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DCU Partners in new Horizon Europe project focused on political participation

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The university's involvement in the new INTERFACED project, led City St George's, University of London is worth €280,000 in funding to the university. Overall the 11 partner consortium has been awarded €3 million in funding for a project looking at the current state of democracy in a variety of political contexts following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dublin City University's contribution is being led by Dr Paola Rivetti from the School of Law and Government, and the project will include the recruitment of a new postdoctoral fellow. Running until December 2027, the project will tackle the issue of political participation with a view to providing practical policy recommendations to relevant bodies in the EU, the UK, and Tunisia.

The other nine partners joining DCU and City St George's on the consortium include other academic institutions and non-government organisations, bringing together a range of diverse interdisciplinary knowledge and research expertise.

  • City St George’s, University of London (United Kingdom)
  • Dublin City University (Ireland)
  • Edgeryders OU (Estonia)
  • European Citizen Action Service (Belgium)
  • HUN-REN Társadalomtudományi (Hungary)
  • JFRC Fondation Jasmin Ltd. (United Kingdom)
  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt am main (Germany)
  • Københavns Universitet (Denmark)
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Madrid)
  • Università degli Studi di Parma (Italy)
  • Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai (Romania)

The project's full title, Interfaces for Democratic Participation: Deliberation, Mobilisation, and Contestation Since the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic, reflects its desire to capture information and make recommendations at a key inflection point for democratic systems. With trust in key institutions declining, the project seeks to bridge a widening gap between decision makers and citizens.