#INNOVADE is growing! 🇪🇺🗳️ ✅ New Partner: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) ✅ New Pilot City: Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 ✅ New AI Tools: DemocratAIze & DemocraSeek We're using #AI and #CitizenScience to make sure citizen voices actually lead to policy action. Read more🔗https://tinyurl.com/344kkrnt

Digital democracy is meaningless if it isn't inclusive🗣️✨ Join our next Living Lab to support: 🔹 Vulnerable & underrepresented groups 🔹 Practical accessibility for local councils 🔹 Meaningful government feedback loops Register now ➡️https://tinyurl.com/2dcc7jfd

🔴 WE ARE LIVE! Join the webinar now to bridge the gap between citizen voices and government action. As Laurien Coenen notes: "People need to feel they are part of the story." We’re exploring why many DDAs fail and how to make them sustainable. Tune in now: innovade-democracy.eu/form/digital...

Starting now, come on in and tell us what you think about bringing together governments and citizens👉https://tinyurl.com/czn8crwe

Digital democracy fails when it ignores the needs of those using it🤝 Catch our webinar to learn about: 🔹 Citizen demands for trust and impact. 🔹 Practical barriers facing local governments. 🔹 Design blueprints for inclusive digital platforms. 📅 March 25 Register here👉https://tinyurl.com/czn8crwe

The recording of our workshop on the Digital Democracy Score (DDS) is now available! Catch up with the recording and slides to learn how the tool measures different dimensions of digital participation➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeI-IEHmLng #CivicTech #DigitalDemocracy

Our website is looking fresh! We've recently revamped the main page and the entire Living Lab section, as these are at the heart of the INNOVADE project. Check it all out here➡️https://tinyurl.com/5awd7nf4

🎥 New interview from our Living Lab in Paderborn! We spoke with Berta Mizei from @ceps.eu about the opportunities and challenges of digital democracy in Europe. Here's why collaboration between research, policy, and civil society matters👉https://tinyurl.com/5fu7b9ws #DigitalDemocracy #CivicTech

Missed our Digital Democracy Score Training last week? Not to worry! This wednesday, we will be conducting another round of Training for those interested in understanding how to use the DDS (available for free here: tinyurl.com/v7p3pysy) Register here➡️https://tinyurl.com/mzfpaw53

Our first DDS workshop is starting now! We're sharing how we created this tool and how everyone can use it (for free!) to calculate Digital Democracy ratings. Find out more and register for the next one here➡️https://tinyurl.com/mzfpaw53

Are badges and points in civic apps harmless motivation or do they risk becoming social scoring? Our latest article reflects on ethical questions around gamification in digital democracy, following input from our Ethical Advisory Board. Read and share your thoughts ➡️https://tinyurl.com/3nmd7ntt

Last week, we presented results from our report on citizen preferences, linked to our Preference Toolkit. Feedback from the research community is helping shape the next steps! Read the toolkit to explore the findings and insights➡️https://zenodo.org/records/18258934 #DigitalDemocracy #CivicTech

Another successful workshop! Thank you to #EUMANS and the organizing team in Paris for their invitation to conduct a participatory session on #CivicAI. More on the event➡️https://tinyurl.com/yn6hucex

We’re hosting a workshop on the Digital Democracy Score (DDS)! Learn the method, see a live demo, and ask questions about using the tool to strengthen digital participation. 📅 24 Feb / 4 Mar 🕙 10:00–11:00 CET 💻 Online Register now➡️https://tinyurl.com/mzfpaw53

New press clipping! Pontydysgu writes about our commitment to advancing the study and development of #DigitalDemocracy through our Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base and Digital Democracy Score tools. Read it here➡️https://tinyurl.com/479f7bwm

INNOVADE is heading to Paris for the 4th Eumans Congress 🇪🇺 We’ll take part in a participatory session on Civic AI, running a Living Lab on how AI can empower citizens and strengthen democratic participation 🤖🗳️ Find out more➡️https://tinyurl.com/yn6hucex

📊 New tool alert! The Digital Democracy Score (DDS) is live 🚀 Measure, visualise & improve digital democracy initiatives. Want to learn how it works? Sign up for our upcoming workshops! Tool and registrations here👉https://tinyurl.com/4c78j5j6

Our latest video is out! In it, Anastasia Kavada from University of Westminster explains the importance of working on Digital Democracies in today's sociopolitical climate. More interviews coming soon! Watch it here➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GcvdzkPzQ4

Our latest video is out! We recently held our 4th Living Lab in Brussels, working on the co-design of the Digital Democracy App. Check out the highlights here➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJC66_JulM4

📱 New Project Insights! The INNOVADE digital democracy app lets citizens propose ideas, give feedback, vote on projects & report local issues, all in one place 🗳️🤝https://tinyurl.com/7bhcpmxc

From all of us at INNOVADE, Happy Holidays! ❄️ May you spend these weeks relaxing and reflecting on what's important for you. See you in 2026!

🛡️What is a resilient digital democracy? Democracy doesn’t survive by default: people build it. From misinformation to Big Tech power, this piece explores how democracy can adapt & endure in the digital age💡https://tinyurl.com/jm9dap47

🚀 New INNOVADE insights! Xenia Klinge shares how the team is developing a scalable, research-driven digital democracy app, from early design to pilots in Belgium 🇧🇪 and Spain 🇪🇸. Read how co-creation is powering better participation✨https://tinyurl.com/mrxxhnya

🗳️ Does your organisation still rely mostly on offline participation? We’d love your insights on digital tools, expectations, and concerns. Take our latest survey➡️ tinyurl.com/4z53vavk Your experience matters for building better democracy 💡🤝

🗳️ Want to help design Europe’s next Digital Democracy App? Join INNOVADE’s Living Lab 4 on 2 Dec in Brussels! Co-design features, improve UX, shape v0.1 of the app 🚀 Register now👉https://tinyurl.com/yk3tuc56 #DigitalDemocracy #CivicTech

We've made the news! Professor @fuchschristian.bsky.social from @unipaderborn.bsky.social was featured in Westfälisches Volksblatt, bringing insights from our European project to the local reality of Paderborn's elections. Find the article here➡️https://tinyurl.com/59zkenp5

ICYMI: A few weeks ago, we proudly took part in the Digital Democracy The Hague 2025 event conference! Here's what we had to say➡️https://tinyurl.com/mpvxnu48

Webinar coming your way! Tune in on 18 November to hear Prof. Christian Fuchs present his latest book, "World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism". INNOVADE builds on some of its key insights on Digital Democracy. Register here➡️https://iamcr.org/webinars/war-peace-digitalcapitalism

Another Living Lab done! Here's a sneak peek of what we worked on... Stay tuned for more! What are living labs? Find out here➡️https://tinyurl.com/zc7je595

Here comes the 3rd Living Lab! Today we'll be working closely with government and CSO representatives to see which Digital Democracy elements to highlight and improve on.

🗓️ Join us on 29 Oct for INNOVADE’s next Living Lab! Let’s bridge the gap between citizens & governments 💬 Your ideas will help shape the new Digital Democracy App 🏛️ Register now👉https://tinyurl.com/mr3r26z3 #DigitalDemocracy #INNOVADE

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference #FIMI is on the rise. We analysed over 100 cases to get the most accurate and valuable takeaways... find them in chapter 8 of our Knowledge Base➡️https://tinyurl.com/4kdyns7k

Let's talk about Open Governance! This topic is of utmost importance as more and more governmental processes take the leap to digital tools, to ensure that results are connected to real challenges and needs.

Plebiscites? Surveys? Budgeting? Which "participatory mechanisms" should shape DigitalDemocracies, and how? Find out more➡️https://tinyurl.com/4kdyns7k

Our webinar is starting off STRONG thanks to all the members of the Scientific Community that joined us to #ShieldDemocracy! You're still in time to join, get the link here➡️https://tinyurl.com/yjxw8yhu

🛡️ Democracy is under digital pressure. 🗓️ Join our webinar 21 Oct, 15:00 CET to explore how to protect it. Fake news, AI bias, echo chambers — we’re tackling it all with experts from academia and industry. Register now➡️https://tinyurl.com/yjxw8yhu

🗳️ What if citizens could directly shape local decisions through an app? As Hybrid Core's Joseph Vural explains, our #DigitalDemocracy app will let users vote, give feedback & even earn badges for civic engagement. AI + democracy = stronger participation! Stay informed➡️https://tinyurl.com/464k9em3

Digital democracy isn’t just code — it’s people, process and policy. 🌐 Our Living Lab defined ideas, challenges and solutions. Next stop → integrating them into our Digital Democracy Toolkit 🧰 Learn more about the event ➡️https://tinyurl.com/baeb67ws

And with that, our Living Lab is over! These two days will impact the rest of the project and beyond, thanks to the insights we collected and formulated into actionable tasks. Want a sneak peek of what we're working on? Check out our Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base➡️https://tinyurl.com/4kdyns7k

A big thank you to our external participants! In addition to taking part in the workshops, each one of them contributed a presentation on their expertise related to the topics of #Digitalisation and #Democratisation. Want to get involved? Let us know here➡️https://tinyurl.com/mv3s7xat

Yesterday's session concluded with a workshop on Challenges for Digital Democracy! After a good night's sleep, it's now time to get to work on envisioning the path forward for these initiatives🤝

Our first workshop is complete✍️ Together, we discussed objectives, challenges, and solutions for different dimensions of #DigitalDemocracy. Our work was supported by the researches that worked on the Interdisciplinary #KnowledgeBase. Find out more about these topics➡️https://tinyurl.com/4kdyns7k

It's finally time! We're starting now in Paderborn our interactive Living Lab. Great to see many new and interested faces, we're looking forward to some very productive sessions✍️ What is a Living Lab?👉https://tinyurl.com/zc7je595

What if you could propose projects and give feedback to your local gov directly through an app? 🗳️ That’s what INNOVADE is building🚀 Watch Xenia Klinge explain how we’re making it happen and join us in Paderborn next week to shape the discussion➡️https://tinyurl.com/yzy4ksn7

Big milestone for INNOVADE 🎉 We’ve just published our Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on #DigitalDemocracy – a 300-page resource on how tech is reshaping democracy, the risks, and the opportunities. Learn about it here👉 tinyurl.com/4kdyns7k

Digital #democracy needs your voice. 🗣️ Our next Living Lab (23–24 Sept, Paderborn) is open for registration. Sign up now and help shape the future 👉https://tinyurl.com/yzy4ksn7

⚖️ Privacy. Inclusivity. Feasibility. These are the priorities Laurien Coenen brings to INNOVADE’s Work Package 3. Read how her team is advancing the state of the art 👉 tinyurl.com/4wr4mwur

🗃️ The Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (#FIMI) Incidents and Digital Democracy Dataset (2020–2025) is now publicly available. It provides crucial evidence for understanding how foreign actors exploit digital platforms to undermine democratic institutions. zenodo.org/records/1688...

📢 New interview! Laurien Coenen from @kuleuven.bsky.social discusses how Work Package 3 is shaping the optimum digital democracy by combining research, innovation, and practical application. Watch now▶️

🧠 “What is digital democracy really all about?” INNOVADE is starting with theory to build tools that work. Christian Fuchs leads WP2—mapping models, risks & principles that will shape our #DigitalDemocracyApp. Read more🔗https://tinyurl.com/3ayyf2b6