Objective EuroPolis explores the forms of democratic deficit that directly affecting EU citizens. We test the hypothesis that citizen involvement in inclusive, informed, and thoughtful deliberation about the EU increases access to politically relevant information, citizens’ political engagement in EU public affairs, perceptions of the legitimacy of EU institutions, a sense of belonging to the EU, and voter turnout in EU parliamentary elections. We draw our hypothesis from the theory of deliberative democracy that suggests that democratic legitimacy rests on open deliberation, and prescribes that citizens should become involved in politics. EuroPolis intends to assess the political outcomes of deliberative democratic practices by experimenting what would happen if EU citizens became substantially more informed about EU institutional arrangements, decision-making processes, and policy issues, as well as more aware of the policy preferences of other EU citizens. Would this make them evaluate EU policy alternatives differently from the way they would with limited information? Would their policy preferences change? Would their electoral choices be more aligned with their policy preferences and be more or less likely to vote in second-order elections? Would their electoral choices change? And if EU citizens had equal opportunity to engage in a thoughtful dialogue with citizens of other EU nationalities to discuss what they expect from their Union, would they identify the interests and problems they share with other EU citizens? Would they develop stronger bonds with fellow EU citizens and feel part of the Union they formally belong to? Would there be an increase in civic engagement? EuroPolis will seek to answer these questions through a carefully designed experiment that will assess how political and social attitudes toward EU issues change as a result of exposure to politically relevant information, and what difference this makes for political participation and voter turnout. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionselectionssocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracy Keywords European deliberative experiment deliberative polling democratic deficit information and inclusiveness participation public sphere and identity Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH-2007-5.1-01 - Democratic ‘ownership’ and participation Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA Address Via banchi di sotto 55 53100 Siena Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Siena Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Silvano Focardi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 765 646,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX United Kingdom EU contribution € 4 000,00 Address Wivenhoe park CO4 3SQ Colchester See on map Region East of England Essex Essex Haven Gateway Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shereen Anderson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAET MANNHEIM Germany EU contribution € 3 000,00 Address Schloss 68161 Mannheim See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Mannheim, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kerstin Frenzel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FONDATION NATIONALE DES SCIENCES POLITIQUES France EU contribution € 6 000,00 Address Rue saint guillaume 27 75341 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gina Sandanassamy (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITETET I OSLO Norway EU contribution € 11 000,00 Address Problemveien 5-7 0313 Oslo See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ragnar Lie (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution € 6 000,00 Address Calle serrano 117 28006 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Administrative Contact Carlos Manuel Abad Ruiz (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE Belgium EU contribution € 27 465,00 Address Rue du trone 14-16 1000 Bruxelles See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Other Administrative Contact Hans Martens (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window AVVENTURA URBANA SRL Italy EU contribution € 75 000,00 Address Via baretti 9 10125 Torino See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Iolanda Romano (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window KANTAR BELGIUM Belgium EU contribution € 345 798,00 Address Rue du marais 49-53/3 1000 Brussels / bruxelles See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Administrative Contact Pascal Chelala (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FUNDATIA MRC - MEDIAN RESEARCH CENTRE Romania EU contribution € 6 000,00 Address Str erou ion calin 3 et 1 sector 2 020531 Bucuresti See on map Region Macroregiunea Trei Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti Activity type Other Administrative Contact Marina Popescu (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
