DUST e-democracy Pol.is output
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