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- [Home](https://acteu.org/) - Project duration | DaysHoursMinutesSeconds ActEU Towards a new era of representative democracy Activating European Citizens' Trust in Times of Crises and Polarization How can we conceptualize and empirically measure political trust and legitimacy beyond the usual survey question “How much trust do you have in the parliament?”? Does the multi-level nature of European representative democracies
- [Network](https://acteu.org/network/) - Consortium Scientific Advisory Board Civil Society Network
- [Workshop Schuman](https://acteu.org/workshop-schuman/)
- [Youth Democracy Labs](https://acteu.org/youth-democracy-labs/)
- [Scientific Publications](https://acteu.org/scientific-publications/) - Djamila Jabra, Katja Stempel, Alexander Hartland, Martin Ulrich, Phillip König, Rosa Maria Navarrete and Giuseppe CartenyThe 2025 conference of the research section “Comparative Politics” of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) was dedicated to the topic: “Citizen’s Trust and Societal Polarization in Times of Transformation: Comparative Perspectives from Different World Regions.” Around 100 scholars from across Europe
- [Blog posts](https://acteu.org/blog-posts/) - Towards a new era of representative democracy: The ActEU legacy in one book 09 April 2026Blog post by Daniela Braun, Alex Hartland, Michael Kaeding, Zoe Lefkofridi, and Kristina WeissenbachOver the past years, Der (europäische) Föderalist has accompanied the ActEU project as a recurring point of reference for debates on the state of democracy in Europe.“Across multiple contributions
- [ActEU publications](https://acteu.org/acteu-publications/) - Kristina Weissenbach, Ruth BerkowitzThis report shows the design of the focus groups, as part of the exploratory sequential design of the ActEU project. Initial findings on the patterns relating to political participation, emotional and rational aspects, representation and attitudes are presented. It also provides insights into how the focus group data was used to further
- [News](https://acteu.org/news/) - Please find more information on our partner's ActEU related activities here. New blog post! "Towards a new era of representative democracy: The ActEU legacy in one book" Over the past years, Der (europäische) Föderalist has accompanied the ActEU project as a recurring point of reference for debates on the state of democracy in Europe. Find the latest
- [Events](https://acteu.org/events/) - ActEU Final Conference 05 February 2026, Brussels “Detached, Distrustful, Disengaged? Rethinking democracy in today’s Europe” Report by Eva Ribera On 5 February 2026, the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) organised the Final Conference of the Horizon Europe ActEU project (Activating European Citizens’ Trust in Times of Crises and Polarisation), titled “Detached, Distrustful, Disengaged? Rethinking
- [Findings](https://acteu.org/analysis/) - ActEU Publications ActEU Datasets ActEU Infographics Student Paper Contest Scientific Publications Policy Briefs
- [Educational Toolkit](https://acteu.org/educational-toolkit/) - Workshop Schuman Youth Democracy Labs Infographics Video Explainers Animated videos educational Cartoons Database of educational material
- [Audiovisual](https://acteu.org/audiovisual/) - Video explainers Animated videos Video contest Podcasts
- [Podcasts](https://acteu.org/podcasts/) - Democracy Cracks: A podcast about trust, polarisation and the future of democracy Trailer - Democracy Cracks Democracy Cracks is a six-episode podcast mini-series exploring the cracks in our democratic systems, from weakening trust to widening social divides, through storytelling, research, and thoughtful conversations.Produced as part of ActEU, a Horizon Europe research project looking at trust,
- [Cartoons](https://acteu.org/cartoons/)
- [Policy Briefs](https://acteu.org/policy-briefs/)
- [Database](https://acteu.org/database-of-educational-material/) - [table id=1 /]
- [Video contest](https://acteu.org/video-contest/) - ActEU Video Contest Winner - Mariami Japaridze ActEU Video Contest Finalist - Selma Bichbich ActEU Video Contest Finalist - Mihai Cataraga ActEU Video Contest Finalist - Tetiana Vovk, Olesia Hramiak and Uliana Matviichuk ActEU Video Contest Finalist - Anne Charlotte Delatte and Laly Warnier
- [Animated videos](https://acteu.org/animated-videos/) - Has climate change scepticism changed politics? Is the populist far-right a transnational political force? How do we PARTICIPATE in politics? Why is POPULISM widespread in Central Europe?
- [Video explainers](https://acteu.org/video-explainers/) - How are GENDER EQUALITY and DEMOCRACY connected? How do we DECIDE who to VOTE FOR? How are people GETTING INVOLVED in politics today? What makes a government LEGITIMATE? Why is society becoming so divided? Are people losing FAITH in democracy? Meet our New Project
- [Student Paper Contest](https://acteu.org/student-paper-contest/) - Building bridges, not walls: An EU strategy for”Digital Democratic Infrastructure” in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood Rebuilding Trust Through Taxation: What the Middle Ages Can Teach Us About Democratic Legitimacy? PARTICIPEU: A European digital, legal and cultural platform
- [ActEU Infographics](https://acteu.org/acteu-infographics/) - Infographic: An integrated report on recommendations deriving from national ActEU Youth Democracy Labs Infographic: “Report on the General Dynamics of Trust based on Secondary Analysis Infographic: Report on changing patterns of citizens’ political participation Infographic: Report on the patterns of objective and subjective representation across countries and across parties within countries D4.2-Infographic-PDF-version
- [Coordination Team](https://acteu.org/coordination-team/) - Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) The Team of University Duisburg-Essen has been/continues to work very much on the issues related to ActEU. The following are examples for projects related to ActEU at UDE: Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and DemocracyBetween the 1st and 5th of July Ruth Berkowitz participated in the summer school of the standing group
- [Universität des Saarlandes (USAAR)](https://acteu.org/universitat-des-saarlandes-usaar/) - The Team of University of Saarland has been/continues to work very much on the issues related to ActEU. The following are examples for projects related to ActEU at USAAR:Contribution to the WDR 5 Podcast “Wissenschaft und mehr” (Science and more)On 7 November 2024 Daniela Braun took part in the episode “Wiener Narrenturm und Psychiatrie – 1,5-Grad-Schwelle –
- [Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)](https://acteu.org/trans-european-policy-studies-association-tepsa/) - Mariam Khotenashvili Executive Director Eva Ribera Project Manager The TEPSA Secretariat has a long-standing experience working on issues related to ActEU. More specifically, several audio-visual activities aim at fostering citizens’ understanding of European governance, therefore encouraging political trust and active participation: Mariam Khotenashvili is the co-host of the EuropeChat video series (developed in the framework of the EU Bridge
- [ActEU Datasets](https://acteu.org/acteu-datasets/) - Aggregate Dataset on Descriptive Representation in the French National Assembly (2012-2022) Aggregate Dataset on Descriptive Representation in the Italian Parliament (2013-2018) Aggregate Dataset on Descriptive Representation in the British Parliament (2017-2024) Aggregate Dataset on Descriptive Representation in the Spanish Parliament (2016-2023) Aggregate dataset on descriptive representation in the Hellenic Parliament (2019-2023) Aggregate Dataset on Descriptive
- [Work package structure](https://acteu.org/work-package-structure/) - WP1 Providing an infrastructure to assess the decline of political trust and legitimacy Work Package 1 (WP1) connects the overarching concept of ActEU to its scientific structure, enabling the development of a theoretical framework to assess key characteristics of trust and legitimacy. This framework is integrated with the three core methods of ActEU.WP1 follows a
- [Cookie-Richtlinie (EU)](https://acteu.org/cookie-richtlinie-eu/)
- [Institut Catholique de Lille](https://acteu.org/institut-catholique-de-lille/) - The Team of ICL has been/continues to work very much on the issues related to ActEU. The following are examples for projects related to ActEU at ICL:The Team of ICL presented the ActEU project on the following events:28th Annual World Convention of the ASN (Association for the Study of Nationalities): 16-18 May 2024 (Harriman Institute, Columbia University
- [CSIC (AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS)](https://acteu.org/csic-agencia-estatal-consejo-superior-de-investigaciones-cientificas/)
- [Scientific Advisory Board](https://acteu.org/scientific-advisory-board/) - Dr. Ann-Kathrin Reinl, University of Saarland Prof. dr. Maja Bučar, Centre of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana Prof. dr. Sofie Marien, Department of Comparative and Historical Political Science at the University of Leuven Prof. dr. Theresa Kuhn, Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam Prof. dr. Maija Setälä, Department of Philosophy,
- [Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg (PLUS)](https://acteu.org/paris-lodron-universitat-salzburg-plus/)
- [Civil Society Network](https://acteu.org/civil-society-network/) - Meet the ActEU Civil Society Network ActEU aims to activate European citizens’ trust in times of crisis and polarisation, and in so doing work towards a new era of representative democracy. But how can we achieve our bold ambitions? Today we are announcing the formation of our ActEU Civil Society Network (CSN), a group of
- [Sister Projects](https://acteu.org/sister-projects/) - Inclusive Citizenship in a World in Transformation: Co-Designing for DemocracyA unique contribution to the future of democracy in Europe by harnessing historical and quantitative and qualitative social science research, agent-based modelling, design thinking, and advanced analytical methods. REDIRECT: The REpresentative DIsconnect: diagnosis and strategies for RECTificationThis Project studies the current transformation of democratic polities in
- [Consortium](https://acteu.org/consortium/)
- [Uniwersytet SWPS](https://acteu.org/swps-uniwersytet-humanistycznospoleczny/) - Prof. dr. MIKOŁAJ CZEŚNIK Team Leader Dr. WIT HUBERT Team Member
- [Università degli Studi di Trento (UNITN)](https://acteu.org/universita-degli-studi-di-trento-unitn/)
- [Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)](https://acteu.org/aristotle-university-of-thessaloniki-auth/) - Prof. Dr. Eftichia Teperoglou Alexandros-Christos Gkotinakos Team Leader Predoctoral Researcher
- [Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU)](https://acteu.org/abo-akademi-university-aau/)
- [Institute of International Relations, Prague](https://acteu.org/institute-of-international-relations-prague/) - Prof. Mgr. Ing. Petr Kratochvíl, Ph.D.
- [Imprint](https://acteu.org/imprint/) - Legal notice according to §5 TMGLehrstuhl für Europäische Integration und Europapolitikam Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Duisburg-EssenForsthausweg 247057 Duisburg Represented by:Prof. Dr. Michael KaedingTelephone: +49 (0) 203 379-2050Fax: +49 (0) 203 379-2318E-Mail: michael.kaeding@uni-due.de DisclaimerAs a service provider we are responsible according to §7(1) TMG for own contents on these sides according to the general laws. According to
- [Dr. Manuel Müller, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki](https://acteu.org/dr-manuel-mueller-finnish-institute-of-international-affairs-helsinki/) - Manuel Müller is a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) in Helsinki.His research focuses mainly on institutional reform of the EU and supranational democracy. His interests also include the EU as a community of law, the European public sphere, and narratives on the purpose and finality of supranational integration. Since
- [Prof. dr. Maja Bučar, University of Ljubljana](https://acteu.org/prof-dr-maja-bucar/) - Maja Bucar is a senior researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana.In her research work she focuses on research, development and innovation strategies and policies at the global, European and national level. She has participated in numerous international, European, regional (Central and Eastern Europe, Western Balkan) and national research and
- [University of Oviedo (UNIOVI)](https://acteu.org/university-of-oviedo-uniovi/) - Prof. Dr. Daniel Gayo-Avello Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, team leader) Benjamín López Pérez Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, Team Member Cristian González García Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, Team Member

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