Tilburg’s project on democracy receives 1.7 million euros from the National Science Agenda

Tilburg’s project on democracy receives 1.7 million euros from the National Science Agenda

The National Science Agenda has made 1.7 million euros available for the Democratic Revitalization project. The consortium, headed by Tilburg professor of comparative public administration, Frank Hendriks, will conduct research into innovations that can strengthen democracy.

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The parties involved will look into whether and how hybrid democratic innovations that combine communication (e.g., citizens’ forums) and elections (e.g., corrective referendums) can strengthen representative democracy.

In order to find this out, various parties within the consortium work closely together. In this case, in addition to Hendriks from Tilburg University, this includes Radboud University, the University of Twente, two ministries, and several (political-)social parties.

Two more Tilburg projects receive grants

Tilburg researchers are also involved as partners in two other consortia that are part of the National Science Agenda. For example, funds will be made available for the development of eHealth tools to address psychological problems in chronically ill children. The same funding round includes research into better understanding and improving artificial intelligence. 

On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has earmarked a total of 81 million euros to investigate questions from the National Science Agenda. The aim of the projects is to bring about scientific and social breakthroughs through interdisciplinary cooperation within various knowledge chains, together with social parties.

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