Information
This workshop is organized by the Democracy Community of the Digital Society Initiative (https://democracy.dsi.uzh.ch) at the University of Zurich. It aims to facilitate exchange and collaboration among scholars from different substantive fields working on these topics.
Organizing committee
- Anna Boos
- Alexandre Bovet
- Philip Di Salvo
- Karsten Donnay
- Fabrizio Gilardi
- Emma Hoes
- Meret Prangulaishvili
- Anina Schwarzenbach
- Jennifer Victoria Scurrell
- Philipp Trein
For questions write to democracy@dsi.uzh.ch.
For additional information see here.
Call for Papers
We invite paper submissions on the relationship between digital technology and democracy, broadly understood. We are particularly interested in topics such as the role of social media and AI in political communication and public opinion, e-government and public administration, AI and governance, civic tech and political participation, the regulation of tech platforms, and state repression and digital surveillance, among others. We welcome submissions using different methodological approaches to study these topics.
Deadline
The deadline to submit paper abstracts (up to 500 words) for the workshop is 31 May 2025.
Find the submission page at this link: https://forms.gle/msXAbySJcavm2Z1e9.
Acceptance notifications will be sent by 11 July 2025.
Registration
Registration for non-presenters will open in September. Please note that co-authors have to register separately as non-presenters if they wish to attend the workshop.
We provide a limited number of travel grants for junior scholars; more information will be provided upon acceptance. We particularly encourage early-career researchers and those belonging to groups traditionally underrepresented in the field to apply
Schedule
TBA