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Coronavirus and the Future of Democracy in Europe By Hans Kundnani

The pandemic raises difficult questions about whether liberal democracies can adequately protect their citizens.

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31 Mar 2020
The Future of Democracy in Europe: Technology and the Evolution of Representation By Hans Kundnani

To the extent that perceptions of a crisis in liberal democracy in Europe can be confirmed, this paper investigates the nature of the problem and its causes.

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3 Mar 2020
Democracy and Technology: Responding to Change By Anthony Zacharzewski

Anthony Zacharzewski explores the challenges involved in trying to fix democracy in a period when society generally is facing huge upheaval.

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26 Jun 2019
Democracy and Technology: Changing the Model of Social Media By Dr Angelos Chryssogelos

Angelos Chryssogelos outlines why social media platforms have the potential to change in bringing together users from different backgrounds and with different beliefs.

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21 Jun 2019
Harnessing technology to revitalize democracy By Hans Kundnani

Hans Kundnani invites you to have your say as we open the black box of think-tank research.

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18 Jun 2019
(GERMANY OUT) DEU, Germany, Hagen: The Party of the Greens in the Hagen Stadthalle 30 years ago was still called the Federal Congress and had Petra Kelly and Joseph Beuys as a prominent Greens. (Photo by Klaus Rose/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Does online participation really save political parties from oblivion? By Gefion Thuermer

According to the evidence, not on its own.

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5 Mar 2019
People explore the Audi exhibit during CES 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in Las Vegas, on January 9, 2019. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP) (Photo credit should read DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)
How the digital revolution is changing our idea of humanity By Yvonne Hofstetter

The digital revolution doesn’t just raise issues of privacy. It fundamentally alters the conception of free and sovereign humans on which liberal democracy is based.

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16 Jan 2019
Liquid democracy could help answer Europe’s legitimacy crisis By Avital Balwit

Digital technology enables the emergence of a new kind of democratic participation that can help Europe overcome a loss of trust in government.

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12 Nov 2018
Is the web neutral? Three views on the structure of the internet By Juan Ortiz Freuler

Does the web produce particular outcomes because of how it is built, or does it merely reflect society?

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29 Oct 2018
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