Presentation by Katarzyna Anna Klimowicz and David Duenas-Cid. Until recently, digital democracy might have seemed like a scenario straight out of science fiction. Today, thanks to the innovative efforts of so-called „network” or „digital parties” (such as the International Pirate Party network, the Podemos party and the Barcelona en Comu movement) and other actors specializing in the design and implementation of online platforms for collective decision-making and other participatory digital tools, various forms of online participation are becoming an increasingly integral part of our hybrid reality. Does it always really work that way? And what are the challenges involved? My name is Katarzyna Anna Klimowicz and I invite you to the next meeting in the Teal Breakfast series, where my colleague David Duenas-Cid and I will try to answer some of these big questions and discuss with you how technology combines with politics.

1. How politics combines with technology?
Digital democracy: opportunities and threats
Meetup #3
as part of the Teal Breakfasts series
dr Katarzyna Anna Klimowicz
dr hab. David Duenas-Cid
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2. - PhD in Political Philosophy
(University of Warsaw)
- International research experience
(Università di Bologna, Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona)
- Humanity in Action Senior Fellow
- European Democracy Network,
Democratic Innovations in Youth
Dr. Katarzyna Anna Klimowicz
Democratic Innovations in Youth
Work (Citizens For Europe)
- TechSoup Europe Team member
(Digital Activism Programme)
- Best Practices in Exporting
Expertise to Counter Russian
Disinformation project coordinator
(collaboration with DFRLab &
partners from TechSoup Global
Network)
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3. - Researching Sociology, Political
Science and Technology.
- Ass. Prof. at Kozminski University
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant
Awardee
- President of the Thematic Group on
Digital Sociology at the
Dr. Hab. David Duenas-Cid
Digital Sociology at the
International Sociological
Association
- General Chair at the E-Vote-ID
Conference
- Program Chair at the International
Conference on Digital Government
Research
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4. Societal Change,
democratic change?
The History of humankind is a
story of growing complexity.
Can we use the same tools for
collective decision making?
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5. Current society
Local  National  Global
A democratic backslide?
A democratic backslide?
Interconnected Society
Mobile Society
Technological Transformation
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6. Digital tools
are just tools.
What do we need new
technologies for?
What do we want to
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What do we want to
achieve?
What are our intentions?
What will be the impact?

7. Digital tools in politics and democracy
in 21st Century
The use of technology in democracy raised big expectations
 Decentralisation, accountability and transparency in public
decision-making.
decision-making.
 Developing alternative models of democracy.
 Applying horizontal governance structures and practices to
public administration.
 Increasing the political agency of citizens: autonomy,
influence.
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8. Models of democracy
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9. Network parties
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10. Decidim.Barcelona
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11. Piattaforma Rousseau
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12. LiquidFeedback
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13. Citizens-centered paradigm of politics
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14. Enlarging the electorate
Facilitating the vote / Convenience
Electoral reforms
Dealing with other cases
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15. Representative Democracy
Electoral Technology
Where are we heading to?
Direct Democracy
Deliberative Democracy
Agregative Democracy
Technology for Social
Participation
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16. New technologies in politics: RISKS
Related to the technology: cybersecurity, data privacy,
integration of offline/online systems
Related to the use of technology: pseudoparticipation,
manipulation and propaganda, AI, troll farms, hatespeech, fake
news & deep fakes
news & deep fakes
Related to the impacts of the use of technology:
disinformation, growing polarisation, lack of trust for the
political representatives / big tech companies, digital divide,
clictivism/slactivism, environmental costs of digitalization
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17. New technologies in politics:
OPPORTUNITIES
Related to the technology: new forms of securization of
data, efficiency
Related to the use of technology: open data, convenience
and accessibility
Related to the impacts of the use of technology:
Related to the impacts of the use of technology:
decentralized/distributed systems of governance, open
government vs. open-source governance, blockchain, civic
tech, civic engagement and empowerment
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18. Future of digital democracy?
Can technology
transform the political
organization and
relations?
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The need for
transnational standards &
legal regulations for
digital democracy