New open database on participatory budgeting in Catalonia
As experimentation with democratic innovations —such as participatory budgets— has proliferated throughout the world, interest has also grown in measuring...
New publication: “Autonomy and Technology: From Instrumentalism to Technocomplexity”
Calleja-López, A., Pérez-Verdugo, M., & Barandiaran, X. E. (2025). Autonomy and technology: from instrumentalism to technocomplexity. In Outonomy: Fleshing out...
Participatory workshop: Stereotypes and the digital divide
On 11 December, we will present the results of the study Digital Ageism: Ageist Stereotypes and the Vicious Circle of...
New publication in the journal Acta Política: Social media and political parties, a distorted mirror?
A new publication in the journal Acta Política entitled A distorted mirror? Party cohesion in political parties’ Twitterspheres, is authored...
Invitation: Workshop on Methodologies for Studying Algorithmic (Age) Discrimination and Fairness
We invite you to participate in the workshop on Methodologies for Studying Algorithmic (Age) Discrimination and Fairness, which will be...
New article: between ethical Pacts and Musk’s Meltdown: Mapping Latin America’s struggle to regulate digital campaigns
A recent analysis by Ronald Sáenz-Leandro, a PhD candidate at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), examines Latin America’s efforts...
New research project: Explaining digital paradoxes from the perspective of older adults
Our group has launched the new research project DP-DDS | ‘Digital Paradoxes’ in times of Data-Driven Surveillance. Disentangling the ‘privacy...
Article in the newspaper Ara: “The participation law that Catalonia is waiting for” by Jaume López, Rosa Borge and other experts
The citizen participation law debated by citizens and designed in the last three years must be presented and defended in...
Report “The gears of the machine. Power and inequalities in artificial intelligence” – Various Authors
“The gears of the machine. Power and inequalities in artificial intelligence” is a report curated by Oxfam Intermón and published...