SCL1002L2 - DECISION THEORIES AND SOCIAL PROCESSES 2

courses
ID:
SCL1002L2
Duration (hours):
24
CFU:
3
SSD:
SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
SOCIAL RESEARCH, SECURITY POLICY AND CRIMINAL STUDIES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The course aims to explore the influence of artificial intelligence on social decision-making processes, analysing how emerging technologies reshape social dynamics, inequalities, and power structures. Students will acquire theoretical and methodological tools to critically understand and analyse the use of AI in collective decision-making and research.


Course Prerequisites


No prior requirements are necessary to enter the course

Teaching Methods


Lectures/ Group work

Assessment Methods


Written and/or oral examination

Texts





Airoldi, M. (2022). Machine habitus: Toward a sociology of algorithms. Polity Press

Floridi, L. (2023). The ethics of artificial intelligence: Principles, challenges, and opportunities. Oxford University Press

Contents


1. Artificial Intelligence: Definition of AI. What it is and how it works, with examples of its application in social contexts. Sociological theories on technological innovation and social change. The impact of AI on social structures and power dynamics.
2. AI and Social Inequalities: Analysis of algorithmic biases and implicit discrimination in AI systems; discussion on AI and new forms of social exclusion (e.g., access to services, automated discrimination). Case studies: algorithmic profiling, social credit systems, predictive justice.
3. Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of AI: Analysis of the ethical implications of AI use, including privacy, surveillance, and algorithmic transparency; emerging regulations and a discussion on AI governance policies at national and international levels.


Course Language


Italian

Degrees

Degrees

SOCIAL RESEARCH, SECURITY POLICY AND CRIMINAL STUDIES 
Master’s Degree
2 years
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