Call for Participants: EDDY2026, Vienna, Sept 21-22

[Frederik Van De Putte]

[apologies for cross-posting]

After two successful editions in Rotterdam and Paris, the European Digital DemocracY network (EDDY) is proud to announce its third in-person conference, ‘Digital Democracy: Bridging Theory and Practice’ (EDDY-2026), taking place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), on the 21st and 22nd of September, 2026.

The event will feature contributed talks through an open call (see below), a range of social and interactive sessions (networking, round-table discussions, demo sessions, etc.), and a variety of academic and non-academic keynote speakers, including  Manon Revel (Google Deepmind), Claes de Vreese (University of Amsterdam) and Miriam Hargašová (The Innovation in Politics Institute, Berlin). In addition to the two-day conference, we are also organizing tutorial sessions (September 23rd) on various topics and methods relevant for the science of digital democracy.

For the full program, see this link: EDDY network - Program

Participation to the event is free, but registration is required via this link: EDDY network - Registration

This event is made possible thanks to the support and funding of the Commission Democracy in Digital Societies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Competence Center for Applied AI and Scientific Computing of the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

For more information, see the conference webpage or write to con...@eddy-network.eu to contact any of EDDY’s core committee members: Jan Maly (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Arianna Novaro (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University), Frederik Van De Putte (Erasmus University Rotterdam), or Shefali Virkar (Vienna University of Economics and Business).

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Frederik Van De Putte

Associate Professor, Erasmus Institute for Philosophy & Economics (EIPE), Erasmus School of Philosophy, Erasmus University of Rotterdam