Call for Papers (CfP)

The 7^th International Workshop on Democracy and AI (DemocrAI-Winter 2025) 

in conjunction with the The Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2025), Wellington, New Zealand, November 17-21, 2025

The Democracy & AI (DemocrAI) workshop series builds on earlier initiatives such as AgentCrowd2019 (Torino, Italy) and AgentCrowd2020 (Auckland, New Zealand), which focused on agent-based crowd decision-making. Since its inception, DemocrAI has evolved into a leading venue for interdisciplinary dialogue at the intersection of artificial intelligence and democratic processes.

Over the years, the workshop has been hosted alongside IJCAI and PRICAI conferences in prominent international locations, including:

• 1st edition – Shanghai, China 
• 2nd edition – Macao 
• 3rd edition – Jakarta, Indonesia 
• 4th edition – Jeju Island, South Korea 
• 5th edition – Kyoto, Japan 
• 6th edition – Montreal, Canada 

DemocrAI aims to convene researchers and practitioners from machine learning, data science, political science, and related disciplines to explore how AI can be applied to enhance civic technologies and support democratic decision-making.

The 7th edition of DemocrAI will be held in person in conjunction with PRICAI 2025, taking place November 17–21, 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand. The program will feature invited talks, contributed paper presentations, and an interdisciplinary panel discussion.

Themes & Scope

We welcome papers that explore, but are not limited to, the following themes:

• AI tools for digital citizen participation

• AI-assisted decision-making in policy and governance

• Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

• Behavioral impacts of AI (e.g., trust, engagement, civic motivation)

• The the impact of AI tools on Intergroup relationship, deliberation, polarization, behavior change, learning outcome and wellbeing

• AI for policy design and public administration

• Socio-technical aspects of AI deployment

• Evaluation of intelligent ICT systems

• Reimagining democracy in the AI (LLMs) era

• Natural Language Processing and Human Language Technology

• LLMs & Society

• AI and societal wellbeing

• AI in governance and elections

• Large-scale data processing and machine learning

• Legitimacy and ethics of algorithmic decision-making

• Transparency, accountability, and ethical concerns in AI

We encourage submissions that address both the challenges and opportunities of using AI in democratic societies.

This workshop will be an in-person event held in conjunction with PRICAI 2025, taking place on November 17-21, 2025 at Wellington, New Zealand. The session will cover invited talks, contributed talks, and a panel discussion.

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: August 30th, 2025 (AoE)

• Acceptance Notification: September 25th, 2025 (Japan time)

• Camera-ready Deadline: October 10th, 2025 

• DemocrAI-Winter 2025: November 17-21, 2025 (will be held fully in-person according to PRICAI’s policy)

Formate

• Mode: In-person at PRICAI 2025, Wellington, New Zealand

Submission Type

We accept two submission formats:

• Full Papers: Up to 8 pages (excluding references/appendices). Accepted papers will be published in the official proceedings. Full paper should be original.  A new idea presented in a compact format is more likely to be accepted than the same idea in a long format.

• Extended Abstracts: 2–4 pages (including references). Accepted abstracts will be presented at the workshop but will not be published in the proceedings. Extended Abstract may be based on prior work, if provided original sources are cited.

Submission Guidelines & System

• Submissions must follow the Springer Computer Science Proceedings format. [See here Template link]
• All submissions must be made via EasyChair by August 30, 2025.
• The submission Web page for DemocAI is https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=pricaidemocrai2025

Review Policy

• Full Papers:The Authors of Full Papers will be asked to upload their revised papers to arXiv and workhop orgnizers will use DemocrAI workshop website to host the proceedings. This approach ensures open accessibility and long-term visibility for the accepted papers.
• Extended Abstracts: The asbstract will be hared on the DemocrAI’25 workshop website but will not be archived and asked to upload their revised papers to arXiv.

Archivel Policy

• Full Papers:The Authors of Full Papers will be asked to upload their revised papers to arXiv and workhop orgnizers will use DemocrAI workshop website to host the proceedings. This approach ensures open accessibility and long-term visibility for the accepted papers.
• Extended Abstracts: Shared on the DemocrAI’25 workshop website but will not be archived and asked to upload their revised papers to arXiv

Committees

Organizers:

• Asst.Prof. Jawad Haqbeen, Kyoto University, Japan (jawad.haqben@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
• A\Prof.Rafik Hadfi, Kyoto University, Japan(rafik.hadfi@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
• Prof. Takayuki Ito, Kyoto University, Japan(ito@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
• Asst.Prof. Anastasija Nikiforova, University of Tartu, Estonia(anastasija.nikiforova@ut.ee)
• Prof. Tokuro Matsuo, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Japan (matsuo@aiit.ac.jp)

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Jawad Haqbeen (jawad.haqbeen[at]i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)