Inclusive Citizenship in a World in Transformation:
Co-Designing for Democracy
A unique contribution to the future of democracy in Europe by harnessing historical and quantitative and qualitative social science research, agent-based modelling, design thinking, and advanced analytical methods.
News & Events
From Barcelona, for Democracy: a Lab for collaborative change
On October 30th and 31st, eco-union hosted an engaging Democracy Lab in Barcelona as part of the European research project INCITE-DEM. This interactive workshop brought together around 30 citizens, civil society representatives, and policymakers to explore fresh ways...
Key Recommendations for Strengthening Democratic Innovations in Europe
A new policy brief outlines six key recommendations to integrate democratic innovations into European policymaking. The goal is to enhance public participation and embed democratic innovations into legislative processes at all levels of European governance. As public...
INCITE-DEM presents case study at ESA Conference
INCITE-DEM was present at the 16th European Sociological Association Conference (ESA Conference), which took place in Porto between 27 and 30 August. Two teams of researchers represented our project - CE3C and ICS Lisbon. First, our colleagues from the Faculty of...
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[BLOG] Dreams and Visions in Potsdam
How, when and where do we as citizens want to be included in the decision-making process? How should this process be designed, which democratic principles are important and how are these met? If we are allowed to dream, what democratic innovations would we wish for?...
Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Democracy in Europe
Public debates about the crisis of democracy have focused on the idea that public support for representative democracy is declining. Satisfaction with democracy and trust in political institutions are said to be eroding among citizens. Are these claims backed by data?...
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[BLOG] When in Rome – Democracy Labs all’Italiana
The Italian leg of INCITE DEM’s Democracy Labs was organized on May 28th and 29th, in Rome. The selected location was Esperienza Europa (Europe Experience), a space recently opened by the Italian Office of the European Parliament in Piazza Venezia, right at the heart...
First Issue of INCITE-DEM Newsletter Released
We are thrilled to announce the release of the first issue of the INCITE-DEM newsletter! The newsletter will serve as a central hub for everything related to the INCITE-DEM project. Over the next two years, six issues will be published, detailing the challenges and...
Community of Practice
An inciting Community of Practice The 'Making democracy work for sustainability' Community of Practice is a place where relevant stakeholders from the field of democracy and sustainability meet to exchange knowledge, information and experience, hence co-creating new...
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[BLOG] Who said scientific research can’t be fun? – the Lisbon Democracy Lab
STwo full days of deep analysis, a lot of group debate and plenary presentations - for a very diverse group of people from the region of Lisbon, invited to join the first Democracy Lab in Portugal. ‘Laboratório de Democracia’ brought together 29 people from different...
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[BLOG] Introducing Democracy Labs: The Norwegian Pioneering Experience
The very first Democracy Lab was carried out in Trondheim, Norway. 18 persons of various backgrounds and situations in life had signed up with the Incite-DEM researchers to discuss democracy and visions of a future with deep citizen participation together during two...
Project Goal
Our main goal is to enhance inclusive participation and civic engagement, while expanding democratic innovation
and dynamic feedback mechanisms between citizens and institutional actors in representative democracies. This goal
is driven by the ambition to empower citizens, increasing political trust, satisfaction with democracy and societal
cohesion, thus shaping the future of democracy in a world in transformation. To achieve this goal, INCITE-DEM
will pursue the following seven interrelated activities.
Project Activities
Historical Review
Incite-Dem aims at reviewing historical practices of political participation and civic engagement from the end of the WWII to today. The review will focus on sustainability-oriented participation and engagement.
Dialogue Tool
Incite-Dem will co-design a policy dialogue tool with policymakers, educators, students, and democratic initiatives. The tool will help to study trust building, polarisation, and consensus-seeking processes.
Evaluation of Democratic Innovation
An assessment of the democratic innovations, developed through democracy labs, through advanced analysis, choice experiments and interactive fora to establish how different participation and engagement processes can complement each other.
A Community of Practice
Incite-Dem will build on the wide participation of citizens and diverse stakeholder groups to spread its messages and contribute to a wide uptake of inclusive democratic innovations for socio-ecological transformation and wellbeing in Europe.
Understanding Key Conditions For Participation
An analysis of current societal trends in various aspects of participation and engagement. It will deepen our understanding of participation and engagement needs in pursuit of a sustainable and sociocultural transformation.
Democracy Labs
A series of co-creation events, engaging citizens in proposing democratic innovations and solutions. In this way citizens will take part in proposing new democratic approaches.
Developing Policy Guidance & Roadmap
Incite-Dem will provide guidance on how to strengthen political participation and civic engagement and increase political trust and satisfaction with democracy to address socio-ecological challenges.
Comparative Case Studies Of Civic Participation And Engagement
Qualitative research, comparing (at least 15) case studies of different forms of civic participation and engagement, with attention to more vulnerable and disenfranchised segments of society.