Chairs
Francesco Clementi
Vânia Siciliano Aieta

SPEAKERS

Camilo Eduardo	Chaves Vargas
José	Paes Neto
Julia	Romero Herrera
Karem	Aboelazm
Roberto	Hung
Andrea	Gatti
Edoardo	Raffiotta

This panel addresses a challenge for constitutional sustainability in the twenty-first century: the impact of algorithms, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies on political representation and electoral systems. Electoral systems are decisive instruments through which democracies seek to balance equality, proportionality, and effectiveness. Their design always involves compromises that affect the legitimacy and stability of institutions. Today, the increasing use of computational methods—from algorithmic redistricting to electronic voting—reshapes these dilemmas, introducing new tensions between constitutional guarantees and technological innovation.

Beyond electoral procedures, algorithms now play a central role in structuring the digital public sphere, influencing the formation of public opinion and the circulation of information. This raises crucial constitutional questions about how to safeguard democratic pluralism and prevent algorithmic dynamics from amplifying disinformation, manipulation, or extremist content. Strengthening legal and institutional capacity to ensure transparency, accountability, and fundamental rights in the digital space has become essential for the defence of democracy.

The integration of algorithms and AI into electoral processes raises crucial questions: How can transparency be ensured when decisions are automated? How can algorithmic bias be prevented from undermining the equality of the vote? What institutional safeguards are needed to make electronic and online voting both efficient and resilient against cybersecurity risks? These are not merely technical issues: at stake is the ability of constitutional democracy to adapt to digital transformations without eroding its foundational values.

Although often overlooked in legal scholarship, the relationship between electoral design, algorithms, and new technologies has always been strategic for democratic quality. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the panel intends to analyse these dilemmas from a comparative perspective, with particular attention to Europe (starting with Italy) and Latin America (with a focus on Brazil). The aim is to provide responses that show how constitutional systems can remain sustainable—capable of preserving inclusion and legitimacy.