Delusions & Democracy
A Long-Form Lecture on the Interplay between the Dark Triad Psychiatric Concept (Williams & Paulhus) and Collective Decision Making, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin (2025)
From Public Square to Online Decisions: Principles of Digital Democracy
Presentation at the Information Security Research Group, University College London (2024)
Sortition and the Undermining of Democracy
A very short presentation on the contradictions between the citizens' assembly movement and democracy. Delivered at the Global Direct Democracy Forum 2023 in Mexico City.
The Digital Dilemma: Does the Web Empower or Overload the Individual?
Debate with Prof. Samuel Woolley at the 59th Annual International Affairs Symposium at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon (2021)
Structure, not Control: Capturing the Democratic Potential of Populist Movements
Paper delivered at the 19th Annual Conference of the International Social Theory Consortium (Theme: Democracy in Crisis…Democracy in Peril?) Technology Session (2021)
Power before People: The Global Crisis of the Faux Democracy Industry and Its Consequences
Conference Paper on Astro-Turf Funding Patterns delivered at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, USA (2021)
Digital Platforms and Collaborative Deliberation
Speaker at the Festival Internacional de Cidadania Digital, organised by Centro Internacional de Pesquisa ATOPOS, Brazil (2021)