Workshop 2: Politics of AI
Workshop on the politics of AI: Actors, Policy, Geopolitics and Resistances (02-03 / 10 / 2025)
Using LLMs and Text-as-Data in Political Science Research
Schedule
Thursday, October 2nd
| Time | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:20 | Registration & Welcome Coffee | |
| 09:20-10:00 | “AI’s Political Disruptions: Mapping the Winners and Losers at Varying Rates of Change” | Helen Milner (Princeton University) |
| 10:00-10:40 | “The Political Economy of Automation and Global Production in a Global Context: Evidence from Mexico” | Erica Owen (University of Pittsburgh) / Carles Boix |
| 10:40-11:20 | “Labor Shocks and the Future of Capitalism” | Leonardo Baccini (McGill University) |
| 11:20-11:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:40-12:20 | “Mapping Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence in European Parliamentary Debates” | Bastian González (Leiden University) |
| 12:20-13:00 | AI Governance with Policy Portfolios" | Xavier Fernández i Marin (Universitat de Barcelona) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:40 | “Data Commodification and Regulation in the Tech Sector: A Structural Topic Modeling Approach” | Andrew Alexander (San Jose State University) |
| 14:40-15:20 | “Geopolitics in the digital age: The US-China competition through their narratives on digital technologies” | Juan Pablo Soriano (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) |
| 15:20-15:40 Coffee break | ||
| 15:40-16:20 | “Trust in Care Robotics for the Elderly: Innovative Care in Nursing Homes?” | Ixchel Perez and Joaquin Rozas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) |
| 16:20-17:00 | “The Data Center Dilemma: understanding public preferences on the tradeoffs between the green and digital transition” | Jonas Heering (Georgetown University) |
| 17:00-17:40 | “Aspiration and Disillusion. The Impact of AI-driven Shocks in Occupational Expectations on Meritocratic Beliefs and Redistribution” | Gaetano Inglese (London School of Economics) |
| 20:00 | Conference dinner (by invitation) at A restaurant (plaça Sant Felip Neri).* |
Friday, October 3rd
| Time | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| *09:00-09:20 * | Welcome Coffee | |
| 09:20-10:00 | “Will Robots and AI Steal your Job? Public Opinion, Technological Change and Political Mobilization” | Alberto Parmigiani (Free University of Bolzano) |
| 10:00-10:40 | “Unfair and contestable? Union membership and beliefs about inequality in Western Europe and the United States” | Michael Becher (IE University) |
| 10:40-11:20 | “Big Tech | Big Risk? How Education and Ideology Shape Public Attitudes toward Big Tech Companies”, Tobias Tober (Konstanz University) |
| 11:20-11:40 | Coffee break | |
| 11:40-12:20 | “Are LLMs Persuasive Because They Are Non-Partisan?” | Matthew DiGiuseppe (Leiden University) |
| 12:20-13:00 | “Understanding the General Public’s Attribution of AI Governance Responsibility: A Cross-National Survey” | Clara Juarez (University of Barcelona) and Hao Xu (University of Melbourne) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:40 | “The impact of AI on Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the US” | Carlos Balcazar (University College London) |
| 14:40-15:20 | “Algorithmic Influence in Elections: Auditing Microsoft Copilot’s Role in Shaping Political Information During the 2024 EU Elections” | Salvatore Romano (UOC) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Coffee break | |
| 15:40-16:20 | “What If You See It? Workers' Perceptions of and Reactions to LLMs” | Massimo Anelli, Italo Colantone, Aina Gallego and Piero Stanig (Bocconi University) |
| 16:00-17:00 | Concluding remarks | Carles Boix (Princeton University) |
Venue
Address: Ramon Trias y Fargas Street, 25 Venue in the Campus: Mercè Rodoreda Building
Organizers
Aina Gallego (UB/IBEI), Valérie Bernal (IBEI) and Erick Stivens Padilla-Galviz.
Contact
For any inquiries, please contact Aina Gallego (agallego@ibei.org) or Valérie Bernal (bernal@ibei.org).