PERYCLES hosts the symposium “Is there hope for deliberative democracy yet? Socio-technical solutions to current political challenges.” The symposium explores how deliberative democracy scales in today’s geopolitical climate and in the context of rapidly evolving digital infrastructures. The program features four perspectives from the project:
The symposium is part of the 21st annual conference of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences (AISC), themed “Connected minds. Dynamic interactions in cognitive, social, and artificial systems.” The conference focuses on the role of dynamic interactions in explaining the functioning of complex systems such as brains, communities, networks, and artificial agents. Theoretical and experimental research on dynamic interactions increasingly sheds light on how brains operate, how communities behave, and how artificial systems process information.
Presentations are invited that address the state of the art and ongoing research on the multifaceted nature of dynamic interactions in cognitive, social, and artificial systems. Submissions that promote interdisciplinary dialogue among the various subdisciplines of cognitive science—spanning both theoretical and experimental perspectives—are particularly encouraged. The conference takes place from October 17 to 19, 2025, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy.
