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
Democracy Labs emerge as pioneering spaces for citizen-centred and multi-stakeholder collaboration aimed at fostering democratic innovation. Based on a Policy Lab approach, they serve as dynamic arenas where citizens, policymakers, bureaucrats, researchers, experts,...
Our Voices – Participating in Democracy
50 years since the Carnation Revolution April 13th at 6:00 p.m., Auditorium of the Municipal Library of Oeiras, Portugal Our very own project coordinator Inês Campos will be participating in a discussion held by the portuguese citizen-led party Oeiras Mais. Together...
New by the Incite-DEM team: the Dialogue Tool
This platform mirrors how opinions and behaviors evolve within communities, emphasizing inclusivity for marginalized groups. Inspired by the Sinus Milieus framework, which categorizes society into distinct value-driven segments, our tool simplifies these segments into...
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Morning coffee with the INCITE-DEM team
INCITE-DEM is an EU-funded Horizon Europe project that seeks to foster inclusive participation of citizens and communities in sustainability challenges while co-designing democratic innovations. Join us for this morning chat to find out more about the latest findings...
Seminar 3: Solving Crises?
Can democratic innovations solve the multiple crises of our time?
Democracy Academy 2023
Democracy Academy 2023This September, members of the Incite-Dem team took part in the Democracy Academy 2023, hosted by the Kreisau-Initiative, the Freya von Moltke-Stiftung, and the International Alumni Center, which coordinates the Bosch Alumni Network. Under the...
Seminar 2: Enhancing citizens’ trust?
Seminar Series – Historical trajectories of Democratic Innovations
Webinar How Europeans Understand Fairness, Reciprocity and Cohesionty
Webinar with speakers Hubert Heinelt and João Moniz.
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Seminar Series starts in September – Historical trajectories of Democratic Innovations
Kick-off Meeting
In March 6-7 we met in Lisbon to start our project and get to know each other.
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.