E-Democracy – Technical possibilities of the use of electronic voting and other Internet tools in European elections
- Project team:
- Funding:
STOA (The Science Technology Options Assessment Panel of the European Parliament)
- Start date:
2010
- End date:
2011
- Project partners:
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) (project leader),
Institute of Technology Assessment at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ITA),
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) - Research group:
Project description
The project will deal with the potential of Internet-based applications to improve political participation and the quality of democratic decision-making at the European level. To this end, the role of new media technologies in creating a European public sphere will be investigated. A major focus of the project will be the formal opportunities for European citizens to participate at the European level by the means of Internet-based applications, including e-voting solutions. Good practice examples of e-participation activities of the member states will provide a useful basis for recommendations for European decision-makers.
The findings of the project will be discussed with experts and MEPs in two workshops.
Publications
E-Democracy and the European Public Sphere
2020. European E-Democracy in Practice. Ed.: L. Hennen, 47–92, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27184-8_3
European E-Democracy in Practice
2020. (L. Hennen, I. van Keulen, I. Korthagen, Lindner & R. Ø. Nielsen, Eds.), Springer
Electronic Democracy in Europe : Prospects and Challenges of E-Publics, E-Participation and E-Voting
2016. Springer
Public processes for securing the internet
2012. 5th Internat.Conf.on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP), Bruxelles, January 25-27, 2012