CA22149 CHANGECODE: Training School, (Budapest 23–25 March 2026) Developments and Challenges of Deliberation
Please find the final agenda for the Training school in Budapest attached. Wishing all the trainers and trainees a wonderful event.
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CHANGECODE General Meeting 2026 in Durrës, Albania
The COST Action CA22149 CHANGECODE network will hold its 2026 General Meeting on 12–13 March 2026 in Durrës, Albania, hosted by the Faculty of Political and Legal Sciences at Aleksandër Moisiu University of Durrës. The meeting will bring together members of the COST Action from across Europe to exchange research insights, discuss ongoing activities, and
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Prof. Savaş Zafer Şahin, a member of WG3 in our COST Action, was included in the LGIU Top Thinkers in Local Government 2026
The LGIU Top Thinkers in Local Government 2026 list recognises individuals whose work contributes to advancing local democracy through a strong connection between research, policy, and practice. The list highlights thinkers who engage directly with the challenges facing local government, democratic participation, and governance innovation, while maintaining analytical depth and intellectual leadership. Prof. Savaş Zafer
GENERAL MEETING Durrës, Albania, 12-13 March 2026
We are glad to announce the GENERAL MEETING Durrës, Albania, 12-13 March 2026 that will be hosted by the “Aleksandër Moisiu” University of Durrës We’re looking forward to bringing the Changecode community together in Durrës for two days of discussion, exchange, and forward-looking collaboration. The General Meeting programme combines management discussions, interactive workshops, and working
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Call for Applications, Training School in March 2026
Join us in Budapest (23–25 March 2026) for the ChangeCode Training School on Developments and Challenges of Deliberation.Open to early career researchers and PhD students, the programme offers lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities in an interdisciplinary setting. Deadline for applications: 31 January 2025Budapest, Hungary
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Working Paper No. 7 / December 2025:“Participatory European Parliament Manifesto Writing: A Tool or a Value Choice?”, by Dániel Oross, Ákos Nagy and Richard Bavlsík
Can citizen participation meaningfully shape party politics? This working paper explores participatory manifesto writing as a democratic innovation, focusing on the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party’s citizen-led manifesto process for the 2024 European Parliament elections. Through a deliberative assembly combining in-person and online participation, citizens were invited to co-create electoral priorities. Rather than emphasizing policy outcomes,
A symposium on Political Parties and Deliberation published in PS: Political Science & Politics
Symposium Political Parties and Democratic Deliberation We are pleased to announce the publication of a symposium in PS: Political Science & Politics to which several WG3 members contributed. The works were presented at earlier meetings of the COST Action and they have undergone peer review before publication. The symposium includes works about deliberative practices in
WG 1: Participation at the International Congress “1525: Peasant Revolts in Europe”
We were pleased to participate in the international conference “1525: Peasant Revolts in Europe”, held from 6 to 8 October at the Gothic Hall of the Museu del Renaixement in Molins de Rei (Barcelona). The conference was organized by the UB Chair of Renaissance Studies in Molins de Rei, under the leadership of Àngel Casals
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Cinema as Democracy in Motion – Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in ParisCinema as Democracy in Motion
In September 2025, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhat Yetimova from Sakarya University (Türkiye) completed a Short-Term Scientific Mission under COST Action CA22149 (CHANGECODE).His research explored how cinema and film literacy can strengthen deliberative democracy, especially through migrant participation.Through collaborations at Sorbonne University, CIRET, and Sorbonne Nouvelle, he examined cinema’s role as both cultural expression and democratic
Working Paper No. 6/ September 2025: “From Learner to Leader? Institutional Adoption and Political Uptake of Democratic Innovations in Poland and Ukraine”, by Dmitrij Wolodin
How do democracies adopt new tools for citizen participation?This article compares the rise of participatory budgeting (PB) in Poland and Ukraine. Both countries started with civic and donor-led initiatives, but their paths diverged: Poland made PB a legal requirement nationwide, while Ukraine left it to voluntary local initiatives.The study looks at why these choices were