iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Giulia Sandri @giuliasandri.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🤖 What happens when AI runs for office? New paper out on ORE, we examine 10 AI-driven candidates & parties across 8 countries and ask what "synthetic political actors" mean for democracy, representation, and political linkage. @relink2.bsky.social 👇 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-138

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RELINK2 @relink2.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Two productive days in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 19–20 March 2026 at the COST Action ReLink² WG2 meeting and joint workshop hosted by Vytautas Magnus University. Great discussions on research methods, the Ethics Guidebook, the Methodological Toolkit, and collaboration across Working Groups.

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jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

What a beautiful day and location to talk about #AI and #democracy. I will focus on efficacy and technology acceptance in my talk. #UV #Valencia @ramonv.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social @michalmaly.bsky.social

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RELINK2 @relink2.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📣 CFP: Digital technologies, citizens & political organisations in the Western Balkans. Durres, Albania, 7–8 May 2026. Abstracts (max 250 words) due 1 April 2026. Topics include e-government, digital democracy, AI & governance. forms.gle/Vgugd2HULi1Z...

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RELINK2 @relink2.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📢 RELINK² WG2 Meeting & Joint WG Workshop 🗓 19–20 March 2026 📍 Kaunas (hybrid) Advancing the Methodological Toolkit & strengthening cross-WG collaboration. 🔗 relink2.eu/news-events/ #RELINK2 #DigitalDemocracy

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News & Events – RELINK2 – CA23114

Stay up to date with the latest developments from the RELINK² network. This section features news, upcoming events, meeting highlights, training opportunities,

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RELINK2 @relink2.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📣 Save the Date! RELINK² Training School 📍 Sofia 🗓 29 June–3 July 2026 ✔️ No fees + reimbursement ✔️ 3 ECTS ✔️ Mentoring & skills training 🔗 relink2.eu/news-events/ #RELINK2 #EarlyCareerResearchers

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News & Events – RELINK2 – CA23114

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RELINK2 @relink2.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚀 The Open Research Europe collection “RELINK for Democracy” is live! 3 peer-reviewed papers published & submissions open. ✅ No APCs for COST participants ✅ Open peer review 🔗 relink2.eu/news-events/ #RELINK2 #OpenScience

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News & Events – RELINK2 – CA23114

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🤖 In authoritarian regimes, #AIavatars + chatbots can propagate risky speech without exposing an identifiable speaker. 🗣️ @michalmaly.bsky.social & A B Staunæs argue that this can protect journalists + activists, but it also changes how responsibility, authenticity + repression work. 👉 bit.ly/4tPfLvY

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Synthetic dissidents: how AI protects dissent under repression

Michal Malý and Asker Bryld Staunæs argue that synthetic dissidents mark a new form of opposition politics. In authoritarian regimes, AI avatars and chatbots can propagate risky speech without exposin...

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jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

We are exhausted and full of new ideas at the same time! My 3 favorite takeaways: 1) The human is a Home Faber and #AI is a tool. 2) There is no such thing as "just" a tool. 3) Participation is a complex thing. #Relink² #COST @giuliasandri.bsky.social @michalmaly.bsky.social @ramonv.bsky.social

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Deník Referendum @denikreferendum.cz · 03/03/2025

🏴‍☠️ Piráti a jejich výhledy do budoucna 🔹Mají šanci udržet se v Poslanecké sněmovně? 🔹Proč jdou voliči spíše za STAN, než za Piráty? 🔹Proč pirátské preference stagnují? 🔹Jak je může ovlivnit Babišova kampaň? ✒️ @vojtechpetru.bsky.social ➡️ Přečtěte si celý rozhovor: denikreferendum.cz/clanek/23718...

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Politolog Malý: Jakmile Babiš spustí antikampaň vůči STAN, Piráti můžou růst

S politologem Michalem Malým z Fakulty sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy jsme hovořili o dění v Pirátské straně pod čerstvým vedením Zdeňka Hřiba a o jejích šancích na udržení ve sněmovně ve sněmovníc...

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Ramón Villaplana @ramonv.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

📢 Call for papers: 9 panels in the section 'Internet and Politics in the AI era: digital technologies and their impact on norms, rights and political processes' chaired by Gabriela Borz & co-chaired by @mariellew.bsky.social and I ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Waiting for you #ecprgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social

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Internet and Politics in the AI era: digital technologies and their impact on norms, rights and political processes

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