AI, Democracy and Plurality in a Time of Polarisation – Meet the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate
Stockholm Center for Global Asia at Stockholm University welcomes the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate Audrey Tang — pioneer of participatory digital governance and former Digital Minister of Taiwan — for a public talk on how AI can strengthen democracy rather than undermine it.
Lecture
Date:
Monday 1 December 2025Time:
11.00 – 12.30Location:
Aula Magna, Stockholm UniversityIn her talk, Audrey Tang explores how artificial intelligence and digital infrastructures can be shaped not to concentrate power, but to strengthen democratic participation, pluralism and trust. Drawing on her concrete experiences from Taiwan’s civic-tech ecosystem, she will discuss how citizens can move from being passive data subjects to becoming active co-creators of democratic systems, and how transparency, open governance and collective intelligence can counter polarisation, disinformation and democratic erosion.
Following her talk, Audrey Tang participates in a panel discussion that brings together researchers from Stockholm University to respond to Tang’s reflections and situate them within broader academic and societal debates. The panel includes, among others, Eva Erman, Department of Political Science, and Stanley Greenstein, Department of Law, giving political, legal and technological perspectives on AI, democracy and governance.
The event is free of charge and open for everyone.
Register before 30 November
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About Audrey Tang
Audrey Tang. Photo: Right Livelihood
Audrey Tang is a civic hacker and technologist who rewires systems for the public good. As Taiwan’s cyber ambassador and first digital minister, she showed how technology could deepen trust, giving millions a direct role in shaping policy. Having proven these systems in Taiwan, Tang now shares this playbook worldwide, using openness and co-creation to fight polarisation and renew democracy.
More about Audrey Tang
She receives the 2025 Right Livelihood Award “For advancing the social use of digital technology to empower citizens, renew democracy and heal divides.”
Last updated: 2025-11-26
Source: Communications Office