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Civic University – Democracy, AI, and the Public Imagination

Civic University – Democracy, AI, and the Public Imagination

Tuesday 2 June 2026·5:00pm·Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space
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Tuesday 2 June 2026

5:00pm – 6:15pm

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Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space

1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EF

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Beth Simone Noveck (NYU professor of technology, civic tech pioneer and former US Deputy CTO under Obama) in conversation with Oliver Escobar on the civic role of the university in the age of AI. A timely public lecture at the Edinburgh Futures Institute exploring how AI, democracy and public imagination intersect — and what universities owe the publics they serve. Strong pick for anyone working at the intersection of tech, policy and civil society.

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