Summary

This conference will bring together researchers in philosophy, theoretical economics, formal political science, computer science, mathematics, statistical physics, psychology, sociology and engineering who have been independently studying similar questions: namely, opinion formation dynamics, peer interactions and deliberation in social groups, and the implications of these phenomena for the epistemic competency of collective decisions.

Each speaker will deliver a one hour presentation, followed by fifteen minutes of questions and discussion with audience members. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, we will leave plenty of time for discussion and interaction. We hope this will lead to new interdisciplinary collaborations.

(This conference is the sequel to Deliberation, Belief Aggregation, and Epistemic Democracy, which took place from May 30 to June 1, 2018, Paris.)

Please register for the conference before 3 June, 2019. (deadline extended)

(Registration is free - this is just to help us with logistics. Presenting a lecture or poster is not required.)

Invited speakers

• Leïla Amgoud (Computer Science, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse) [cancelled]
• David Budescu (Psychology, Fordham University)
• Zoé Christoff (Philosophy, University of Bayreuth)
• Mirta Galesic (Human Social Dynamics, Santa Fe Institute and Max Planck Institute for Human Development)
• Davide Grossi (Computer Science, University of Groningen).
• Ali Jadbabaie (Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Christian List (Philosophy, London School of Economics)
• Emiliano Lorini (Computer Science, IRIT-CNRS, Toulouse University)
• Manuel Mueller-Frank (Economics, IESE Business School)
• Klaus Nehring (Economics, University of California at Davis)
• Drazen Prelec (Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Anton V. Proskurnikov (Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin)
• Agnieszka Rusinowska (Economics, Paris School of Economics, CNRS and Université Paris-1)
• Evan Sadler (Economics, Columbia University)
• Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron (Physics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology)

Conference location

The conference will take place in at the Maison International de la Recherche which is on the Neuville campus of the Université de Cergy-Pontoise (in the greater Paris area). It is easily accessible from central Paris by taking RER line A west. Here are directions. Here is a interactive map of the area, and also a downloadable PDF map.

Important dates

• Poster submission deadline: 15 24 March 2019 [extended].
• Notification of poster decisions: 1 April 2019.
• Registration for poster session: 15 April 2019.
• Registration for conference: 3 June 2019. (Registration is free; poster is not required)

Useful links

• Poster submission instructions
• Hotel and restaurant information
• Conference program
• Presentation titles and abstracts
• List of conference participants
• Banquet information

Conference sponsors

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the following institutions and research projects:

• l’Institut d’Études Avancées (Institute for Advanced Studies) of the Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
• Collective Attitude Formation (ColAForm) (ANR-16-FRAL-0010).
• Coping with Heterogeneous Opinions (CHOp) (ANR-17-CE26-0003).
• Labex MME-DII (ANR11-LBX-0023-01).
• CNRS Délégation Île-de-France Meudon
• The laboratoire THEMA (Théorie Économique, Modélisation et Applications, CNRS UMR 8184) at the Université de Cergy-Pontoise.

Conference organization team

Marcus Pivato (Economics, Université de Cergy-Pontoise)

With the invaluable administrative assistance of Yolande Gustave (Université de Cergy-Pontoise).

Conference poster Conference program