Democrat Horizon Blog
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Democracy Forum 17: Research, society and personal development in UCE: the Utrecht University Educational Model
17th session of the Democracy Talks, which was presented by Wieger Bakker from Utrecht University. The Democracy Talk was about university life, learning, continuing education, and the university’s educational model. […]
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Democracy Forum 16: INSPIRE: Co-designing more inclusive and embedded participation
On 15 January 2025, we had the pleasure of hosting Democracy Talk 16, where Sonia Bussu from the University of Birmingham shared her insights on the Inspire Project. This Horizon […]
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Democracy Forum 15 Transformation and Reflection in Education for Democracy
On 11 December 2024, we hosted Democracy Talk 15, featuring Anne Nevgi and Niclas Sandström from the University of Helsinki. The session, titled “Transformation and Reflection in Education for Democracy,” […]
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Democracy Forum 14: Promoting democratic participation and engagement – the AKA project
On 27 November 2024, we hosted Democracy Talk 14 featuring Hilmi Tekoglu from the SOLIDAR Foundation. Hilmi shared insights on “Promoting Democratic Participation and Engagement” through the AKA (Awareness, Knowledge, […]
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Democracy Forum 13: How to Educate in a Pluralistic and Democratic Society
Two weeks ago we spoke with Maria Rosa Buxarrais of the University of Barcelona during our Democracy Talks. Maria discussed “How to Educate in a Pluralistic and Democratic Society” in the […]
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Building Democratic Foundations: Insights from Italian Schools on Civic Education
On October 30th, we had the pleasure of hosting Valeria Damiani from LUMSA University in Rome for our 12th Democracy Talk. Valeria shared her expertise on “The School as a […]
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Empowering Youth through Citizens’ Assemblies
By Vanina Morrison On October 16th, we had the pleasure of speaking with Ben Mallon from the Democrat Project about citizens’ assemblies for children and young people. I’d like to […]
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Combating Conspiracy Narratives, Fake News, and Hate Speech in and through Education in Post-Digital Societies
By Fabian Virchow of the Hochschule Düsseldorf, HSD Conspiracy theories (CT) have been examined across several academic disciplines, each offering unique perspectives and methodologies. In psychology, researchers study the cognitive […]
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The 9th Democracy Forum
Hello everyone! Welcome back to the ninth Democracy Forum! Last week, on Wednesday, September 18, we had the honor of hosting Fabian Virchow from the Hochschule Düsseldorf (HSD). Fabian led […]
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The 7th Democracy Forum
Hello everyone! Welcome to the seventh Democracy forum! Last week, on Wednesday, July 17, we had the pleasure of hosting Paulina Sekula from Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Paulina led a […]