The Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society is organizing its seventh Annual Conference on the subject of “Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-Being in Digital Societies". The conference will take place at bUm - Raum für soziales Miteinander in Berlin from 4th to 5th June 2025.
As digital technologies become increasingly embedded in the social fabric, their architectures and affordances co-shape individual and collective experiences across various dimensions. Interdisciplinary research highlights how people use different tools to nurture personal and professional relationships, enhance education, develop new skills, and foster healthier habits. Digital platforms, often powered by artificial intelligence systems, also serve as mediators for community connections, citizen-state interaction, and different forms of political participation, exerting growing influence on individual and collective well-being. This impact, however, is framed by imbalances in economic and political power related, for instance, to the global dominance of technology corporations and the capacity of nation-states to regulate and exert influence over the rapidly evolving digital markets.
The conference Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies, aims to examine these issues from a citizens and user perspective. It seeks to highlight theoretical and empirical research approaches focused on empowering people’s agency within online environments at both personal and collective levels. Ultimately, we would like to connect research that engages with the interface of digital technologies, democratic participation and individual well-being.
Where does the event happen?
bUm - Raum für solidarisches Miteinander
Paul-Lincke-Ufer 21,
10999 Berlin
When does the event happen?
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