Resilient Democracy Online: Reimagining Civic Debate on Social Media.

BRIAS and the SoMe4Dem – Social Media for Democracy project invite you to a three-day stakeholder event dedicated to strengthening democratic debate in the digital age.

A stakeholder workshop organized in partnership with BRIAS
Part of the Horizon Europe project SoMe4Dem

About the Event

How can democratic debate thrive in an era of online polarisation, shifting political norms, and increasingly complex information ecosystems?

Resilient Democracy Online is a three-day event hosted in collaboration with BRIAS as part of the Horizon Europe project SoMe4Dem – Social Media for Democracy. The programme brings together eight partner institutions, including the Brussels School of Governance, to examine the causal mechanisms underpinning digital citizenship and democratic engagement.

This workshop will explore:

• How European digital ecosystems can build long-term resilience to external disruptions
• Technical and institutional conditions for open, healthy civic debate
• Ways to foster constructive disagreement and deliberation online
• Socio-technical principles for strengthening democratic use of social media
• Insights from research on polarisation, cultural memory, and public trust

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