Iñaki Goñi

I am an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in democratic studies, responsible design, and the social studies of technology, with a general interest in the relationship between technology and society. I am an Assistant Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, based at DILAB UC, with a shared appointment between the Schools of Engineering and Design. I hold a PhD in Science and Technology and Innovation Studies from the University of Edinburgh.

My work includes large-scale participatory processes, such as Chile’s constitutional reforms (2019-2022), deliberative processes in Scotland, and the Global Citizens’ Assembly for People and Planet. I have taught courses on responsible innovation, culture-centred innovation, and the social impact of technology.

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Iñaki Goñi
September 14, 2026

STS needs deeper frames of participation: historicizing public dialogues with technoscience from Latin America

Participation and deliberation are often discussed as if actors simply choose a design from a shelf, and they just decide what framing to give each experience. ...

September 14, 2026

Word Counting Is Not Enough: A Syntax-Driven Computational Method for Analyzing Participation

In this paper, coauthored with Pachi Raveau, Pia Amigo, and Claudio Fuentes, we explore a technical alternative to analysing participation. Traditional methods ...

June 25, 2026

Connective Democratic Tissue: Second-Order Technologies for Civic Ecosystems

Paper we co-authored with Maggie Hughes and Stuart Lynn on the need to consider 'second-order' civic technologies that go beyond simply putting out new individu...