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D1.2 – Living Lab Methodology

This document outlines the Living Lab methodology for the INNOVADE project, ensuring a coordinated and coherent approach across all Living Labs and the project’s three-year duration. The methodology is designed to facilitate collaboration

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D2.1 – INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy

This report presents an interdisciplinary knowledge base on digital democracy. It discusses the state-of-the-art of a variety of research aspects and dimensions of digital democracy. It asks what digital democracy is, what digital media’s

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D2.1 – INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy

This report presents an interdisciplinary knowledge base on digital democracy. It discusses the state-of-the-art of a variety of research aspects and dimensions of digital democracy. It asks what digital democracy is, what digital media’s

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D2.2 – The Digital Democracy Score (DDS): A Prototype Tool for Measuring Digital Democracy

This methodology paper outlines the Digital Democracy Score’s methodology. The tool is a prototype that is available and can be used at https://www.digital-democracy.net. It was developed as part of the EU research project INNOVADE

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D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures of Digital Democracy

This deliverable outlines four potential futures or scenarios of digital democracy. These scenarios illustrate how digitalisation could impact society and democratic governance. The method is storytelling, namely the construction of four

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D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures of Digital Democracy

This deliverable outlines four potential futures or scenarios of digital democracy. These scenarios illustrate how digitalisation could impact society and democratic governance. The method is storytelling, namely the construction of four

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D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures of Digital Democracy

This deliverable outlines four potential futures or scenarios of digital democracy. These scenarios illustrate how digitalisation could impact society and democratic governance. The method is storytelling, namely the construction of four

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D3.2 – Governance Framework for the Transition to Digital Democracy

This report outlines foundations of digital democracy, including a focus on digital democracy in general, digital deliberation, online participation, open governance, digital activism, e-voting, global trends that influence digital

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D3.3 - Public Procurement Interactive Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to help public sector professionals envision, discuss and plan initiatives that involve citizens in policy-making and/or service delivery through digital technologies. It translates the findings of the ‘Governance

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D4.1 – INNOVADE Digital Democracy Preference Toolkit

This deliverable examines citizens' and governments' perspectives on digital democracy applications (DDAs) in Europe from a practical standpoint. Yet, insights from academic papers are used to contextualise the insights gained from citizens

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D4.2 – Report on the state of the art in Digital Democracy Technology

The deliverable provides a survey of existing Digital Democracy Apps, Open-Source platforms, and Data Ethics and Data Security Best Practices with an additional in-depth summary looking at the discussion output from citizens and

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D5.1 – Efforts to relieve inequalities of access to technology among citizens at various levels of governance

This deliverable aims to analyse the infrastructural inequalities that limit citizens’ access to technology at various governance levels.

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Software

DemocraSeek

DemocraSeek – Digital Democracy Knowledge Navigator DemocraSeek is an open-source, AI-powered digital democracy knowledge navigator developed by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) within the Horizon Europe INNOVADE project

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Presentations

Digital Democracy Applications: Harmonising Citizen Voices and Government Action in Europe

This presentation was originally used during the webinar help by KUL and DFKI, which you can view here: https://youtu.be/xDDrLCsHdLI?si=41GsYT_widjCTWKA The Digital Preference Toolkit is available here: https://zenodo.org/records/18258934

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European Democracy Shield Open Public Consultation Policy Recommendations by the Horizon Europe project INNOVADE

This policy brief is prepared as a response to the public consultation opened by the European Commission for further development and fine-tuning of the European Democracy Shield initiative. This brief is prepared by INNOVADE project

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Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Incidents and Digital Democracy Dataset (2020–2025)

This dataset was developed to support Chapter 8 in Deliverable 2.1 titled 'Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy' for Horizon Europe project INNOVADE. The dataset documents confirmed and well-documented cases of Foreign

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Futures of Digital Democracy Survey (FDDS) Open Data Survey Round 1

The first dataset used for the "Futures of Digital Democracy Survey" Report.

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Futures of Digital Democracy Survey (FDDS) Open Data Survey Round 2

The second dataset used for the "Futures of Digital Democracy Survey" Report.

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INNOVADE Digital Democracy Apps Dataset

This dataset was developed to support Tasks 4.4 and 4.5 and the broader quantitative benchmarking work underpinning the D4.2 Report on the state of the art in Digital Democracy Technology. It provides a harmonised, structured record of

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INNOVADE Holding Democracy Together: A common European baseline for trustworthy digital democracy in Europe (Policy Brief)

'Holding Democracy Together: A common European baseline for trustworthy digital democracy in Europe' is a policy brief drawing on 18 months of consortium research — a citizen survey of more than 400 respondents, a questionnaire of 67 public

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INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy - D2.1 (DRAFT)

This report presents an interdisciplinary knowledge base on digital democracy. It discusses the state-of-the-art of a variety of research aspects and dimensions of digital democracy. It asks what digital democracy is, what digital media’s

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INNOVADE Living Lab 2: Envisioning Digital Democracy Based on Research & Best Practices (Final Report)

The second Living Lab was designed to collaboratively envision pathways towards an optimum digital democracy, combining insights from research, expert inputs, and practical co-creation activities. Building on Deliverable D2.1

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INNOVADE Living Lab 4 Co-designing the INNOVADE Digital Democracy Application (Final Report)

Living Lab 4 focused on transforming insights from earlier INNOVADE activities into a tangible draft specification for the Digital Democracy Application. The report presents the methodology, techniques and tools, structure, highlights from

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INNOVADE Living Lab 5: Envisioning Future Digital Democracy based on social and technological trends

Living Lab 5 focused on examining the social, technological, and governance conditions necessary for public authorities to adopt and use digital democracy applications effectively and sustainably. The report presents the methodology

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INNOVADE Living Labs 3: Matching Citizen and Government Expectations of Digital Democracy (Final Report)

The report presents the methodology, techniques, and findings of the Living Lab 3 held online by the project on 29 October. The objective of the living lab was to explore how digitalisation can strengthen democracy by improving

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Posters

INNOVADE Posters: Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy

The Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy report discusses the start-of-the-art of a variety of aspects and dimensions of digital democracy. Given the talk about the crisis of democracy and the rise of the network society

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INNOVADE Press Release: Digital Democracy for a Changing World

Press Release for the launch of the INNOVADE project, a new European initiative to make online civic participation secure, inclusive and effective.

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INNOVADE Press Release: INNOVADE publishes an Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy

On the occasion of the International Day of Democracy (15 September 2025), the INNOVADE project announces the release of its Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy ( 10.5281/zenodo.17079016). This extensive report presents

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INNOVADE Press Release: INNOVADE releases a Digital Democracy Preference Toolkit to Strengthen Digital Participation

The INNOVADE project announces the release of its Digital Democracy Preference Toolkit ( 10.5281/zenodo.18258933). The Toolkit provides a comprehensive framework for the future of digital participation.

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Diagram

KER Factsheet #1 Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy

This factsheet provides the description, benefits and importance of the KER#1.

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KER Factsheet #2 Digital Democracy Grading Toolkit

This factsheet provides the description, benefits and importance of the KER#2.

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KER Factsheet #3 White Paper on the Future of Digital Democracy

This factsheet provides the description, benefits and importance of the KER#3.

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KER Factsheet #6 Digital Democracy Preference Toolkit

This factsheet provides the description, benefits and importance of the KER#6.

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Presentations

Measuring Digital Democracy: The Digital Democracy Score (DDS)

This presentation was originally used during the DDS webinar help by UPB, which you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeI-IEHmLng The DDS tool is available for free here: https://digital-democracy.net/

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Navigating Digital Democracy: Challenges and Future Directions - joint webinar by INNOVADE, AI4DELIBERATION, PERYCLES

Technology is transforming democracy—opening new channels for participation while introducing complex challenges that demand our attention. The EU is responding with strategic initiatives to safeguard democratic processes in this shifting

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Open Governance: Digital Opportunities And Democratic Challenges Innovative Democracy Through Digitalisation - European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Conference

The slides have been presented by Victor Werimo at the EGPA 2025 Conference on the 28 August 2025 during the session Open Governance for Digital Democracy and Citizen Participation: Connecting Theory and Practice. Background: Digital

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Post-event report: Navigating Digital Democracy webinar

This webinar, held on 27th March 2025 brought together EC representatives, civil society organisations, researchers, and technology experts to share insights and build networks committed to democratic resilience. It explored diverse

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Press Release: Holding Democracy Together through Participation

Following the United Nations' International Day for Democracy on 15 September, and this week's State of the Union, the INNOVADE consortium is spotlighting the findings of its policy brief, which argues that what makes digital democracy work

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The Digital Democracy Score (DDS) launched: A Tool for Measuring Digital Democracy

This press release covers the launch of the project's Digital Democracy Score (DDS) tool, which allows users to assess Digital Democracy levels through an online service.

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The Futures of Digital Democracy Survey (FDDS): Report and Analysis

This report outlines foundations of digital democracy, including a focus on digital democracy in general, digital deliberation, online participation, open governance, digital activism, e-voting, global trends that influence digital

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WEBINAR: Shielding Democracy in the Digital Age: Foundations of Digital Democracy Analysis

INNOVADE’s webinar focused on three themes central to the debate on digital democracy. We presented the INNOVADE EU research project’s first research report, the Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy. First, Christian Fuchs

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What Digital Futures Do We (Not) Want?

This presentation was originally used during the webinar held by PUB, which you can view here: https://youtu.be/w_VPcAOzRoY

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