Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation

Does technology break down barriers to participate in decision-making? What are visible and invisible barriers to participation? How do traditional public values translate into an online environment? Do we govern technology or does technology govern us? Can governance of the Internet be entrusted to private actors alone?

Such questions address the difficulties in leveraging new technologies to enable effective citizen participation, the growing need for continued stakeholder engagement in global, European, national and local governance, and the need for concerted regulation and novel governance approaches in the digital environment.

Key Themes

• Digitalisation and Democracy
• Digitalisation and Innovation
• Legitimacy and Participation beyond the State
• Political Disinformation in a Digital Context
• Digital Markets
• Innovative Education