political Emotions and Digital Democracy
In April 2025, Senior Research Assistant Kristina Lekić Barunčić delivered an invited lecture at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. Her talk, titled “Autoethnography in the Age of Political Anxiety,” explored the crucial role of political emotions, particularly anxiety, in shaping democratic engagement in contemporary societies. Challenging the notion of politics as a purely rational domain, Lekić Barunčić highlighted how emotions serve not only as reactions […]