Schedule

Part 1: Introduction to Computational Social Choice

September 2, 2026: Course overview + voting rules
[ slides (overview) | slides (voting rules) | video ]

September 9, 2026: The axiomatic approach
[ slides | video ]

September 14, 2026: Arrow and friends
[ slides | video ]

September 16, 2026: Distortion
[ slides | video ]

September 21, 2026: Strategic manipulation
[ slides | video ]

September 23, 2026: Restricted preferences
[ slides | video ]

September 28, 2026: Electoral competition
[ slides | video ]

September 30, 2026: The epistemic approach
[ slides | video ]

Part 2: Emerging Democratic Paradigms

October 5, 2026: Liquid democracy
[ slides | video ]

October 7, 2026: Sortition
[ slides | video ]

October 14, 2026: Quadratic voting
[ slides | video ]

October 19, 2026: Discussion

October 21, 2026: Committee elections
[ slides | video ]

October 26, 2026: Participatory budgeting
[ slides | video ]

October 28, 2026: Online deliberation
Guest speaker: Carter Blair and Jakob de Raaij
[ slides | video ]

Part 3: Democracy in America

November 2, 2026: The Electoral College
[ slides | video ]

November 4, 2026: Apportionment in the 19th century
[ slides | video ]

November 9, 2026: Apportionment in the 20th century
[ slides ]

November 11, 2026: Identifying gerrymandered maps
Guest speaker: Moon Duchin
[ slides | video ]

November 16, 2026: Fair redistricting
[ slides | video ]

November 18, 2026: Discussion

November 23, 2026: Course project presentations
Groups: de Belloy, Bowley, Zhang | Chen, Jia, Liu, Siwek | Browder, Cheon, Conchello, Shepard

November 30, 2026: Course project presentations
Groups: Ath-Ly, Rao, Tamang, Vernhes | Andresol, Iravul, McPhie, Silva | Liu, Singh, Sinha, Soderquist

December 2, 2026: Course project interviews