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 […]