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jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social · 6d

After 2 intense with academics & practioners, here are my takeaway messages:
1. People do not care about technology but purpose.
2. Digital tools must feel natural.
3. Barriers might be simpler than you think.
#Relink2 @lucaskins.bsky.social @hendriknahr.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social

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jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social · 7d

How can we bettet connect citizens, political organizations, and public institutions through digital technologies? On my way to Brussels again... #Relink2 #CA23114 #BrIAS @ramonv.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social @lucaskins.bsky.social brias.be/index.php/ev...

Citizens, Political Organisations and Digital Technologies: Disconnection or/and Reconnection? – The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 14d

The SUPA project has a new webpage! 🌐
👉 www.supa.uio.no/english/inde...

There you’ll find:
🌍 project background & goals
👩‍🔬 team members & institutional partners
📢 news, events & publications (with more coming soon!)

Check it out — and let us know what you think!

SUPA.html - Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies

Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

www.supa.uio.no

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 12d

Tired of ‘red tape’? UK planning reforms echo past failures like the "one-in, three-out" scheme.

One of our rerearches in progress shows why they fail:
➡️ Narrow Focus
➡️ Weak Enforcement
➡️ Political Reality

Result? Rules keep growing. Lasting reform needs smarter governance for true growth.
#SUPA

Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda

The government has confirmed further reforms to overhaul the planning system and put growth at the heart of the statutory consultee system.

www.gov.uk

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · Sep 1

📈 More laws, more policies, more regulations. But administrations aren’t growing at the same pace 🚨 This mismatch risks poor services, unequal treatment & frustration. That’s where #SUPA comes in: from 2025–2028, we’ll study how to improve rule design & strengthen modern democracies 🏛️✨

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EU-CIEMBLY @eu-ciembly.bsky.social · 16d

We’re excited to share that our empirical research from Work Package 3 of the EU-CIEMBLY project is now accessibly on Zenodo!

👉 Explore the datasets and explanatory note here: zenodo.org/communities/...

Search EU-CIEMBLY-Creating an Inclusive European Citizens' Assembly

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EU-CIEMBLY @eu-ciembly.bsky.social · 12d

📢Join Us at Cyprus Forum – October 1–3 2025! 📢

🕥 Our Session: October 3, 10:25–11:25
💡 Title: Power to the People: Unleashing the Future of Citizen Democracy

🔗 Reserve your seat now: 2025.cyprusforum.cy

#cyprusforum2025 #citizendemocracy #europe #events #HorizonEurope

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EU-CIEMBLY @eu-ciembly.bsky.social · 8d

🗳️ Term of the Week: Deliberative Democracy
Process of active engagement and direct deliberation by citizens amongst themselves or with the participation of other stakeholders on a substantive policy or legislative area.
Explore all terms in our glossary:
👉 www.eu-ciembly.eu/en/glossary/...

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CERiM @umcerim.bsky.social · 11d

And a special thanks to the roundtable speakers @giuliasandri.bsky.social (@ecas-europe.bsky.social & @sciencepoulb.bsky.social), @dejaeghere.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy (FIDE), and Mara Almeida (JRC), and to the moderator @tverthe.bsky.social

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CERiM @umcerim.bsky.social · 11d

Great event co-hosted with BrIAS on Challenges to Democracy. Grateful to all panelists for their insights and to everyone who joined us for the lively and inspiring discussions! @dfuturevub.bsky.social @sciencepoulb.bsky.social

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Dr Liam Mcloughlin ☕ @leelum.bsky.social · 16d

🚨Navigating Digital Democracy Conf– 8-9 Jan, Bournemouth.

The MPG x TIP conference is going to be ace 😍 & I strongly recommend submitting an abstract.

Topics relating to the core areas of @psampg.bsky.social & @techpolicy.bsky.social are welcome.

www.bournemouth.ac.uk/navigating-d...

Navigating Digital Democracy Conference – BU’s Media School

You are warmly invited to submit papers for presentation at the joint annual conference of the Political Studies Association’s Media and Politics Group (MPG) & Technology, Information and Policy Group (TIP).

www.bournemouth.ac.uk

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PSA Technology, Internet, & Policy (TIP) @techpolicy.bsky.social · 19d

Reminder! ⚠️ The deadline to submit your abstract and/or panel to our joint conference "Navigating Digital Democracy" with @psampg.bsky.social is fast approaching! ⌛ Full details on the CfP, with info on the topics for consideration, fees and prizes here 👉 www.bournemouth.ac.uk/navigating-d...

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PSA Technology, Internet, & Policy (TIP) @techpolicy.bsky.social · Jul 11

⚡ Big news! ⚡ We're thrilled to announce that are teaming up with @psampg.bsky.social to host our *first* joint conference on "Navigating Digital Democracy" 📩 at Bournemouth University on 8-9 Jan, with an online pre-conf session on the 7 Jan - submission deadline is the 26 Sep more details in 🧵

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Jon Mellon @jonmellon.bsky.social · 24d

Come see our work on using LLMs to track political science research methods at APSA at 4pm today!

We find the latest LLMs beat graduate student RAs at extracting information from academic papers

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mathieu gallard @mathieugallard.bsky.social · 24d

📊 S. Lecornu entre à Matignon avec 16% d'opinions favorables et 40% défavorables - pas loin d'un Français sur deux (44%) n'a à ce stade pas d'opinion précise sur le Premier ministre et son action.

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mathieu gallard @mathieugallard.bsky.social · 24d

📊 E. Macron recule fortement au sein de son propre socle électoral : il n'y a plus qu'un sympathisant Renaissance-MoDem-Horizons sur deux pour juger positivement son action (54%, -18). Les niveau sont très bas chez les proches de LR (25%), et abyssaux au PS et au RN (9%).

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mathieu gallard @mathieugallard.bsky.social · 24d

📊 Dans la dernière vague du baromètre @ipsosfrance.bsky.social pour La Tribune Dimanche, la popularité d'E. Macron chute nettement (17%, -7), atteignant son plus bas niveau depuis son entrée à l'Elysée. www.latribune.fr/la-tribune-d...

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Giulia Sandri @giuliasandri.bsky.social · 26d

Super inspiring workshop on AI and political agency at the university of Valencia !🤩📲💻 I presented on research trends & foresight on social impact of AI

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Giulia Sandri @giuliasandri.bsky.social · 28d

On 10–11 Sept, I’ll be presenting at the University of Valencia workshop on Political Agency between Human & AI. Looking forward to debating how AI is reshaping politics, democracy & civil society. #AI #Democracy

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Francesco Bailo @francescobailo.bsky.social · Aug 28

We have a 🚨 new open access paper 🚨 with @polcommjournal.bsky.social We show how platforms can simultaneously concentrate and fragment political power. We analysed Italy's Five Star Movement across 5 platforms to understand multi-platform dynamics in political organisations. doi.org/10.1080/1058...

Affording Fragmented Audiences: Multi-Platform Deliberation within the Five Star Movement

We examine how multi-platform digital environments influence intra-party dynamics within political organizations, focusing on the Italian Five Star Movement (M5S) as a paradigmatic case of extreme ...

doi.org

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Giulia Sandri @giuliasandri.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you ☺️

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Giulia Sandri @giuliasandri.bsky.social · Aug 16

How is AI rewriting the rules of democracy? 🤖🗳️
With @claudionovelli.bsky.social (Yale), we explore AI’s impact on citizenship, participation, representation & the public sphere.
Part of A Companion to Digital Ethics (eds. L. Floridi & M. Taddeo)
Read here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Digital Democracy

This chapter explores the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on digital democracy, focusing on four main areas: citizenship, participation, representation and the public sphere. It traces the ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Sharon Haleva Amir Lebel @sharonhalevaamir.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our COST action CA23114

recently new website -https://relink2.eu/

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RELINK2 – CA23114 – Regaining linkage? Digital technologies improving civic engagement, political organisations and democracy

Regaining linkage? Digital technologies improving civic engagement, political organisations and democracy. The RELINK² Action will intensify existing networking

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Vanessa Jérome @vanessajerome.bsky.social · Apr 1

Les 26-27.06 à SciencesPoLille, colloque "La sélection des candidats dans les partis politiques contemporains". Joie d'être du comité scientifique/constater la qualité des papiers arrivés ! @ludovicgrave.bsky.social @denisrayer.bsky.social @cechene.bsky.social

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Vanessa Jérome @vanessajerome.bsky.social · Jun 27

C’étaient 2 belles journées de réflexions sur les partis, dont mes étudiant•es - POL3050 @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social Partis politiques - entendront très sûrement parler à la rentrée !

Vanessa Jérome @vanessajerome.bsky.social · Apr 1

Les 26-27.06 à SciencesPoLille, colloque "La sélection des candidats dans les partis politiques contemporains". Joie d'être du comité scientifique/constater la qualité des papiers arrivés ! @ludovicgrave.bsky.social @denisrayer.bsky.social @cechene.bsky.social

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