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 […]