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Trust in European Democracies

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Deliverables

Values and social inequalities profiles of European countries (opens in new window)

D4.1. Values and social inequalities profiles of European countries: report outlining the value-based profile of the European societies, emphasizing the cultural proclivities, which form the bedrock for a population’s outlook to unexpected shift and crises.

Literature review and research paper on measuring trust (opens in new window)

D1.1. Literature review and research paper on measuring trust: the paper will provide an up to date survey of literature and a comprehensive overview of existing in Social Sciences and Psychology approaches to measuring trust, including social and political trust.

Project newsletter (opens in new window)

D11.2. Project newsletter and subsequent updates - information update for project members and subscribers, members of advisory boards, followers. The newsletter will be distributed via MailChimp with the free subscription open to all interested persons and organizations. The newsletter will be sent out on the quarterly basis; special issues might be created and distributed on the ad-hoc basis.

Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation Plan (opens in new window)

D11.1. Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation Plan will list all project communication and dissemination activities and events, their timing, format and location. Disseminations tools and their management to be outlined in the dissemination plan include online (website, social media) and onsite communication activities (meetings with academia, policymakers, CSO leaders); electronic (e-newsletter, infographics) and printed promotion materials (brochure, flyer); plan for TRUEDEM own dissemination events, including policy-drafting workshops, findings presentation at high-level EU conferences and participation in external dissemination opportunities. The plan, first delivered in month 3, will be updated on the quarterly basis.

Literature review on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on democratic attitudes and trust (opens in new window)

D3.1. Literature review on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on democratic attitudes and trust: survey of the existing literature outlining main implications the corona-pandemic has had for the pro-democratic attitudes and trust in Europe, including possible mediators of this influence.

Methodological paper on trust data harmonization (opens in new window)

D1.2. Methodological paper on trust data harmonization: methodological paper will discuss existing techniques to harmonize data on trust. With the data originating from various sources, collected using different measures and indicators, before the data can be employed in a comparative analysis, harmonization is required. Procedure of harmonization is highly valuable in Social Sciences as it allows to expand the existing data-bases, allowing to combine different types of data-sets.

Literature review on the impact of the migration and refugees’ waves on democratic attitudes and trust (opens in new window)

D3.2. Literature review on the impact of the migration and refugees’ waves on democratic attitudes and trust: survey of the existing literature outlining main implications the economic migration and refugees movement have had on the pro-democratic attitudes and trust, including possible mediators of this influence. Delivered in month 12.

Methodological framework paper on identities and polarization (opens in new window)

D5.1. Methodological framework paper: methodological framework paper will elaborate the theoretical and methodological approach to the analysis of identities and polarization as well as the state of the art and scope of relevant issues to be addressed. Delivered in month 9.

Ethics Plan (opens in new window)

D12.3. Project Ethics Plan comprises a set of provisions, procedures and requirements aimed to ensure that all research, disseminating and policy-related activities carried out within the TRUEDEM research plan do comply with ethical principles and relevant national, EU and international legislation, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights and its Supplementary Protocols. Particular focus will be made on meeting the principles of proportionality, the right to privacy, the right to the protection of personal data, the right to the physical and mental integrity of a person, the right to non-discrimination and the need to ensure highlevels of human health protection. Project ethics plan shall concern both consortium participants themselves, project participants (experts and general public) involved as informants, and stakeholders who participate as users of the project outputs.

Database “Long-term trends of political polarization” (1990-2022) (opens in new window)

D5.2. Electronic database: electronic database comprising a broad scope of quantitative indicators for the comprehensive assessment of political polarization across the EU member-states for 1990-2022. The database will be made available in free public access via the project website as well for downloading in SPSS, SAS, R, Stata, csv formats. Delivered in month 10; regularly updated till the end of the project and after that.

Voter turnout in Europe (1990-2022) (opens in new window)

D2.1. Voter turnout in Europe (1990-2022): longitudinal cross-country quantitative database featuring official data of the European and national election results for EU member states. Distributed through the project website in free access, including for downloading in SPSS, Stata, SAS, R, and csv formats.

Electronic database “Long-term trends of political trust dynamics” (1980-2022) (opens in new window)

D1.3. Electronic database “Long-term trends of political trust dynamics” (1980-2022): a dataset of quantitative indicators of political trust in Europe from 1980s to the present time. The dataset, first procured in month 12 and updated through the course of the project, will be freely available through the project website. The data-set will be available as a web resource, but also for downloading in SPSS, Stata, SAS, R, and csv.

Set of infographics on European and National elections (opens in new window)

D2.2. Set of infographics on European and National elections: data on the mid- to long-term trends in voters’ turnout transformed into a set of infographic materials produced in different European languages and prepared for all EU member-states. The infographics will be distributed as a part of project dissemination effort in workshops and conferences.

Data Management Plan (opens in new window)

D12.2. Data Management Plan (DMP) comprises a set of special procedures to collect, process and manage data tailed to the TRUEDEM research objectives and tasks and developed in strict accordance with the respective EU and national laws and ethical requirements. The plan will cover procedures involving analysis of secondary survey data and collection of primary human data that may involve sensitive personal data. The DMP will apply to all researchers of the TRUEDEM consortium. The plan for data-handling will include aspects such as: (1) data safety procedures which are compliant with privacy by de-sign and protection of confidentiality (including GDPR); (2) procedures for quantitative and qualitative data collection, storage, protection, retention, transfer if any, destruction or reuse; (3) metadata documentation, expected schedule for data access, data limitations for secondary use, data repository/sharing/archiving; (4) procedures related to the data employed for secondary data analysis; (5) choice of data, sharing and ownership of data, choice of software; (6) use of methods when observing participants; (7) roles and responsibilities of project staff in the management and retention of data.

Printed dissemination materials (opens in new window)

D11.3. Printed materials - leaflets, posters, roll up banners as well as printed editions of project analytical and scientific deliverables (infographics, policy briefs, educational materials, special issues). Exact schedule of production of the printed information and dissemination materials will be outlined in the dissemination plan. The ICSR-AT will be responsible for the production of such materials in English while all project participants will be encouraged to produce translations in their national languages.

Publications

The 2024 European elections in Slovenia (opens in new window)

Author(s): Damjan Lajh, Meta Novak
Published in: Politique européenne, Issue No 86, 2025, ISSN 1623-6297
Publisher: CAIRN.INFO
DOI: 10.3917/E.POEU.086.0234

Slovenia: Political Developments and Data in 2024 (opens in new window)

Author(s): Alenka Krašovec
Published in: European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Issue 64, 2025, ISSN 2047-8844
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1111/2047-8852.70001

Trusting during the pandemic: the effect of political, social and scientific trust on COVID-19 mortality across Europe (opens in new window)

Author(s): Nicolas Demertzis, Nicolas Klironomos
Published in: Frontiers in Political Science, Issue 7, 2026, ISSN 2673-3145
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPOS.2025.1678788

• Unpacking negative public attitudes towards European union integration: insights from a qualitative study in Slovakia (opens in new window)

Author(s): Vilagi, A.; Babos, P.
Published in: Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 2024, ISSN 1478-2790
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2024.2401868

Mobilisé·es et polarisé·es (opens in new window)

Author(s): Frédéric Gonthier
Published in: Revue française de science politique, Issue n° 75, 2025, ISSN 0035-2950
Publisher: CAIRN.INFO
DOI: 10.3917/RFSP.751.0007

“Things fall apart, the center cannot hold”: fractionalized and polarized party systems in Western democracies (opens in new window)

Author(s): Norris, P.
Published in: European Political Science, 2024, ISSN 1682-0983
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
DOI: 10.1057/s41304-023-00467-0

Religiosity, trust, and the acceptance of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic restrictions: the case of Poland (opens in new window)

Author(s): Irena Pilch, Agnieszka Turska-Kawa, Natalia Galica
Published in: Journal of Contemporary Religion, 2023, ISSN 1469-9419
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2023.2260165

The landscape of political science journals in Romania (opens in new window)

Author(s): Luciana Alexandra Ghica, Claudiu D. Tufis
Published in: European Political Science, Issue 24, 2025, ISSN 1680-4333
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00547-3

Measuring digital capital in Italy (opens in new window)

Author(s): Addeo, F., D'Auria, V.; Delli Paoli, A., Punziano, G., Ragnedda, M., Ruiu, M. L.
Published in: Frontiers in Sociology, Issue Volume 8, 2023, ISSN 2297-7775
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1144657

At the Origins of Migration Choices: A Survey of Students at Two South European Universities (opens in new window)

Author(s): Addeo, F.; Blanco-Gregory, R.; Maddaloni, D.; Moffa, G.
Published in: Societies, Issue Volume 13, No. 2, 2023, ISSN 2075-4698
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/soc13020040

Preaching the “Traditional Family” in the Romanian Parliament: The Political Stakes and Meanings of a Hegemonic Narrative (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ionela Băluță; Claudiu Tufiș
Published in: East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures, Issue OnlineFirst, 2023, ISSN 0888-3254
Publisher: Sage Journals
DOI: 10.1177/08883254231181069

Information Communication and Society (opens in new window)

Author(s): gnedda M., Ruiu M. L., Addeo F., Ruiu, G.
Published in: Information, Communication & Society, Issue Volume 26, No. 5, ISSN 1369-118X
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2023.2166359

Existential insecurity and trust during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Germany (opens in new window)

Author(s): Jan Delhey, Leonie C. Steckermeier, Klaus Boehnke, Franziska Deutsch, Jan Eichhorn, Ulrich Kühnen & Christian Welzel
Published in: Journal of Trust Research, Issue Volume 13, Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 2151-5581
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
DOI: 10.1080/21515581.2023.2223184

Entangled Trajectories: The 2024 Electoral Year in Bulgaria and Romania (opens in new window)

Author(s): Sorina Soare, Maria Spirova, Claudiu Tufis
Published in: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Issue 63, 2025, ISSN 0021-9886
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/JCMS.70024

NEZAUPANJE, NEZADOVOLJSTVO ALI NEZNANJE? KVALITATIVNA ANALIZA NEVELJAVNIH GLASOVNIC NA VOLITVAH V EVROPSKI PARLAMENT (opens in new window)

Author(s): Alenka KRAŠOVEC, Tina Kogovšek
Published in: Teorija in praksa, 2025, ISSN 0040-3598
Publisher: University of Ljubljana
DOI: 10.51936/TIP.62.1.129

Jumping on the New Party Bandwagon: The 2022 Elections and the Development of Party Politics in Slovenia (opens in new window)

Author(s): Tim Haughton, Alenka Krašovec, David Cutts
Published in: Europe-Asia Studies, Issue 76, 2025, ISSN 0966-8136
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2024.2378832

How party polarisation exacerbates the link between democratic deficit and populist voting: evidence from Europe (opens in new window)

Author(s): Frédéric Gonthier
Published in: West European Politics, Issue 49, 2025, ISSN 0140-2382
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2024.2437936

Digitalization of work, platform work and the platform work directive – a move from the informal to the formal? (opens in new window)

Author(s): Sokratis Koniordos
Published in: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2026, ISSN 0144-333X
Publisher: Emerald
DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-01-2025-0047

Existential insecurity and deference to authority: the pandemic as a natural experiment (opens in new window)

Author(s): Roberto Stefan Foa, Christian Welzel
Published in: Frontiers in Political Science, Issue Volume 5, 2023, ISSN 2673-3145
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2023.1117550

"""Pour la justiciabilité des décisions adoptées dans le cadre des budgets participatifs"", note sur TA Grenoble, 4 octobre 2024, M.X. c/ commune d’Annecy, n° 2106063" (opens in new window)

Author(s): Morio, C.; Maurice, L.
Published in: ALYODA, Issue 2024/3, 2024, ISSN 3075-3678
Publisher: ALYODA
DOI: 10.35562/ALYODA.9824

“A mother is a mother, and a father is a father.” (Anti-)gender at play in the 2024 Romanian elections (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ionela Băluță, Claudiu D. Tufiș
Published in: Women's Studies International Forum, Issue 116, 2026, ISSN 0277-5395
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.WSIF.2026.103282

How Active and Passive Social Media Engagement on Facebook and Instagram Shapes Democratic Attitudes Among Users in Slovakia (opens in new window)

Author(s): Pavol Baboš, Aneta Világi
Published in: Politics in Central Europe, Issue 20, 2025, ISSN 2787-9038
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
DOI: 10.2478/pce-2024-0024

Populist attitudes and foreign policy postures: a comparative analysis of four European countries (opens in new window)

Author(s): Pierangelo Isernia, Matthias Mader, Sergio Martini, Bogdan Radu, Harald Schoen
Published in: European Political Science Review, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1755-7739
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/S1755773924000122

Slovenia: Political Developments and Data in 2023 (opens in new window)

Author(s): ALENKA KRAŠOVEC
Published in: European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Issue 63, 2024, ISSN 2047-8844
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1111/2047-8852.12456

The 2024 EU Parliamentary Elections in Romania (opens in new window)

Author(s): Claudiu Tufi
Published in: Politique européenne, Issue No 86, 2025, ISSN 1623-6297
Publisher: CAIRN.INFO
DOI: 10.3917/E.POEU.086.0216

Democratic Innovations as a Tool to Restore Trust and Citizens’ Participation: A Comparison Between Stakeholder Groups in Italy (opens in new window)

Author(s): Felice Addeo, Domenico Fruncillo, Domenico Maddaloni
Published in: Politics in Central Europe, Issue 21, 2025, ISSN 2787-9038
Publisher: Metropolitan University Prague
DOI: 10.2478/PCE-2025-0019

Big Little Election Lies: Cynical and Credulous Evaluations of Electoral Fraud (opens in new window)

Author(s): Norris, P.
Published in: Parliamentary Affairs, Issue Volume 77, Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 1460-2482
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsad022

Il declino della partecipazione al voto. Compagno al duol…(non) scema la pena (opens in new window)

Author(s): Domenico Fruncillo
Published in: Italianieuropei, Issue Volume 23, No. 2, 2023, ISSN 1593-5124
Publisher: Fondazione Italianieuropei
DOI: 10.1400/296149

Engagement or Expression? A Comparative Study of Facebook Politics in Twelve European Countries (opens in new window)

Author(s): Aneta Világi, Pavol Baboš
Published in: Politics in Central Europe, Issue 21, 2025, ISSN 2787-9038
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
DOI: 10.2478/PCE-2025-0013

Youth Religious Socialization and Social Capital. A Case Study (opens in new window)

Author(s): Bogdan Mihai Radu, Daniela Angi
Published in: Studia Politologiczne, 2023, ISSN 1640-8888
Publisher: ELIPSA Dom Wydawniczy i Handlowy
DOI: 10.33896/SPOLIT.2023.70.4

“Rally around the flag” effects in the Russian–Ukrainian war (opens in new window)

Author(s): Kizilova, K., Norris, P.
Published in: European Political Science, 2023, ISSN 1682-0983
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
DOI: 10.1057/s41304-023-00450-9

A Realistic Call for Democratic Reform in France. (opens in new window)

Author(s): Gonthier, F., Mayer, N., Druez, É., Von Nostitz, F.-C., & Kelbel, C
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-92213-8_17

Evolution of the Legal Framework in Europe for the Use of Digital Participation at the “Local” Level: The French Case (opens in new window)

Author(s): Camille Morio
Published in: 2023, ISSN 2198-7289
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20943-7_3

Gli iscritti: caratteristiche sociopolitiche e scelte di voto

Author(s): Domenico Fruncillo, Marco Vabruzzi
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Padova University Press

What Drives Dissatisfied Democrats? Views of Democracy, Democratic Satisfaction and Voting (opens in new window)

Author(s): Frédéric Gonthier
Published in: French Politics, Society and Culture, French Democracy in Distress, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-92213-8_14

Support for integration, mistrust in institutions How Slovak citizens make sense of the EU

Author(s): Baboš, Pavol and Aneta Világi
Published in: Yearbook of Slovakia´s Foreign Policy 2023, 2024, ISBN 978-80-89645-32-9
Publisher: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association

Evolution of the Legal Framework in Europe for the Use of Digital Participation at the “Local” Level: The French Case (opens in new window)

Author(s): Morio, C.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20943-7_3

France as a Lens for Understanding Democratic Challenges (opens in new window)

Author(s): Mayer, N., Gonthier, F., Druez, É., Von Nostitz, F.-C., & Kelbel
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-92213-8_1

Voting Turnout in Elections in Greece, 1990-2024

Author(s): Nicolas Demertzis and Sokratis Koniordos
Published in: Sociologia Politica series, Issue 4, 2025
Publisher: Franco Angeli

Political Culture: Trust and Regime Support in the Black Sea Region

Author(s): Kizilova, K., Haerpfer, C.
Published in: 2023, ISBN 978-1-66691-825-0
Publisher: Lexington Books

Droit et démocratie participative locale

Author(s): Camille Morio
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Administratives de Montpellier - C.R.E.A.M.

Ali je »slon v prostoru«? Evropska unija in strankarsko tekmovanje

Author(s): Alenka Krašovec and Damjan Lajh
Published in: Issue 21, 2025
Publisher: FDV

La métropolisation et le citoyen

Author(s): Camille Morio
Published in: 2023
Publisher: L'Harmattan

Trust and voter turnout in Europe: Results from the Horizon TRUEDEM research project

Author(s): F. Addeo, M. L. Ammirato, A. Delli Paoli, D. Fruncillo, Ch. Haerpfer, D. Maddaloni
Published in: Sociologia Politica, Issue 4, 2025
Publisher: Franco Angeli

French Democracy in Distress (opens in new window)

Published in: French Politics, Society and Culture, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-92213-8

Disillusioning democracy: Trust and political participation in Italy. Results from the TRUEDEM research

Author(s): Domenico Maddaloni (editor)
Published in: Sociologia Politica, 2026
Publisher: Franco Angeli

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