Elizabeth Florescu Explores the Future of Democracy at “Frontiers of Politics” Conference

Elizabeth Florescu, Director of Research at The Millennium Project, participated as a featured speaker at the Frontiers of Politics: Transforming Democracies in the Digital Communication Age conference, held online on June 19–20, 2025.

Hosted by Italian Institute for the Future, partner of Italy Node of The Millennium Project, in collaboration with other academic bodies, the conference explored the deep transformations reshaping liberal democracies in the age of digital communication.

Elizabeth Florescu contributed to the session Foresighting Democratic Challenges, chaired by Adriano Cozzolino (University of Campania), with a talk titled “The State of the Future and Democracy as a Global Challenge” (download presentation in .pdf). Drawing from The Millennium Project’s extensive foresight research and global perspectives, her presentation emphasized democracy as a complex and evolving system facing pressures from disinformation, technological disruption, and rising authoritarian tendencies, and outlined possible futures and strategic foresight approaches to strengthen democratic resilience in a rapidly changing world.

The session also featured contributions from Holger Kiik (University of Tallinn), Roland Benedikter (Eurac Research), and Ivana Milojević (Metafuture & University of Edinburgh), creating a rich dialogue on the epistemic, institutional, and ethical dimensions of democracy in transition.

For more information about the conference, visit https://www.instituteforthefuture.it/frontiers-of-politics-2025/?lang=en