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 […]
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 […]
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 […]