Markus Holdo @markusholdo.bsky.social · 11hImportant debates about AI and the threat of techno-authoritarianism - here's another question we don't know the answer to. 000
Reposted by Markus HoldoBristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Read our latest article, where Markus Holdo argues that #AI’s threat to #Democracy is its intolerance of thinking and questioning. www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/…transformingsociety.co.ukCan AI tolerate a disruptive democracy? - Transforming SocietyMarkus Holdo, author of 'The Responsibility to Disrupt', argues that AI’s threat to democracy is its intolerance of thinking and questioning. 021
Reposted by Markus HoldoNina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025"It is not the task of a university to take a centralised position on foreign policy issues. However, when...serious and large-scale war crimes are deliberately committed by a government and when there is an evident risk of genocide, there are strong reasons to...condemn such acts." Bravo Uppsala!👏 022
Reposted by Markus HoldoAshok Swain @ashoswai.bsky.social · 21/05/2025The Uppsala University Board has called on the Swedish government to explicitly condemn Israel’s actions, to immediately resume its funding of UNRWA, & to actively work within the EU to take all available measures to prevent a genocide in Gaza. www.uu.se/en/news/2025...uu.seStatement by the Board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza - Uppsala University 081
Markus Holdo @markusholdo.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I love the critique - adrianbua.bsky.social engages with the question that was part of why I wrote the book: what if all that ‘participation’ and ‘deliberation’ actually achieve is to co-opt people who could have used their passion for social justice differently and more meaningfully?adrianbua.bsky.socialAdrian Bua (@adrianbua.bsky.social)Marie Curie Fellow @IGOPBCN, former lecturer @CURA2015, researcher @NEF; democracy, participation, critical political economy; anglo-galician, aspiring surfer 000
Reposted by Markus HoldoPolitical Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 10/05/2025"The Professionalisation of Participatory Democracy: Patricia García-Espín & Emma Lancha-Hernández examine class and cultural biases in citizen advisory councils. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/S0OiJ5t @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky 052
Reposted by Markus HoldoJournal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Hot off the press! 🔥 Building on #feminist care ethics, Markus Holdo makes a case for ‘caring for democracy’ as a distinct #democratic practice OPEN ACCESS: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1... 0138