AI and Democracy: Constitutional State, Participation and Sustainability

The use of AI technologies is increasingly extending into key areas of political governance, ranging from public administration and environmental policy to border regimes and economic regulation. In doing so, they are not merely altering procedures; they are shifting power dynamics, lines of responsibility and the scope for political action. The event offers brief introductions to key areas of our research and provides a collaborative platform to discuss the systemic costs of algorithmic governance for democratic structures. This creates an open space for exchange with policymakers, NGO representatives, researchers and anyone interested in the future of a digital society.

Preliminary Program:

09:15 - 10:00: Word of welcome

10:15 - 11:30: Scale, expand, accelerate: How AI reinforces growth paradigms

11:45 - 13:00: Bureaucracy as ethos: on the limits of automating public administration

13:15 - 14:15: Lunch break

14:15 - 15:30: Sustainable technopolitics and the new authoritarianism

15:30 - 16:45: AI at the EU borders

17:00 - 18:30: Panel discussion featuring, among others:

• Prof. Dr. Rainer Mühlhoff (Associate Researcher at ECDF and Professor at Universität Osnabrück) 
• Dr. Dorothea Winter (Philosopher)
• Dr. Andreas Antić (Co-spokesperson of the NEGZ working group on science and research transfer)

To register, please send an email to: symposium@ethikderki.de