Democracy and Expertise: Experimenting with Knowledge Systems
Democracy-Participation-Expertise: Join this hybrid workshop to work on questions around Democratic Representation, the idea of the public, AI and Democratic Deliberation and more.
We are pleased to welcome colleagues to our co-joint hybrid workshop titled “Democracy and Expertise,” which will take place on Tuesday, 27 January 2026, from 15:30 to 19:30 (CET) at the TUM Think Tank. This workshop is sponsored by the Professorship of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM, the Professorship of Political Theory and Philosophy at TUM, the Democratic Innovations Lab at the TUM Think Tank, and the Phil_OS ERC-CoG project at TUM.
27 January 2026, 15:30-19:30 (CET) | TUM Think Tank
Chairs and Organizers: Sabina Leonelli and Manon Westphal
Speakers: Manon Westphal, Richard Williams, Maija Setälä, Dario Castiglione, and Sabina Leonelli
15:30 - 15:45 | Welcome and Introduction
Sabina Leonelli and Manon Westphal
15:45 - 16:30 | Democratic Representation and the Idea of the Public
Dario Castiglione (University of Exeter)
16:30 - 17:15 | Can AI Facilitate Democratic Deliberation?
Maija Setälä (University of Turku)
17:15 - 17:30 | Break
17:30 - 18:15 | The Dangers of AI-ocracy
Richard Williams (TUM)
18:15 - 18:30 | Concluding Remarks
Manon Westphal and Sabina Leonelli
18:30 - 19:30 | Drinks Reception
If you would like to participate in this workshop online, please email Dr. Desantila Hysa at desantila.hysa@tum.de to receive the Zoom link for the event.
