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 […]
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 […]
Invited Lecture at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
On March 12, 2025, Senior Research Assistant Dr. Kristina Lekić Barunčić delivered an invited lecture at the Institute of European Studies, Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris, France. Her lecture, titled “Public Standards, Social Justice, and Digital Inclusion”, addressed the complex relationship between evaluative public standards, issues of social and epistemic justice, and the challenges of ensuring equitable participation in the digital age. Drawing on current […]
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT – Ivan Cerovac on The Impact of Digital Technologies on Democratic Processes
EDDD Project Leader Ass. Prof. Ivan Cerovac gave an interview to Novi list about the impact of digital technologies powered by artificial intelligence algorithms on the moral and epistemic qualities of democratic decision-making procedures. You can read the full article in Croatian here.
HRZZ Approves Funding for the Research Project “Epistemic Democracy in a Digital Era”
On November 27, 2024, the Board of the Croatian Science Foundation officially approved funding for a competitive three-year research project titled “Epistemic Democracy in a Digital Era”. The project will explore how digital technologies powered by artificial intelligence algorithms influence democratic processes and collective decision-making procedures. It aims to address one of the most urgent challenges of our time: how to preserve the legitimacy and […]