A Replica for our Democracies? On Using Digital Twins to Enhance Deliberative Democracy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07138v1
• Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2025 23:14:41 GMT
• Title: A Replica for our Democracies? On Using Digital Twins to Enhance Deliberative Democracy
• Authors: Claudio Novelli, Javier Argota Sánchez-Vaquerizo, Dirk Helbing, Antonino Rotolo, Luciano Floridi,
• Abstract summary: This paper explores Digital Twin (DT) technology as a regulatory sandbox for deliberative democracy.<n>DTs enable researchers and policymakers to run "what if" scenarios on varied deliberative designs in a controlled virtual environment.<n>This makes systematic analysis of the institutional design possible without the practical constraints of real world or lab-based settings.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Deliberative democracy depends on carefully designed institutional frameworks, such as participant selection, facilitation methods, and decision-making mechanisms, that shape how deliberation occurs. However, determining which institutional design best suits a given context often proves difficult when relying solely on real-world observations or laboratory experiments, which can be resource intensive and hard to replicate. To address these challenges, this paper explores Digital Twin (DT) technology as a regulatory sandbox for deliberative democracy. DTs enable researchers and policymakers to run "what if" scenarios on varied deliberative designs in a controlled virtual environment by creating dynamic, computer based models that mirror real or synthetic data. This makes systematic analysis of the institutional design possible without the practical constraints of real world or lab-based settings. The paper also discusses the limitations of this approach and outlines key considerations for future research.

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