THELMA in the ECPS Conference 2025/“We, the People” and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches - St Cross College, University of Oxford

 Repost from European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS)

🎓📽️ WATCH NOW — Panel II: Politics of the Social Contract in the Age of AI

🌍 “We, the People” and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches

📍 St Cross College, University of Oxford | 🗓️ July 1–3, 2025

👉As AI and algorithmic systems increasingly mediate public life, who defines and represents “the people”? What does democratic participation look like in a world shaped by digital infrastructures and automated decision-making?

👉This thought-provoking panel from hashtag#ECPSOxford2025 brings together leading voices in political theory, tech governance, and digital ethics to interrogate how AI and big tech are transforming civic identity, state accountability, and democratic agency.

🪑 Chairs
🎓 Alina Utrata (@AlinaUtrata) – Oxford University
🎓 Murat Aktaş – Muş Alparslan University

🗣️ Speakers
📌 Luana Mathias Souto – “Navigating Digital Disruptions: Gender, State, and Technology”

📌 Matilde Bufano (@m_bufano) – “The Broligarchy: AI, Big Tech, and the Reconfiguration of ‘the People’”

🎥 Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvjCXsRX9-Y&t=11s

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