Name of the Project: RELINK² – Regaining linkage? Digital technologies improving civic engagement, political organisations and democracy
Project Number: CA23114
Project Coordinator: n/a
Type of Project: COST Action
Project Lifetime: 7th of October 2024 until 6th of October 2028
Aims and Objectives
The RELINK2 Action will intensify existing networking efforts of scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds and countries in the EU and beyond, to address two problems:
- How can democracies regain legitimacy and rebuild the link between representative institutions and citizens using the benefits of digital technologies?
- How can political organisations connect with digitally marginalised but politically active groups (the elderly) and with digitally active but politically marginalised ones (young citizens)?
In this regard, RELINK2 aims to find answers to three research gaps: a) the main organisational consequences of the digital transformation and their impact on re-linkage strategies, b) effectiveness of digital transformations in re-connecting intermediary structures with society, c) implementation of political organisations’ re-linking strategies to marginalised groups based on responsible use of digital tools. This requires an interdisciplinary and coordinated analytical framework.
Coordination of the project in ISCAP / Researchers involved:
Carina Cerqueira
Research Unit
CEI
Project website
https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23114/
