DUST e-democracy Pol.is output

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Authors: Alexander Wandl, Anca Ioana Forgaci, Nohemí Ramirez Aranda, Verena Elisabeth Balz
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Abstract

The e-democracy tool Pol.is is an open-source consensus-oriented deliberative decision-making software for addressing controversial issues within potentially large groups of social media users. The tool is designed to address diverse publics and is oriented toward second-order decisions regarding the exchange and synthesis of opinions. The data set represents the results of this experiment, which was run under the header Regional Futures Literacy Labs (RFLLs), tested as part of a hybrid format combining digital and analogue design-led territorial participation instruments. The experiment war running in 2025 in the case studies of Norrbotten (Sweden), Katowice (Poland), Lusatia (Germany), and Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)

Fields of Study & Subjects

Political Theory and Democracy E-Government and Public Services Social Media and Politics

Publication details

Journal / source
4TU.ResearchData
Publication date
4 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset