Demokratiezentrum Wien

17/11/2025

📯 MORE - 2nd PROJECT MEETING in VIENNA, 28th & 29th of OCTOBER

For the 2nd Project Meeting the MORE-Consortium came together in Vienna. At the meeting each partner presented the materials that they had worked on so far and received feedback. Now the partners are working on finalising the materials so that they can be tested and feedbacked by external persons.

Visit the Project Website for more details:
https://www.idd.uni-hannover.de/en/research/more

24/06/2025

📯MORE (More than Two Sides) Kick-Off Meeting in Hannover

Ende Mai fand das Kick-Off Meeting für eines unserer neuen Projekte in Hannover statt. Gemeinsam mit Partner:innen aus Deutschland und Kroatien wird sich das Demokratiezentrum in den nächsten 2 Jahren mit Emotionen und Politischer Bildung beschäftigen.

👉Mehr Infos zum Projekt gibt es auf unserer Website: https://www.demokratiezentrum.org/forschung/projekte/aktuelle-projekte/more-more-than-two-sides/

05/06/2025

📣 “Everyone is talking about AI these days. Some people say it’s a new technological wonder, but others seem worried about it. However, it’s not always easy to know what it is and what it really means to you. If you search for it online, you might even get an answer provided by AI”.

The excerpt above is taken from free webinars we developed within the “Artificial Intelligence and the Shaping of Democracy” project. Curious about AI?
Then check out the webinars the link below ⬇️

19/03/2025

🎉 Es ist soweit – unser Projekt Transform'Action ist abgeschlossen!

Nach zwei spannenden - grenzübergreifenden und interdisziplinären - Seminaren freuen wir uns, die Ergebnisse unseres Projekts zur Reflexion und Erprobung partizipativer Ansätze zu präsentieren.

👉 Die Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen des Projektes sind ab jetzt auf unserer Website verfügbar!

Die politische Beteiligung in vielen Teilen unserer Gesellschaft geht zurück. Die Distanz zu den demokratischen Institutionen nimmt zu. In Reaktion wurde das Projekt Transform’action konzipiert. In Zusammenarbeit mit Partner*innen aus vier europäischen Ländern wurden mehrere Treffen durchgefüh...

30/11/2024

🔔With this post, we conclude the weekly insights from our MANTA project.

In the previous weeks, we presented some insights related to deliberative democracy, Mini-Publics, and our work with schools. Check out the rest of our Teaching Material here:

Deutsch Auf dieser Seite finden Sie drei Ressourcen, die darauf abzielen, politische Partizipation, insbesondere Mini-Publics, in den Schulunterricht zu integrieren. Das Blended Learning Training bietet eine Einführung in Mini-Publics und neue Formen der Partizipation sowie didaktische Überlegunge...

26/11/2024

🔔MANTA Weekly Insight

This does not only mean voting, but also learning to discuss with others, and make demands for the school head and teachers while in primary school. We present an approach to our work with a primary school for classroom in our vodcasts. Check it out here: https://www.demokratiezentrum.org/bildung/angebote/projekte/aktuelle-projekte/manta/teaching-material/

21/11/2024

📣 Große Neuigkeiten!
Wir freuen uns, den ersten von zwei Ergebnissen unseres Projekts REACT - Recognising Extremism and Conspiracy Theories im Rahmen von Erasmus+ veröffentlichen zu können!

👉 Mehr Details und das Ergebnis findest du hier: https://www.demokratiezentrum.org/forschung/publikationen/materialien/react-materialien/ bzw. https://www.idd.uni-hannover.de/en/forschung/projekte/react

Bleibt gespannt – der zweite Teil folgt in den nächsten Monaten!

Conspiracy theories and extremist beliefs have significantly increased their influence and popularity in Europe over the past years. This development poses special pedagogical challenges to schools and teachers as studies have shown that students are also susceptible to extremist indoctrination and....

20/11/2024

🔔MANTA weekly insight

Do students think that they are sufficiently involved in the democratic decision-making processes for solving problems in their school? How can they organise themselves and initiate processes that will result in real changes in their school?

See the whole process from the initial discussion to the solution of the problems on a real example from one school in the vodcast we recorded 👉 https://udruga-s-school.thinkific.com/

12/11/2024

🔔MANTA weekly insight

Protesting at a demonstration, participating in citizen forums, joining a union, or taking part in a class council—these are all forms of political participation. Students learn how to engage in a democratic society also at school.

What pedagogical, didactical and content knowledge do teachers need to teach participation?
We provide some answers in our teacher training concept:
https://www.demokratiezentrum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MANTA-Blended-Learning-Training-EN.pdf

05/11/2024

🔔MANTA weekly insight

Under which conditions is a mini-public effective?
In our compendium, we suggest that embedding mini-publics in policy processes and systems seem to be key. Find out the other factors here: https://www.demokratiezentrum.org/bildung/angebote/projekte/aktuelle-projekte/manta/compendium/

29/10/2024

🔔MANTA weekly insight

📍How do facilitators manage diverging opinions during a mini-public? What is dynamic facilitation? How are decisions taken? What do consensus and consent mean in the context of mini-publics?
We provide answers in our compendium; check out the case study of Mini-Publics in Vorarlberg: https://www.demokratiezentrum.org/bildung/angebote/projekte/aktuelle-projekte/manta/compendium/

22/10/2024

🔔MANTA weekly insight

How do deliberative practices improve citizen involvement in democracy?

Some types of political participation (like mini-publics), focus on deliberation, that is, discussion between citizens.

This type of participation aims to empower citizens, ensuring that their voices are heard by policy-makers. This also improves citizens’ trust in the legitimacy and fairness of the decision-making process and political system as they become more involved in democratic processes.
You can reflect on this and more in our compendium (available in English, German and Croatian): https://www.demokratiezentrum.org/bildung/angebote/projekte/aktuelle-projekte/manta/compendium/