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INDEMTRUST: INEQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE - TRUST, PARTICIPATION, AND RESILIENCE
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2026 - 2029
The EU-funded INDEMTRUST project explores how different dimensions of inequality interact and how they shape democratic legitimacy, focusing particularly on experiences in the workplace.
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Grant agreement ID: 101289817
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme
Project description:
Inequality and democracy are deeply interconnected, yet a lot remains to be known about the actual mechanisms linking them. The EU-funded INDEMTRUST project explores how different dimensions of inequality interact and how they shape democratic legitimacy, focusing particularly on experiences in the workplace. Combining economic agent-based modelling with inclusive, participatory action research and mutual learning labs, the project aims to generate new evidence while involving citizens and stakeholders in the co-creation of policy solutions. Overall, the INDETRUST project aims to deliver practical insights to strengthen democracy in an era of growing social and economic divides.
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INDEMTRUST seeks to understand the complex interrelations between inequality and democracy by analyzing the intersections between different dimensions of inequality and disentangling the effects of past policies aimed at reducing them. It starts out from the workplace and the inequality experienced here. It will develop an economic agent-based model to predict how various forms of inequality affect democratic legitimacy and, in parallel, use participatory action research and mutual learning labs to involve stakeholders and citizens in co-creating innovative policy solutions. By combining rigorous analytical modeling with inclusive, practice-oriented engagement, the project aims to generate actionable insights to strengthen democracy in an era of growing social and economic divides.
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