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Rethinking Party Politics: The Impact of AI on Governance, Membership, and Leadership

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How is artificial intelligence reshaping the way political parties operate, engage with citizens, and lead in democratic systems? Our working group, Rethinking Party Politics: The Impact of AI on Governance, Membership, and Leadership, tackles this critical question. We bring together leading scholars in party politics, AI ethics, and democracy studies to explore AI’s transformative influence on political strategy, grassroots mobilization, and decision-making processes. Through interdisciplinary dialogue, expert presentations, and hands-on scenario planning, we’ll investigate how AI impacts political parties using Katz and Mair’s (1993) three-level framework: the party in public office, the party on the ground, and the party central office. Despite the rapid growth of research on AI and democracy, few studies have focused on its impact on political parties key actors in representative systems. By addressing this gap, we aim to make a significant contribution to understanding the future of political organizations in the age of AI, inspiring further scholarship.

Main research areas

  • AI and Democracy
  • Political parties
  • Digital polities
  • Digital parties
  • AI ethics

Antragsteller:in

Dr. Şebnem Yardimci-Geyikçi, Associate Prof., Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE), University of Bonn

Organizer

Dr. Şebnem Yardimci-Geyikçi, Associate Prof., Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE), University of Bonn

Teilnehmer:innen

  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Bieber, Professor, Center for Advanced Internet Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Dr. Patricia Correa-Vila, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University
  • Dr. Philipp Darius, Postdoctoral Researcher, Hertie School’s Centre for Digital Governance
  • Dr. Jasmin Fitzpatrick, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Anne Goldmann, Research Assistant & PhD Student, Center for Advanced Internet Studies
  • Prof. Dr. Fabio Lupato Garcia, Assistant Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid
  • Prof. Dr. Giulia Sandri, Associate Research Fellow, Université libre de Bruxelles
  • Dr. Eugenia Stamboliev, Project Lead & Fellow, University of Vienna
  • Caroline Stitt, Research Associate, Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn
  • Dr. Tijs Vandemeulebroucke, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn
  • Dr. Kristina Weissenbach, Vertretungsprofessorin, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Dr. Şebnem Yardimci-Geyikçi, Associate Prof., Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE), University of Bonn
  • Prof. Dr. Erdem Yörük, Professor and Director of the Center for Computational Social Sciences, Koç University

Participants

  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Bieber, Professor, Center for Advanced Internet Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Dr. Patricia Correa-Vila, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University
  • Dr. Philipp Darius, Postdoctoral Researcher, Hertie School’s Centre for Digital Governance
  • Dr. Jasmin Fitzpatrick, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Anne Goldmann, Research Assistant & PhD Student, Center for Advanced Internet Studies
  • Prof. Dr. Fabio Lupato Garcia, Assistant Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid
  • Prof. Dr. Giulia Sandri, Associate Research Fellow, Université libre de Bruxelles
  • Dr. Eugenia Stamboliev, Project Lead & Fellow, University of Vienna
  • Caroline Stitt, Research Associate, Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn
  • Dr. Tijs Vandemeulebroucke, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn
  • Dr. Kristina Weissenbach, Vertretungsprofessorin, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Dr. Şebnem Yardimci-Geyikçi, Associate Prof., Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE), University of Bonn
  • Prof. Dr. Erdem Yörük, Professor and Director of the Center for Computational Social Sciences, Koç University

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