RESEARCH CHALLENGE 2026

Choose one part of ETHICA. Try to falsify it.

ETHICA should not become credible through repetition. It should become more or less credible through testing, objections, reproducible analysis and better alternatives.

OPEN INVITATION

Universities, researchers, students and independent reviewers are invited to attack the model where it is weakest.

Contributions may be legal, political-science, economic, technical, security-focused or empirical. A negative result is as relevant as a positive one.

01 · CONSTITUTION

Constitution & rights

Can the model preserve rights floors, appeal, separation of powers and minority protection as more value choices move closer to citizens?

02 · DEMOCRACY

Participation & legitimacy

Test voting fatigue, participation premiums, sortition, representativeness and new participation gaps.

03 · ECONOMICS

Budget & incentives

Stress-test the cost model and investigate the strategic behaviours the system creates.

04 · AI

AI & knowledge layer

Test model pluralism, source traceability, bias, Goodhart effects and human review.

05 · SECURITY

Security & ballot secrecy

Attack identity separation, lottery design, audit trails, insider threats and recovery.

06 · OPERATIONS

Operational public administration

Test whether the model actually reduces friction or merely moves complexity into new layers.