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MultiPoD
Multilingual and Multicultural Spaces for Political Deliberation
Enhancing democratic dialogue through bias-identifying AI tools.
Operated by: KMOP

CHALLENGE

MultiPoD aims to tackle barriers in political participation and improve political dialogue by creating an open, context-aware, multilingual, and cross-cultural platform for citizen deliberation across Europe
Global issues have complex roots and repercussions, often only partially perceived at the national level in distributed international contexts and exacerbated by entrenched thinking within cultural and linguistic groups. At the same time, cross-national political changes affecting regulations in a given country might implicate European policymaking. The interplay between siloed national interactions and political/cultural contexts affects global events in complex ways. Cultural and linguistic barriers exacerbate groupthink, the bandwagon effect and a lack of diversity in local dialogue and perspectives around issues of international relevance. Socio-political and technological solutions can help overcome barriers to participation in political deliberations and ensure effective communication between European cultural and linguistic groups, as highlighted in the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE) (Proposals 1, 6, 22, 25, 31, 33, 35 and 36).

The Project

MultiPoD - Multilingual and Multicultural Spaces for Political Deliberation

GA Number

101178821

Project Status

Ongoing

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HORIZON

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Report on barriers to political deliberation in Europe

A report identifying the factors that facilitate or obstruct participation in political deliberation among different linguistic and cultural groups, based on the findings of two survey experiments conducted in each partner country.
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MultiPoD Visual Analytics Dashboard

A visual analytics dashboard that identifies patterns in political communication -such as the origins and impacts of inclusion and exclusion strategies, inherent biases, and misconceptions- enhances transparency and supports multi-level policymaking at the European level.
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Language Model (CSLM) and Knowledge Graph (CSKG) for enhancing cross-cultural understanding

A culture-specific Language Model (CSLM) and Knowledge Graph (CSKG) that automatically interlink content items and threaded discussions across cultures and languages, providing a better understanding of interdependencies between participatory processes, policy decisions, behavioural and communication patterns. Τhe CSLM and CSKG aim to foster better communication and understanding among diverse cultural groups, leading to improved collaboration and more effective, inclusive policies.
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Citizen and Policymaker Assemblies

The implementation and testing of MultiPoD’s live debate interaction technology during virtual, hybrid, and in-person deliberative citizen and policymaker assemblies focused on policies related to the new European Union mandate.
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Policy recommendations for the official adoption of MultiPoD tools in policy discussions

Policy recommendations for the official adoption of MultiPoD tools, after quantitative and qualitative assessment of their impact in policy discussions.

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