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‘INCITE-DEM: Citizens Reinventing Democracy’ aims at enhancing inclusive participation and civic engagement, while expanding democratic innovation and dynamic feedback mechanisms between citizens and institutional actors in Europe. https://incite-dem.eu/

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Read all about the Interactive Forum that took place in Groningen in our latest blog:
🔗 incite-dem.eu/news/explori...

#incitedem #democraticinnovations #democracy #participation

09.10.2025 09:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🟡 6 Democratic Innovation models, constructed from the insights that the public offered during our Democracy Labs, are scrutinized by decision makers to see if they would stand the test of real-word democracy. ⬇️

09.10.2025 09:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🟡 The Incite-Dem Interactive Forums are novel events where institutional actors are recruited to reflect on how citizen-generated models might be integrated into governance structures, and what adaptations are needed to make them work in practice. ⬇️

09.10.2025 09:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Lisbon Interactive Forum: Exploring Democratic Innovations | INCITE-DEM

🟡 6 Democratic Innovation models are scrutinized by decision makers to see if they would stand the test of real-word democracy.

Read all about the Interactive Forum that took place in Lisbon in our latest blog:

🔗 incite-dem.eu/news/1882/

#democraticinnovations #incitedem

09.09.2025 11:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🟡 The Incite-Dem Interactive Forums are novel events where institutional actors are recruited to reflect on how citizen-generated models might be integrated into governance structures, and what adaptations are needed to make them work in practice.

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09.09.2025 11:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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INCITE-DEM webinar: Democracy Reimagined: Historical Insights of Democratic Innovations in Europe Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

It’s a valuable source for some historical context in this field and for finding out more about the framework and the methodology of our research.

Watch the webinar here:
📺 tinyurl.com/bdzkeew5

You can find the full Historical Review on ZENODO:
🔗 tinyurl.com/2e28wcn9

#democraticinnovations

12.08.2025 12:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🟡 Last month, our colleagues from Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa hosted the second #InciteDem webinar, entitled 'Democracy Reimagined: Historical Insights of Democratic Innovations in Europe'.

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12.08.2025 12:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
[BLOG] Reflections from the Interactive Forum in Barcelona | INCITE-DEM

🗣️ Curious how public institutions reacted—and what this could mean for the future of participation?

Read the full blog:
📖 incite-dem.eu/news/reflect...

#Democracy #DemocraticInnovation #ParticipatoryDemocracy #ce3c

01.08.2025 11:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🟡 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆?

At the #INCITEDEM Barcelona Interactive Forum, policymakers and public servants got hands-on with six democratic innovations co-created by citizens across Europe during our Democracy Labs.

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01.08.2025 11:42 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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🟡 The #INCITEDEM library is growing!

Visit now to read our newest publication:

Varieties of Citizen Engagement? The Institutional Design of Deliberative Innovations in Europe in Comparative Perspective

Find all of our articles here:
📝 incite-dem.eu/1495-2/

#democraticinnovations

25.07.2025 11:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨New INCITE-DEM webinar!

Democracy Reimagined: Explore the history of #DemocraticInnovations in Europe—from grassroots to institutions.

📅 Tuesday, July 15th
⌚ 15:30 – 17:00 CET
🔗 Register: forms.office.com/e/eYzpf6YGyz
#incitedem #democraticinnovations #webinar

20.06.2025 09:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The first Forum just wrapped in Lisbon. 16 public officials gathered to debate your visions for systemic change.

🌱 Curious what those ideas look like? Stay tuned, as we will present them in detail in the following weeks!

#Democracy #democraticinnovations #incitedem

03.07.2025 08:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🟡 Our new Incite-Dem Interactive Fora take the bold ideas from our Democracy Labs and put them to the test: we turn public insights into models, then challenge policymakers to assess their real-world potential.

💡In short: your ideas, run through the policy gauntlet — do they hold up?

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03.07.2025 08:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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🚨New INCITE-DEM webinar!

Democracy Reimagined: Explore the history of #DemocraticInnovations in Europe—from grassroots to institutions.

📅 Tuesday, July 15th
⌚ 15:30 – 17:00 CET
🔗 Register: forms.office.com/e/eYzpf6YGyz
#incitedem #democraticinnovations #webinar

20.06.2025 09:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🟡 Hot off the presses!

Our third newsletter takes an in depth look into the activities in the closing year of our project. We've gathered the data, analyzed past innovations and listened to the people - now it's time to put it all into practice!

Discover more:
🔗 mailchi.mp/c611aa13f07a...

05.06.2025 09:28 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🟡 The third INCITE-DEM Newsletter is just around the corner!

Want to find out more about the project and our upcoming activities? Subscribe now!

🔗 incite-dem.eu/newsletter-s...

#incitedem #newsletter

03.06.2025 13:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

• The rural in democratic innovations: a comparative proposal between Latin America and Europe
• Gaming Polarisation: Using Agent-Based Simulations as a Dialogue Tool

Read more about our publications on #democraticinnovations on our website:

🟡 incite-dem.eu/1495-2/

30.05.2025 12:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📝 Looking for some reading material for the weekend? Look no further than the two new #Incitedem articles now available on our website!

Penned by our colleagues at Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa and the University of Groningen:

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30.05.2025 12:35 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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🗣️ Can we reduce polarisation through better dialogue?

Join our webinar to explore the 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 — a dynamic simulation that shows how individual traits shape community cohesion.

📅 May 27th | Apply: forms.office.com/e/zivfZVzeS6

Find out more: incite-dem.eu/news/1745/

21.05.2025 09:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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🗣️ Can we reduce polarisation through better dialogue?

Join our webinar to explore the 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 — a dynamic simulation that shows how individual traits shape community cohesion.

📅 May 27th | Apply: forms.office.com/e/zivfZVzeS6

Find out more: incite-dem.eu/news/1745/

29.04.2025 12:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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📝 We have added three new articles to the list of #Incitedem publications, penned by the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa and the University of Groningen teams.

Read more about our publications on #democraticinnovations on our website:

🟡 incite-dem.eu/1495-2/?et_f...

18.04.2025 12:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ep.04: Changing bureaucracy? Democratic Innovations · Episode

Listen to the episode:
🎧 tinyurl.com/54t3x3ed
🎬 tinyurl.com/2ennjrvh
🔗 incite-dem.eu/podcasts/

#Incitedem #DemocraticInnovations

10.04.2025 10:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🗣️ “Collaborative governance, where bureaucrats, politicians and citizens work together in collective decision making I think is one of the most promising and most used democratic innovations in this space.” - Stephen Elstub

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10.04.2025 10:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The fourth (and final) podcast in our series Democratic Innovations takes a look at the nitty gritty aspects of our democracies, the cogs and spokes that make it all run: Bureaucracy. And how to change it?

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10.04.2025 10:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

🗣️ “If we're not purposefully building things in advance of breakdown conditions, then it's not a surprise that when they hit, democratic innovations don't work.” - Graham Smith

🎧 tinyurl.com/4anwjs7x
🎬 tinyurl.com/ybxv4vtk
🔗 incite-dem.eu/podcasts/

#Incitedem #DemocraticInnovations

01.04.2025 12:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🗣️ “If we're not purposefully building things in advance of breakdown conditions, then it's not a surprise that when they hit, democratic innovations don't work.” - Graham Smith

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01.04.2025 12:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🟡 The third podcast in our series Democratic Innovations asks a fundamental question: how to solve (or at least attempt to solve) the crises that our democracies are facing?

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01.04.2025 12:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ep.01: Improving democracy? Democratic Innovations · Episode

🗣️ “We have a performance gap. People want more out of their democracies, but these systems are not giving them more.” - Mark Warren

Listen to the episode:
🎧 tinyurl.com/58xhxbz7
🎬 tinyurl.com/3xkt3p3a
🔗 incite-dem.eu/podcasts/

#Incitedem #DemocraticInnovations

12.03.2025 12:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The first podcast in our series Democratic Innovations asks the fundamental question: can democratic innovations improve our democracies?

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12.03.2025 12:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
INCITE-DEM research at Media, Politics and Democracy Congress | INCITE-DEM

More about the presentations:

🔗 incite-dem.eu/news/incite-...

06.03.2025 13:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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