Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in Europe

Project Information

RECLAIM

Grant agreement ID: 101061330

DOI

10.3030/101061330

Project closed

EC signature date 8 June 2022

Start date 1 October 2022

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost

€ 2 756 066,25

EU contribution

€ 2 756 065,00

Coordinated by

HASKOLI ISLANDS
Iceland

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (2)

Report of kickoff conference

Report of kick-off conference (lead beneficiary: UI), Month 4This document will summarise the key insights discussed in the public sessions of the project’s kick-off conference.

Report of PPC panel 2022

This document will summarise the discussion at the panel organised at TEPSA’s Pre-Presidency Conference in 2022Organisation of 3 panels at TEPSA’s Pre-Presidency Conferences (PPC), a high-level forum of discussion on the challenges and priorities of the incoming Council Presidency. Taking place twice a year in the country that is about to take over the Presidency of the Council of the EU, PPCs are regularly attended by high-level national and EU policy makers and civil servants, in addition to academics, think tankers, media, civil society and students. The panels will discuss topics that are of direct relevance to the project’s research focus, such as liberal democracy, populism, disinformation, democratic participation, etc. (Lead: TEPSA)

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Public opinion survey Data/database

Survey and analysis of Citizens’ expectations and critical attitudes (Lead Arena):Little is known about expectations citizens have in quality journalism and how these expectations translate in critical attitudes as news readers. We ask:T4.1a) what do citizens consider quality journalism in the post-truth era? AndT4.1b) under what conditions is trust in media and demand for quality journalism related to truth orientation, and in which instances do the experience of the ‘post-truth era’ undermine trust? Under what conditions are citizens more likely to believe that truthfulness is a core standard for journalism?These questions will be addressed through a public opinion survey and opinion formation experiments, both to be carried out in two consortium member countries, Norway and Italy.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (16)

How the EU Counters Disinformation: Journalistic and Regulatory Responses

Author(s): Jorge Tuñón Navarro, Luis Bouza García, Alvaro Oleart
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/MAC.10551

Polarisation, News Consumption, and Beliefs in Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories: Early Signs of the Fragmentation of the Public Sphere in Iceland

Author(s): Jón Gunnar Ólafsson, Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir
Published in: Javnost - The Public, Issue 31, 2024, ISSN 1318-3222
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2024.2383905

Defining Journalistic Autonomy in the Wake of Disinformation in Spain

Author(s): Luis Bouza‐García, Rocío Sánchez‐del‐Vas, Jorge Tuñón‐Navarro
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/MAC.10651

Fragmented and Polarised? The German Public Sphere during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Author(s): Maximilian Conrad
Published in: Javnost - The Public, Issue 31, 2024, ISSN 1318-3222
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2024.2382648

Does the Centre Hold? Public Sphere Configuration, Democracy, and the Quality of Political Talk in Sweden

Author(s): Peter Strandbrink
Published in: Javnost - The Public, Issue 31, 2024, ISSN 1318-3222
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2024.2384008

The European approach to online disinformation: geopolitical and regulatory dissonance

Author(s): Andreu Casero-Ripollés, Jorge Tuñón and Luis Bouza-Garcí
Published in: Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023, ISSN 2662-9992
Publisher: Springer NAture
DOI: 10.1057/s41599-023-02179-8

What Is the EU’s Vision of Democracy in the Post-Truth Scenario? A Conceptual Analysis of the Institutional Narratives of the Public Sphere in the “Democracy Action Plan”

Author(s): Elena García-Guitián, Luis Bouza, Taru Haapala
Published in: Javnost - The Public, Issue 31, 2024, ISSN 1318-3222
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2024.2382662

Civil society coalitions in the EU media regulation: when field theory meets network analysis

Author(s): Luis Bouza; Juan Roch; Álvaro Oleart
Published in: European Politics and Society, 2024, ISSN 2374-5126
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2024.2420229

Post-Truth Politics in Action? Representation of the Media in Spanish Radical Parties’ Electoral Campaigns

Author(s): Taru Haapala, Juan Roch
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/MAC.9514

Not About Facts, but Emotions? Political Polarisation as a Problem of Redescription

Author(s): Jeremias Schledorn
Published in: Javnost - The Public, Issue 31, 2024, ISSN 1318-3222
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2024.2383906

Countering Post-Truth: A Comparative Study of Journalists’ Responses to Disinformation Challenges

Author(s): Jacopo Custodi, Hans-Joerg Trenz, Martin Moland
Published in: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2025, ISSN 1077-6990
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/10776990251393745

Reversing the Privatisation of the Public Sphere: Democratic Alternatives to the EU’s Regulation of Disinformation

Author(s): Alvaro Oleart, Julia Rone
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/MAC.9496

Reinforcing or Rethinking? What do News Consumers Want from Journalism in the Post-Truth Era?

Author(s): Martin Moland, Jacopo Custodi, Hans-Jörg Trenz
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/MAC.8823

The EU’s FIMI Turn: How the European Union External Action Service Reframed the Disinformation Fight

Author(s): Lucas Proto, Paula Lamoso-González, Luis Bouza García
Published in: Media and Communication, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2439
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/MAC.9474

Exploring affective Polarisation of the (Digital) Public Sphere in Slovenia: The Case of Marshal Twito

Author(s): Melika Mahmutović, Marko Lovec
Published in: Javnost - The Public, Issue 31, 2024, ISSN 1318-3222
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2024.2383903

Fugitive Truth: Renewing the Public Sphere in the Age of Post-Truth

Author(s): Saul Newman
Published in: Javnost - The Public, Issue 31, 2024, ISSN 1318-3222
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2024.2383904

Other (3)

Reimagining the International: Surveying Foreign Information Manipulation Landscapes of Power During the COVID-19 Pandemics

Author(s): Ondřej Ditrych, Jakub Eberle, Linda Monsees, Petr Kratochvil
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Institute of International Affairs - University of Iceland
DOI: 10.33112/NCWX5475

News Credibility in the Age of Misinformation: Writing style, ideology and beliefs about political misinformation

Author(s): Martin Moland, Jacopo Custodi, Hans-Jörg Trenz, Asimina Michailidou
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Institute of International Affairs - University of Iceland
DOI: 10.33112/OCQE3866

Reclaiming the Epistemic Basis of Liberal Democracy

Author(s): Maximilian Conrad
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Institute of International Affairs - University of Iceland
DOI: 10.33112/JFMQ7129

Monographic books (1)

Post -Truth Populism

Author(s): Saul Newman and Maximilian Conrad
Published in: Springer, 2024
Publisher: Palgrave McMillan
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64178-7