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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · 2d

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

#incitedem #democraticinnovations #democracy #participation

INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · 2d

🟡 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. ⬇️

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · 2d

🟡 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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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Sep 9

🟡 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

Lisbon Interactive Forum: Exploring Democratic Innovations | INCITE-DEM

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Sep 9

🟡 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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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Aug 12

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

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.

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Aug 12

🟡 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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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Aug 1

🗣️ 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

[BLOG] Reflections from the Interactive Forum in Barcelona | INCITE-DEM

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Aug 1

🟡 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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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Jul 25

🟡 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/

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨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

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Jul 3

🟡 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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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨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

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Jun 5

🟡 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...

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Jun 3

🟡 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

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · May 30

• 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/

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · May 30

📝 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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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · May 21

🗣️ 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/

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Apr 29

🗣️ 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/

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Apr 18

📝 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...

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Apr 10

Listen to the episode:
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🔗 incite-dem.eu/podcasts/

#Incitedem #DemocraticInnovations

Ep.04: Changing bureaucracy?

Democratic Innovations · Episode

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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Apr 10

🗣️ “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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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Apr 10

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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INCITE-DEM @incitedem.bsky.social · Apr 1

🗣️ “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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🔗 incite-dem.eu/podcasts/

#Incitedem #DemocraticInnovations

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