EUROPEANCITY2 – European City Squared: Computational Social Science Simulation for Democracy
Programme: Horizon Europe
Duration: 1.01.2025 – 31.12.2027
The European City Squared project will use real and synthetic data with advanced computational social science to create an agent-based simulation platform. By combining science, technology, and social choice theory, the project will test different voting methods—especially Quadratic Voting. This innovative system could improve how public goods are distributed and encourage cooperation, helping reduce polarization and build trust in government. The project brings together scientists, city officials, universities, entrepreneurs, and civil society to deliver new insights and practical tools for more efficient and participatory democratic processes.
In the EuropeanCIty2 project, ASM is responsible for several key tasks:
- Communication, dissemination and engagement: ASM ensures the project's results are effectively shared with stakeholders and the public including creating and managing websites, social media, promotional materials, and events for public and stakeholder engagement.
- Co-definition of research and market needs: involving social sciences and humanities (SSH) in research performance, applying methods from social sciences and humanities to evaluate the effect of new democratic mechanisms like Quadratic Voting, societal impact assessment and stakeholder engagement,
ENCODE – Unveiling emotional dimensions of politics to foster European democracy
Programme: Horizon Europe
Duration: 1.06.2024 – 31.05.2027
The ENCODE project, seeks to enhance democratic governance in Europe by examining the role of emotions in political decision-making. The project aims to create positive emotional narratives that address the emotional needs of European citizens. It challenges the traditional view that politics should be purely rational, instead recognizing that emotions are integral to political discourse. ENCODE proposes the concept of "affective pluralisation" to transform political environments by encouraging emotional engagement while maintaining democratic competition. The project investigates how social media amplifies emotions and spreads disinformation, employing advanced methodologies like face-tracking and biometric research to study emotional responses. By understanding the link between emotional responses and the appeal of populist and conspiracy theories, ENCODE aims to develop strategies to mitigate their impact. The project also explores how European identities and values can foster positive emotional responses,
In the ENCODE project, ASM is responsible for several key tasks:
- Project Management and Coordination: Which focuses on project and risk management, quality assurance, data management, and ethics. This involves overseeing the technical, scientific, and administrative coordination of the project, ensuring that the research activities align with ethical guidelines, and managing the collection, storage, and handling of research data.
- Neuroscience research: This task is dedicated to understanding citizen emotional responses through biometric and qualitative research. This includes developing methodologies to elicit emotions, conducting neurobiological measurements, and performing in-depth interviews. The results are synthesized into emotional maps that depict the discrepancies between affects and emotions at the country level.
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