https://informationaldemocracy.substack.com

Informational Democracy

Active

Since 2026

A working group of the Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science. Informational Democracy publishes provocations, groundings, and reflections on topics such as collective intelligence, the role of AI in democratic systems, attention as a democratic resource, and the infrastructural transformation of the public sphere.

Org. type: Academic / research organization
Project type: Publication, Network
Founded: 2026
Language(s): English
Categories: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Collective intelligence, Deliberation, Governance of AI, Newsletters
Added: 2026-08-24
Last modified: 2026-08-31T16:49:09.000Z

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Formats: newsletters
Number of integrations: 0
Issues addressed: democratic backsliding
Geographic focus: Global

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