Research Directions and Perspectives: An IMD Workshop

During Social Choice: Theory and Computation – An Interdisciplinary Conference on Voting, Representation, and Districting, attendees participated in a workshop on “Research, Directions, and Perspectives” at the intersection of mathematics and democracy. Breaking into small groups based on their interests, participants discussed future directions and open problems in their field, wrote up their ideas, and shared them with one another in an open poster session format, learning from one another’s insights and brainstorming. Topics discussed included emerging social choice theory, AI and democracy, districting, proportional representation, participatory budgeting, and citizen assemblies. People interested in similar projects created mailing lists to communicate about their shared interests and pursue future collaborations. IMD looks forward to continue building this network of researchers, students, and practitioners and to seeing these collaborations unfold.

The workshop was led by Bailey Flanigan from MIT. The slides explaining the structure and the goals of the workshop can be found here.

And a special thank you to Miranda Daniloff-Mancusi, the Director of the Wagner Centers, and Allison Glenn, the Strategic Initiatives & Events Manager for the Wagner Centers (image 6) for helping organize the conference!