Many thanks to all the participants in our two-day, international workshop on «Liquid Democracy» for their contribution to a lively and insightful interdisciplinary exchange last week in Zurich!

https://democracynet.eu/activities/ldws2022/

(Pictures by Alois Paulin)
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Liquid Democracy Workshop – DemocracyNet

Four scientific posters were presented by co-authors Hugo Gilbert, Rachael Colley, Théo Delemazure, as well as Jobst Heitzig, Sukmo Kim, and Christian D. Kristensen.

Nine working papers were presented by scholars Ehud Shapiro, Alois Paulin, Dimitrios Karoukis, Chiara Valsangiacomo, Alessandro Checco, Manon Revel, Nimrod Talmon, Gregory Butterworth, and Théo Delemazure.

The disciplines represented ranged from computer sciences to economics, from social choice theory to political philosophy.

The full program and report is available here: https://democracynet.eu/wp-content/uploads/ReportDemocracyNet.pdf

The workshop also featured an engaging public roundtable on liquid democracy - special thanks to our brilliant keynote speakers Karsten Donnay, Bryan Alexander Ford, Davide Grossi (@davidegrote) and Christina Isabel Zuber, as well as to Manon Revel for the moderation.

↪️ Check out our website to see the recording of this thoughtful discussion: https://democracynet.eu/video-liquid-democracy-roundtable/

Video: Liquid democracy roundtable – DemocracyNet

A big shout-out and congratulations to the organizing team: Lucien Heitz, Cristina Sarasua, Manon Revel, and Chiara Valsangiacomo! 👏
Generous funding by the doctoral program Democracy Studies, the Graduate Campus of the University of Zurich, and the Swiss National Science Researcn Foundation (@SNF_ch) for this event is gratefully acknowledged.

Thanks again to everyone. We had a blast and hope to see you soon in 2023 for another DemocracyNet workshop!

And for now: happy holidays!