04.03.2025 - 05.03.2025
St Anne's College, Oxford
How digitalisation shapes Elections and Democracies
This joint event of Weizenbaum Institute (WI) and Oxford Internet Institute (OII) will take place on 4-5 March 2025 in Oxford. In addition to four panels on the effects of digitalisation on elections 2024 and democratic processes in general, Prof. Ralph Schroeder takes a closer look on online politics in India and the US in his keynote speech.
Program 4 March 2025
14:15 – 14:30: Welcome by Prof. Victoria Nash (OII) and Prof. Christoph Neuberger (WI)
14:30 – 15:30: Panel 1: Political Campaign Exposure and Digital Platforms: Learnings from the Super-Election Year 2024
Panelists:
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Prof. Jakob Ohme (WI) (Input and Moderation)
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Dr. Felix Simon (Reuters Institute)
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Dr. Richard Fletcher (Reuters Institute)
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Dr. Amogh Dhar Sharma (Oxford Departmental of International Development) online
15:45 – 16:45: Panel 2: Dynamics of Digital Mobilization and Interference in Platform Ecosystems
Panelists:
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Prof. Annett Heft (WI) Input and Moderation
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Prof. Nicole Stremlau (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford) online
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Martha Stolze (WI)
17:00 – 18: 00: Keynote speech by Prof. Ralph Schroeder (OII) on “Online Politics in India and the US: what went wrong?” The keynote will be open to the public.
Program 5 March 2025
10:00 – 11:00: Panel 3: Algorithms, Online Disinformation and Hate Speech during Elections
Panelists:
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Dr Elizaveta Kuznetsova (WI) Input and Moderation
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Prof. Mohsen Mosleh(OII)
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Alexandra Pavliuc (OII)
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Marcel Schliebs (OII)
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Hannah Phillips (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford)
11:30 – 12:30: Panel 4: Public policy responses to digital communications challenges in Elections
Panelists:
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Dr Clara Iglesias Keller (WI) – Input and moderation
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Prathm Juneja (OII)
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Diyi Liu (OII)
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Prof. Jacob Rowbottom, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
For more detailed information about the event, please contact Annegret Kunde: annegret.kunde[at]weizenbaum-institut.de