How May Innovation Change the Understanding, Justification, and Legitimation of Institutional Action? The Case of Algorithmic Governance

Abstract

How may innovation change the understanding, justification, and legitimation of institutional action? In this panel we address technological innovations in big data, algorithms, and online platforms (decision making algorithms, big data) and social innovations (new deliberative tools, etc.). We look both at changes in institutional mechanisms (e.g., of decision making) and the self-understanding of the occupants of institutional roles (how innovations have an impact on the understanding of office and the duties and responsibilities of officeholders). We also look at the need for new interpretations of political concepts such as fairness, discrimination, transparency, and accountability, called for by new application scenarios. We also look at technological and social innovation enabling: • Top-down vs bottom-up approaches (e.g., citizens’ science, cooperatives, data trusts, etc); • Role contestation, outcome contestation; • Reactions to institutional failures (revision of institutional power mandates, internal answerability practices, accountability mechanisms) • The role of political parties, pressure groups, or social movements + Conceptual innovation/re-definition/engineering

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