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SUMMARY:The Higher Research Seminar: Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça\, Federal Un
 iversity of Minas Girais - “Algorithms and Democracy”
DESCRIPTION:Kontakt: markus.holdo@svet.lu.se\n\nOUP’s book abstract:Algor
 ithmic Institutionalism&nbsp\;uniquely conceives of algorithms as institut
 ions in contemporary societies\, focusing on different dimensions of how a
 lgorithms structure decision-making and enact power relations. This work a
 ddresses the need for new analytical lenses to make sense of algorithms’
  rising ubiquity in decision-making and to foster democratically infused i
 nteractions between humans and algorithms. The book contains three section
 s.&nbsp\;The first section (Chapters 1 and 2) explains the underlying conc
 epts of algorithms as institutions. It uses the analytical lens of institu
 tional theories as a framework for studying algorithms to comprehend their
  social implications properly.&nbsp\;The second section (Chapters 3 to 5) 
 applies the framework of Algorithmic Institutionalism to make sense of alg
 orithms’ deployment in security\, governments’ platformization\, and r
 ecommendation systems.&nbsp\;The third section (Chapter 6) addresses the c
 hallenge of developing approaches to democratize the new political order\,
  even as that order experiences the churn of influence from algorithmic de
 cision-making’s global expansion. This section points to key democratic 
 values that are relevant for contemporary societies constructing legitimat
 e decisions.Book link: https://academic.oup.com/book/55255About Ricardo:&n
 bsp\;Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça is the Chair of the Department of Political
  Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais\, Brazil. He coordinate
 s Margem – Research Group on Democracy and Justice and is a fellow at IN
 CT - Digital Democracy. He is also an Adjunct Professor and a long-term co
 llaborator of the Centre for Deliberative Democracy (University of Canberr
 a\, Australia). His interests include Democratic Theory\, Contentious Poli
 tics\, and Political Communication. He is one of the authors of Algorithmi
 c Institutionalism (Oxford University Press\, 2023) and one of the editors
  of Crises of Democracy and the Public Sphere (Editora UFMG\, 2023) and of
  Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy (Oxford University Press\, 202
 2)\, among other books and several journal publications.The Higher Researc
 h Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department. The research s
 taff and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoi
 ng research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance 
 for Political Science.The Higher Research Seminar is held on Wednesdays 13
 .15 to 14.30 in Eden 367\, unless otherwise indicated. PhD Mid-term semina
 rs 13:15 to 14:45.&nbsp\;Convenors: Robert Klemmensen and Jonathan PolkThe
  seminars are open to the public. Welcome to join us!The Higher Research S
 eminar | Department of Political Science\n\nMer information om händelsen:
  https://www.svet.lu.se/evenemang/higher-research-seminar-ricardo-fabrino-
 mendonca-federal-university-minas-girais-algorithms-and
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LOCATION:Large conference room\, Eden 367.
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