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19 mai 2026
AI in the Public Sphere
À propos de cet événement
Le 19 mai 2026 de 09:00 à 18:00
Salons scientifiques
1 pl. Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, 75007, ParisL’événement est accessible aux personnes à mobilité réduite.
The Open Institute for Digital Transformations and the European Polarisation Observatory present: AI in the Public Sphere, a research seminar bringing together scholars from across Europe and the United States to discuss how AI shapes political behavior, platform regulation, and research and teaching practices.
Registration is free but mandatory - deadline 11 May.
The full program is available below.
Session 1: How technology impacts politics (and vice-versa)
- 9:30-10:00: Welcome address: presenting the Institute and EPO - Jean-Philippe Cointet and Pedro Ramaciotti
- 10:00-10:25: AI‑Generated Political Content & Voter Responses - Sanne Kruikemeier (Wageningen University)
- 10:25-10:50: The Effects of TikTok “Edits” on Evaluations of Politicians - Kevin Munger (EUI)
- 10:50-11:15: Human-AI co-evolution - Janos Kertész (Central European University)
- 11:15-12:15: Round table: Platforms, algorithms, and new influence campaigns - Carlo Santagiustina (Inria, médialab), Vlad Bujdei-Tebeica (SNSPA), Sanne Kruikemeier, Paul-Antoine Chevalier (Tech-Ops Bureau, Viginum)
Session 2: When political preferences get learned
- 13:30-13:55: What Is The Political Content in LLMs? - Tanise Ceron (Bocconi University)
- 13:55-14:20: From Sense to Reference: Personal Identity in Large Language Models - Paul Bouchaud (CNRS-Sciences Po)
- 14:20-14:45: Individualizing a systemic problem: The effectiveness of transparency as a tool to manage risks from AI - Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol)
- 14:45-15:10: Results from EPO: How do algorithmic recommenders learn and leverage political opinions? - Pedro Ramaciotti (CNRS-Sciences Po)
- 15:10-16:10: Round table: Regulating algorithms: mandates and practices - Fabien Tarissan (CNIL, France), Stephan Lewandowsky, Erik Wetter (Stockholm School of Economics), Artur Bogucki (Warsaw School of Economics), Tanise Ceron
Session 3: Teaching and researching with AI
- 16:40-17:05: Forming computational social scientists in the era of generative-AI - Jon Cardoso-Silva (London School of Economics)
- 17:05-17:30: Scenarios for academic publishing in the age of AI - Kevin Munger (EUI)
- 17:30-18:00: Round table: Teaching and researching with AI
Kevin Munger, Korhan Koçak (IE University), Jon Cardoso-Silva, Ethan Zuckerman (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
18:00 Cocktail
This event is part of a larger series on “The AI-Mediated Public Sphere.” It includes:
- 18 May 14:00-17:30: “Social, Linguistic, and Political Dynamics in Social Media Platforms” - a scientific seminar presenting recent empirical work on polarisation, misinformation, and socioeconomic patterns in online environments. Learn more.
- 18 May 18:00-20:30: “Interrogating Platform Power” - A public event featuring students, researchers, policymakers and civil society members to examine the political power of digital platforms, the governance challenges they pose, and the possibilities and risks of AI for democratic life, with a keynote from Ethan Zuckerman. Learn more.
The Open Institute for Digital Transformations is created as a part of TIERED (State aid is managed by the Agence nationale de la recherche, under France 2030, under reference ANR-22-EXES-0014). The European Polarisation Observatory is financed by CIVICA - The European University for Social Sciences, co-funded by the European Union. 
