🎥 Second Video Interview
As part of the TWIN4DEM video interview series, we are sharing a new conversation focused on the importance of ethics in research from Eticas.ai
▶️ Full interview: youtu.be/_XeR5X4H_0M
#TWIN4DEM #EUProjects #EthicsInResearch #DemocracyResearch #ResponsibleResearch
Group photo of 18 participants from the launch event in Lille.
A significant moment for democracy in Europe 🇪🇺
We were in Lille last Friday for the launch of the first Chair in Comparative Direct Democracy.
Key messages:
👉 A vibrant democracy is shared.
👉 A sustainable democracy involves everyone.
#DirectDemocracy #DemocracyResearch
@marseauce1.bsky.social
🎥 New Video Interview Campaign - In this first interview, the project coordinator presents the vision of TWIN4DEM and its approach to advancing research on executive aggrandisement.
🔗 twin4dem.eu
#TWIN4DEM #EUProjects #DemocracyResearch #InterviewCampaign
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Having worked on MEDem since 2022, I am incredibly proud of how far we have come. This would not have been possible without the broad support of such committed #MEDemCommunity.
If there is one thing I am absolutely convinced of, it is that #DemocracyResearch needs its own #ResearchInfrastructure. 🤞
We have just released a protocol for collecting #parliamentaryrecords data. Built with Python, it streamlines gathering debates, bills etc. Adaptable for any parliament or topic.
The work of @romeroreche.bsky.social & team!
#ResearchTools #DemocracyResearch
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#CNES took the floor at the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org as Olga Gyarfasova presented our activities to the #DemocracyResearch community 💡 #CNES is a proud partner of @medem.bsky.social and we look forward to a continued collaboration with this emerging European #ResearchInfrastructure 🚀
Screenshot of the article “Open science in democracy research: the research infrastructure ‘Monitoring Electoral Democracy’ (MEDem)” published in European Political Science. The header shows the journal name, DOI link, and the label “DEBATE.” Below, the title is followed by the author list: Hajo Boomgaarden, Alexia Katsanidou, Sylvia Kritzinger, Georg Lutz, Johanna Willmann, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl. The abstract explains the aims of MEDem as a European research infrastructure to make democracy research data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable). Keywords listed include open science, FAIR data, ESFRI roadmap, research infrastructure, democracy research, data harmonization, data linking, and data set search. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-025-00534-8
They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
🦋 #ScienceofDemocracy No.113
#DemocracyResearch is in trouble. The Science of Democracy 2.0 responds with an ambitious agenda. Jonas Wolff explores a fundamental tension: can a radically pluralist approach to democracy research really be a tool to defend democracy?
👉 buff.ly/DgnFJV6
A small boat covered with a dark tarp is moored along a sunny canal in Amsterdam, with typical narrow Dutch houses and parked cars lining the waterway under green trees.
A wide sunset view over the cityscape of Amsterdam, seen from a high vantage point, with buildings and tree-lined streets stretching toward the horizon under a soft pastel sky.
Sunny & productive days in Amsterdam! ☀️ The MEDem Infrastructure’s Service Center for Text & Multimedia Data 📚📺📱gathered for a 2-day workshop to discuss services & put plans into action. Important steps forward - one step at a time! ⚙️📊 #MEDem #DemocracyResearch #EuropeanInfrastructure #DataScience
🎉 We are excited to announce the #MEDemConference2025 keynote speakers:
@sldelange.bsky.social & @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social — leading experts in European #DemocracyResearch!
Looking forward to their insights & fruitful discussions!
📅 29–30 Sept 2025
📍 GESIS, Cologne
🔗⚙️ Excited to announce a new #MoU between #MEDem & @icpsr.bsky.social! Partnering to tackle #ICT -related challenges & support data-driven #DemocracyResearch worldwide. 🌐📊 Read more on the MEDemBlog: www.medem.eu/mou-icpsr/
Want to explore how history shapes democracy, test big-picture theories, or pick case studies based on historical experience?
Introducing 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 - a new R package and #VDemInstitute #WorkingPaper.
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#Polisky #ResearchData #StockData #PoliticalScience
#PoliSciSky #demstock #DemocracyResearch
🚨 Reminder: Don't forget to apply for an internship at V-Dem Institute!
📆 Deadline April 28 for Fall 2025.
Read more at v-dem.net/about/intern...
#SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Internship #DemocracyResearch #Student
#PoliSky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData #SocialScienceData #DemocracyData
#CNES is proud to be a partner of #MEDem! Congratulations @medem.bsky.social 🥳on this important step in strengthening and consolidating the research and data landscape in #DemocracyResearch
🤝Joining forces for #DemocracyResearch! #MEDem has started collaborations with leading European SSH research infrastructures: @ess-survey.bsky.social , @cessda.bsky.social, @ggp.bsky.social, #SHARE-ERIC, and #CLARIN-ERIC! 👉 Read more about this on our blog: www.medem.eu/joining-forc...
We did it! 🙌
#MEDem is now formally established and funded for the coming years. ✅
Application to the #ESFRI #Roadmap is ongoing. ✅
Huge thanks to everyone who supported us—over the years, months, weeks, and in the final moments too! 🤝
A major step forward for #DemocracyResearch. 🗳️
Incredibly proud to be part of this! 🌍 On 10 April 2025, MEDem – Monitoring Electoral Democracy in Europe – officially submitted its ESFRI Roadmap application, backed by 15 countries. A huge step for democracy research across Europe! 🇪🇺 #MEDem #DemocracyResearch #ESFRI
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🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations.
One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅
Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉
We hope this helps scholars evaluate #DemocraticInnovations more rigorously across contexts.
📊 Comparative-ready
🔍 Conceptually grounded
🧠 Methodologically flexible
#PoliticalScience #DeliberativeDemocracy #ParticipatoryDemocracy #PolicyImpact #DemocracyResearch #NewPublication
As we prepare to submit our #ESFRI application, #MEDem has reached an incredible milestone—over 1,000 personal endorsements! 🤩🎉
A heartfelt thank you to all democracy scholars from Europe and beyond for supporting us on our journey towards shaping the future of #data-driven #DemocracyResearch! 📊✨
Our final video before the application deadline. Share it with your colleagues – get into a conversation. Your support will be key for our application the #ESFRIRoadmap. #DemocracyResearch #ResearchInfrastructures 🤝
TWIN4DEM was presented on Digital Humanities at IOS Leibniz-Institut!
🔍 How digital innovations can boost democracy research and civic engagement.
Thanks to Klára Vedlichová and the Centre for Digital Humanities at Charles University!
#TWIN4DEM #DigitalHumanities #DemocracyResearch
Exciting to see the MEDem Community continue to grow! With the ESFRI application deadline approaching, there’s still time to show your support and help us push this initiative forward. #DemocracyResearch #ResearchInfrastructures
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Participating in the #MEDem Steering Committee workshop in Vienna marked my second opportunity to join these in-person discussions. 🏛️
Over two productive days, we made significant progress toward the upcoming #ESFRI roadmap submission!
#DemocracyResearch
It's Sunday! What a perfect day to support this #ResearchInfrastructure initiative!
If you like to work with political data & agree that mapping concepts, indicators, and linking 🔗 diverse datasets can advance #DemocracyResearch 🗳️ for everyone, add your name to show your support.
Sign up here ✍️🤝
🌍 This week, the #MEDem Steering Committee gathered in Vienna for a highly productive 2-day workshop—the final meeting before the #ESFRI roadmap submission! 🚀
Huge thanks to everyone who participated and contributed to this inspiring final push. Onwards to the finish line! 💪✨ #DemocracyResearch
✨ Happening now: @jamoeberl.bsky.social presents #MEDem as an evolving European #ResearchInfrastructure for #DemocracyData 🗳️, showcasing the first prototypes of #MEDemTools 🛠️ to an interdisciplinary audience at the Technical University of Vienna 🏫.
#DemocracyResearch #DataLinkage #ERI
🌍📊 #MEDem will facilitate comparative #DemocracyResearch by harmonizing data on countries, institutions, parties, politicians, media, and voters – making it easier to link #DemocracyData across actors, space, and time 🔗.
Discover more at medem.eu and join the #MEDemCommunity! 🚀
Group photo of the MEDem Team and the workshop participants.
Whiteboard full of post-its.
Building Géopolis in Lausanne.
View of mountains near Lausanne.
Great discussions at the recent MEDem Workshop in Lausanne with brilliant minds from Political Science and Communication Science! Hosted by FORS, we worked hard to gear up for the final phase of the ESFRI meeting. #MEDem #ESFRI #DemocracyResearch 🔗
If you’re new on here and haven’t checked this out yet - @medem.bsky.social is also here. The next European Infrastructure for Data Linkage in quantitative #DemocracyResearch. 📊🗳️
Find this interesting? Then be so nice and endorse this initiative on www.medem.eu
