Trust in Epistemic Networks

Description

This event will explore the nature and importance of trust in the transmission of information within epistemic networks, particularly in contexts where non-experts rely on experts for knowledge, as in the case of scientific communication. Bringing together a range of interdisciplinary perspectives (from social and formal epistemology, cognitive science, data science, or anthropology), the workshop will examine the mechanisms by which trust is established, maintained, and undermined in epistemic networks, especially in digital environments where misinformation, filter bubbles, and echo chambers are prevalent. By investigating how trust operates across various types of epistemic networks, we aim to deepen our understanding of how these networks can either support or hinder informed decision-making. The discussions will focus on strategies for building more robust and trustworthy epistemic environments that resist the epistemic harms so prevalent today.

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Program

Day 1: Thursday, 14th November 2024

09:30 - 10:40 > Erik Olsson (Lund University) – Learning from Ranters: The Effect of Information Resistance on the Epistemic Quality of Social Network Deliberation

11:10 - 12:20 > Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck, University of London) – What Rational Agent Based Models Tell Us About Social Networks

13:20 - 14:30 > Patricia Rich (University of Bayreuth) and Sergiu Spătan (TU Dresden) – Trust Updating in Strongly Tied Networks

15:00 - 16:10 > Carline Klijnman (University College Dublin) – Who Knows? The Epistemic Crisis as Public Credibility Dysfunction

16:40 - 17:50 > Emily Sholfield (Johns Hopkins University) – Science Communication for Earning Thick Public Trust 

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Day 2: Friday, 15th November 2024

09:30 - 10:40 > Silvia Fierăscu (West University of Timișoara) – Building Resilient Communities through Transfer of Trust: The Case of Epistemic Networks in Culture

11:10 - 12:20 > Radu Umbreș (SNSPA, Bucharest) – From Familial Benevolence to Partnership Competence. The Cultural Evolution of Interpersonal Trust in a Romanian Village

13:20 - 14:30 > Hein Duijf (Utrecht University) – Towards Empirical Robustness in Network Epistemology

15:00 - 16:10 > Laura Engel (University of Hamburg) –Group Deliberation in Source Networks

16:40 - 17:50 > Rico Hauswald (TU Dresden) – Epistemic Networks and Trust in Experts

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Location

This is a hybrid event (all talks are also on Zoom).

In person, at Makerspace M2, Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden.

Digitally, via Zoom, upon registration (see the link below) 

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