<nettime> Invitation to participate in the Futures of Digital Democracy Survey (FDDS)

[Christian Fuchs via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Invitation to participate in the Futures of Digital Democracy Survey (FDDS)

Hello,

We want to invite you to participate in an expert survey that addresses 
a key political topic of our time: the future of democracy in the 
digital age and the rise of authoritarianism.

The EU research project INNOVADE: Innovative Democracy through 
Digitalisation https://innovade-democracy.eu/ studies digital democracy. 
Paderborn University’s INNOVADE research team (led by Christian Fuchs) 
runs the Futures of Digital Democracy Survey (FDDS):

https://bit.ly/fdds_1
https://digital-democracy.net/d/index.php/111849

Particiation will take about five minutes.

The goal of the survey is to analyse how digital media experts assess 
the potential futures of digital society and the Internet and what 
visions they have for these futures.

INNOVADE will use the results of the survey as inputs to European Union 
policy debates on the future of democracy (that is currently being 
discussed as part of the European Democracy Shield’s goal to strengthen 
the EU’s democratic resilience, digital autonomy/sovereignty from big 
tech, etc.).

The survey has two rounds. In the first round, we ask for basic 
assessments. In a follow-up round, we report some of the first round 
results to the participants and ask for further assessments. After the 
survey’s second round is completed, all data will be published 
anonymously as an open data set.

We’d be happy if you were able to participate. The first round is open 
until 23 February 2026. The second round will take place some time in 
March or April.

https://bit.ly/fdds_1
https://digital-democracy.net/d/index.php/111849

Below you find some links to research that INNOVADE has already 
conducted on the topic of digital democracy.

With kind regards
Christian Fuchs
on behalf of the Paderborn University INNOVADE research team

Relevant INNOVADE reports:

Christian Fuchs: What is and How Do We Achieve a Resilient Digital 
Democracy?
https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.1

Christian Fuchs, Joel Museba, Kevin Friesch: White Paper: The Futures of 
Digital Democracy. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17747936

Christian Fuchs (Editor) Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital 
Democracy. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016

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