Francesco Veri is a political scientist at the Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau, University of Zurich. His research focuses on deliberative democracy, political behaviour, democratic innovation, and the relationship between artificial intelligence and democracy. His work examines how democratic institutions and emerging technologies shape citizens’ reasoning, participation, and inclusion. His research has appeared in leading international journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), American Political Science Review, Political Psychology and European Political Science Review.