Collective Intelligence × Tech Policy A half-day workshop at ACM Collective Intelligence 2025.
4 August 2025
08:00—12:00
San Diego, CA
How can collective intelligence inform tech policy?
The digital age has created complex sociotechnical systems that defy traditional policy approaches. From the emergent polarization dynamics of social media to the distributed risks of advanced AI, today's tech policy challenges arise from the interplay between individual behaviors, network effects, and systemic outcomes. Yet often our policy interventions operate from linear, top-down assumptions that don't account for the complexity they seek to govern.
The collective intelligence research community possesses a distinctive lens for understanding these challenges — one grounded in complexity science, network dynamics, and the mechanisms by which micro-interactions scale to macro phenomena — and so are uniquely well-positioned to contribute to tech policy.
This half-day, interactive workshop aims to bridge the gap between collective intelligence research and real-world policy impact. We will discuss how collective intelligence insights can surface blind spots in current tech governance, how complexity-blind approaches can backfire, and collaboratively develop novel policy ideas inspired by collective intelligence principles. We'll also survey the concrete levers for influencing policy.
Jason Burton
Assistant Professor
Joseph Bak-Coleman
External Applied Complexity Fellow
Naomi Shiffman
Non-Resident Fellow
Luke Thorburn
PhD CandidateAttending the workshop costs $100 for regular participants, $75 for ACM members, and $50 for students.
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For any other enquiries, please contact Jason at: jb.digi@cbs.dk