Alice Siu

Alice Siu

Alice Siu

  • Senior Research Scholar
  • Associate Director, Deliberative Democracy Lab

Encina Hall, E103
616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305

Biography

Siu received her Ph.D. from the Department of Communication at Stanford University, with a focus in political communication, deliberative democracy, and public opinion, and her B.A. degrees in Economics and Public Policy and M.A. degree in Political Science, also from Stanford.

Siu has advised policymakers and political leaders around the world, at various levels of government, including leaders in China, Brazil, and Argentina. Her research interests in deliberative democracy include what happens inside deliberation, such as examining the effects of socio-economic class in deliberation, the quality of deliberation, and the quality of arguments in deliberation.

publications

Journal Articles
September 2025

Let the Public Govern AI

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Let the Public Govern AI
Book Chapters
April 2025

Reimagining Democracy: The Role of Technology and Deliberation

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Reimagining Democracy: The Role of Technology and Deliberation
Reports
April 2025

Meta Community Forum Results Analysis

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Meta Community Forum Results Analysis

In The News

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DoorDash and Microsoft join Industry-Wide Deliberative Forum on Future of AI Agents

The inclusion of these companies in the Industry-Wide Deliberative Forum, convened by Stanford University’s Deliberative Democracy Lab, speaks to its importance and the need to engage the public on the future of AI agents.
DoorDash and Microsoft join Industry-Wide Deliberative Forum on Future of AI Agents
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Deliberative Democracy and the Ethical Challenges of Generative AI

CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
Deliberative Democracy and the Ethical Challenges of Generative AI
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Industry-Wide Deliberative Forum Invites Public to Weigh In on the Future of AI Agents

There is a significant gap between what technology, especially AI technology, is being developed and the public's understanding of such technologies. We must ask: what if the public were not just passive recipients of these technologies, but active participants in guiding their evolution?
Industry-Wide Deliberative Forum Invites Public to Weigh In on the Future of AI Agents