Project information
From depoliticization to empowering dissensus: the potential of participatory innovations to facilitate inclusive politicization of the European Union
- Project Identification
- GN25-15708I
- Project Period
- 4/2025 - 3/2028
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP
- Incoming
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Social Studies
In an era marked by a complex transnational polycrisis, the European Union (EU) faces
significant challenges, including rising Euroscepticism and a widening gap between its
institutions and citizens. Against this backdrop, the EU has intensified efforts to incorporate
participatory innovations into its policymaking processes. However, existing research suggests
these innovations may reinforce the EU’s depoliticized and technocratic nature. The
project aims to identify conditions that facilitate inclusive politicization and engagement through
participatory innovations, while also theorizing the concept of “empowering dissensus.” To
achieve this, the research will explore and explain the attitudes of EU parliamentarians and
Czech citizens towards participatory innovations within the EU. This research is timely and
crucial, considering the ongoing push for participatory mechanisms at the EU level and its
potential to provide valuable insights for EU Member States, such as Czechia, where
participatory innovations are just emerging.
Publications
Total number of publications: 1
2025
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From depoliticization to empowering dissensus: the potential of participatory innovations to facilitate inclusive politicization of the European Union
Year: 2025, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings