This podcast explores how democratic innovations are reshaping the landscape of citizen participation in response to the ongoing crisis in representative democracy. It is sponsored by the EU-funded projects INCITE-DEM and INSPIRE, as well as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The podcast is produced by Roberto Falanga at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, together with Eleonora Tulumello (episodes 1 to 7) and João Santos Duarte (episode 8 onwards), who are responsible for live sound engineering, editing, and post-production.
Democratic Innovations
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This podcast explores how democratic innovations are reshaping the landscape of citizen participation in response to the ongoing crisis in representative democracy. It is sponsored by the EU-funded projects INCITE-DEM and INSPIRE, as well as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The podcast is produced by Roberto Falanga at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, together with Eleonora Tulumello (episodes 1 to 7) and João Santos Duarte (episode 8 onwards), who are responsible for live sound engineering, editing, and post-production.
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Recent Episodes
May 19, 2026
Ep.09: Why technosolutions? - With Álvaro Oleart and Tiago Peixoto
<p>In this episode, we focus on the role that technological solutions have in the field of democratic innovations and democracy in a broader sense. Together with Tiago Peixoto, political scientist and Senior Governance Specialist at the World Bank, and Álvaro Oleart, postdoctoral researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, we critically address many aspects of the use of technological devices for participatory deliberative initiatives and reflect on the controversial role of AI and its funders. </p>
March 19, 2026
Ep.08: Why Citizen-Led Democratic Innovations? - With Donatella della Porta and Andrea Felicetti
<p>In this episode, we focus on the role that grassroots forces have in shaping democratic innovations. Together with Donatella della Porta, Professor of Political Science, founding dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, and Director of the PhD programme in Political Science and Sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, and Andrea Felicetti, Assistant Professor at the University of Padua, we discuss horizons for democratisation through the action of movements and civil society organisations.</p>
December 31, 2025
Ep. 07: Why populism and polarisation? - with Petra Guasti
<p>In this episode, we raise critical questions about the political landscape within which democratic innovations are expected to improve our democracies. Together with Petra Guasti, Associate Professor of Democratic Theory at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague, we focus on the growth of political polarisation and populism, and on the implications of illiberal values for inclusive participation.</p>
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