(New) Two PhD Positions in Computational Social Choice and Digital Democracy, University Toulouse Capitole [FR]

The ERC Synergy project “Advancing Digital Democratic Innovation” (ADDI) is looking for two PhD students to join the research team from September 2026 at the University Toulouse Capitole in France. Candidates should be strongly motivated towards research, and have the curiosity and motivation to collaborate with researchers outside computer science (in political science and economics).

The project's goal is to study digitally augmented forms of civic participation through three core objectives: designing technologies and procedures for citizen deliberation and participation; experimentally testing the impact of technology in deliberative and participatory forums; and understanding the preferences expressed in digitally augmented forms of civic participation.