The Digital Democracy Camp (DDC) is a one-day workshop focusing on the fundamentals and key topics of digital democracy.

In an exchange between students, experts and interested parties, we will deal with the following topics:

• Shutting down social networks - saving democracy?
• From global politics to KIT - Are we being ruled by oligarchs?
• Digital participation in the neighborhood - Is civil society being left behind?
• Citizens' councils as a student participation format: What can high-quality dialog do that voting cannot?
• Back to Basic: Why do we want digital democracy at all? What skills do we need at KIT to constructively engage in discourse?

The main topics were developed in a participatory manner with students in the Future of Democracy seminar, among others. They were developed together with experts and with the help of a specially developed chatbot.

The topics will be moderated by:

Dr. Simon Derpmann (KIT - ARRTI), Hannes Haßmann (Uni Tübingen), Sarah Herrmann (KIT - HoC), Anika Kaiser (Uni Tübingen), Dr. Alexa Maria Kunz (KIT - HoC), Prof. Dr. Michael Mäs (KIT - HoC), Dr. Brigitte Reiser (lpb), Paul Wiesen (KIT - Student)

The workshop will also be enriched by other participants from the fields of democracy education and student participation.

Framework data

 When? May 23, 2025 from 9:00-18:00

 Where? Triangle at Kronenplatz

 Scope? One-day workshop in BarCamp format

 Students have the opportunity to receive 1 ECTS through active participation and a subsequent reflection report.(Click here to go directly to the event.)