Regaining linkage? Digital technologies improving civic engagement, political organisations and democracy
The RELINK² Action will intensify existing networking efforts of scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds from different European regions, addressing two problems:
How can democracies regain legitimacy and rebuild the link between representative institutions and citizens using 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:
the main organisational consequences of the digital transformation and their impact on re-linkage strategies,
effectiveness of digital transformations in re-connecting intermediary structures with society,
implementation of political organisations' re-linking strategies to marginalised groups based on responsible use of digital tools.
Dr Jasmin FITZPATRICK, Johannes Gutenberg-universitat
Mr Daniel OROSS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Dr Lidija PULEVSKA IVANOVSKA, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Prof Michał JACUŃSKI, Uniwersytet Wroclawski
Dr Marco LISI, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Dr Sergiu GHERGHINA, University of Glasgow
Ms Alexandra Alina IANCU, University of Bucharest
Dr Patricia CORREA, School of Advanced Social Studies
Prof Simona KUKOVIC, School of Advanced Social Studies
Dr Fabio LUPATO GARCIA, Universidad Complutense De Madrid
Dr Oscar BARBERA, Universitat de València
Dr Patricia CORREA, Aston University
Félix VON NOSTITZ, European School of Political and Social Sciences
POLAND: Uniwersytet Wrocławski – Dr Michał Jacuński (PI)
BELGIUM: Université Libre de Bruxelles – Dr Davide Vittori & Dr Emilie van Haute
BULGARIA: New Bulgarian University - Dr Petia Gueorguieva
CYPRUS: University of Nicosia - Dr Giorgos Charalambous
CZECH REPUBLIC: Charles University - Faculty of Social Sciences - Mr Daniel Sarovec & Michal Maly
DENMARK: University of Copenhagen - Dr Christina Neumayer
FRANCE (except ESPOL): University of Lorraine - Dr Fabienne Greffet
GERMANY: University of Duisburg-Essen - Dr Isabelle Borucki / Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz - Dr Jasmin Fitzpatrick)
HUNGARY: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Social Sciences - Mr Daniel Oross
ISRAEL: Bar-Ilan University - Dr Sharon Haleva-Amir & Prof udi lebel
ITALY: University of Turin - Dr Antonella Seddone / University of Calabria - Dr Valeria Tarditi / Università di Torino - Ms Cecilia Biancalana
LATVIA: University of Latvia - Prof Jānis Ikstens
PORTUGAL: Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Dr Marco Lisi
ROMANIA : University of Bucharest - Ms Alexandra Alina Iancu / Babes-Bolyai University - Dr Sergiu Gherghina
SERBIA: University of Belgrade - Prof Dusan Spasojevic
SPAIN: Universitat de València - Dr Oscar Barbera & Juan Rodriguez-Teruel / Complutense University of Madrid - Mr Marco Meloni & Dr Fabio Lupato García / Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - Dr Rosa Borge
UNITED KINGDOM: King's College London - Dr Gefion Thuermer / Aston University - Dr Patricia Correa
