The crucial institutions in todays liberal democracies\, democratic institutions\, science\, public deliberation\, the news media\, public authorities and also \;private companies depend on various forms of trust: trust in people\, processes\, etc. We are\, in certain crucial ways\, fundamentally related to these \;institutions by relations of trust. Typically\, we are not in a position to gather independent evidence for the reliability or trustworthiness of these \;institutions and the outcomes they produce\, nor can we independently check these. So\, when we rely on them or accept their authority\, this is in part \;because we trust them (in some sense). Moreover\, most institutions\, including science\, depend on complex socio-technical distributions of cognitive \;labor and decision-making power\, e.g. in the context of biobanks\, big data\, algorithmic decision making\, self-driving cars and this distribution of labor \;and decision-making also requires trust. Clearly\, however\, we not always agree about what or whom to trust\; we diverge in the ways that we trust one \;another\, or trust institutions\, and institutions are sometimes affected by internal disagreement and distrust. The aim of the workshop is to explore these \;forms of trust. What are the conditions of trust in institutions? What are the relations between trust\, trustworthiness\, transparency and accountability? \;What are the condition under which disagreement presents a threat to trust? What are effective and legitimate means of maintaining or manufacturing \;trust? \;
\nThere will be some additional slots available for presentations\, and we would very much welcome submissions. If you are interested in giving a \;presentation\, please send an abstract of your presentation to \;kappel@hum.ku.dk \;no later than \;October 10th\, 2016. The abstract should be approx. 1 \;page\, and include e-mail address and institutional affiliation. We will notify you about acceptance \;no later than October 15\, 2016. Note that\, \;unfortunately\, we will not be able to cover expenses for travel and accommodation for submitted presentations.
Confirmed speakers: Judith Simon\, Klemens \;Kappel\, Ori Freiman\, Arnon Keren\, Mark Alfano\, Kristina Rolin\, \;Tria Gkouvas