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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
First EDDD Workshop: “Democracy, Technology and Knowledge: Epistemic Challenges”
Upcoming Workshop: “Democracy, Technology and Knowledge: Epistemic Challenges” This Friday, April 18th, starting at 10:00 AM, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka (lecture hall F-105) will host the scientific workshop titled “Democracy, Technology and Knowledge: Epistemic Challenges.” The workshop will address key topics related to the impact of digital technologies on democratic processes, with a particular focus on epistemic aspects of democratic […]
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 […]