The COST Action CA22149 CHANGECODE’s main aim is to systematize, conceptualize and epistemically upgrade theoretical and empirical knowledge of the influence of past practices of deliberation on contemporary decision-making. With this emphasis, the Action is placed at the centre of the topical debates about the potential role of deliberative democracy in stabilizing social and political spheres and coping with contemporary challenges and risks. It will push human abilities to prevent conflicts through deliberation and to decide on development issues through dialogue to the forefront of our research.

CA22149 CHANGECODE will explore relationships between the past, present and future forms of deliberation by taking into account: 1) historical deliberative practices (diachronic aspects); 2) culture, cognition and narratives of legitimacy (synchronic aspects); and 3) goals of deliberative democracy, set as guiding principles aimed to ensure general well-being and the positive development of society (integrative level). In this respect the Action aims to design a research framework to test its original concept and main research method – transhistorical deliberative democracy.

ThE Action’s main aim is to systematize, conceptualize and epistemically upgrade theoretical and empirical knowledge of the influence of past practices of deliberation on contemporary decision-making. With this emphasis, the Action is placed at the centre of the topical debates about the potential role of deliberative democracy in stabilizing social and political spheres and coping with contemporary challenges and risks. It will push human abilities to prevent conflicts through deliberation and to decide on development issues through dialogue to the forefront of our research.

The Action will explore relationships between the past, present and future forms of deliberation by taking into account: 1) historical deliberative practices (diachronic aspects); 2) culture, cognition and narratives of legitimacy (synchronic aspects); and 3) goals of deliberative democracy, set as guiding principles aimed to ensure general well-being and the positive development of society (integrative level). In this respect the Action aims to design a research framework to test its original concept and main research method – transhistorical deliberative democracy.

PROJECT TIME LINE

August 2025

Podcast #5

In this podcast we meet Ilkim Okyar, an associate professor of political sciences andinternational relations…

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August 2025
April 2025

Promotional Video

We are happy to announce the promotional video for the COST Action CA22149 ChangeCode. CHANGECODE…

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April 2025
April 2025

Podcast #4

In this podcast we meet René Tapia, a Phd student in constitutional law at the…

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April 2025
January 2025

Podcast #3

In this podcast we meet Emilien Paulis, a postdoctoral researcher in political science, publicadministration &…

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January 2025

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Past practices of deliberation

 Exploring various forms of deliberation and conflict resolution that emerged, modified, disintegrated, and perhaps reappeared in different historical settings. Hermeneutic analisys offers broader insights into the cognitive and socio-cultural matrices of contemporary societies in Europe and beyond.

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Culture, cognition and narratives of legitimization

Analysing different forms of deliberation in contemporary societies, including traditionally cultural-bound patterns of deliberation in the classic public spheres, in subaltern counter-publics, in the political, legal, and economic spheres, in art, civil society, in the digital sphere.
Sheding new light on how patterns of deliberation and notions of the common good are perpetuated and modified during political, cultural, social and other tensions within contemporary societies.

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Past deliberative practices and contemporary risks

Harmonising a wider spectrum of research fields and disciplines  essential for the analysis of “embedded” practices pf deliberation to discuss future development. Formulating a common research framework to study the impact of historical deliberative practices on contemporary decision-making.

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