EU: Observatory for Political Texts in European Democracies: A European Research Infrastructure (OPTED)
At a glance
Horizon 2020: Research and Innovation Action (RIA)
Project description
Liberal democracy is facing many challenges in Europe, making it imperative that we remain informed and dedicated to supporting its resilience and sustainability with well-defined, transparent actions. Today’s social scientists have the instruments to adequately observe and analyse the political and societal developments empirically through the political texts produced by political actors, citizens, media, and NGOs. However, fragmentation of the research field, language and context sensitivity of tools and unclear legal and ethical frameworks are key obstacles. The EU-funded OPTED project will lay the foundation in terms of conceptual design work for a European research infrastructure to support political text analysis. The project will address the development and application of instruments and techniques, the standardisation of quality estimation, scientific community building, and the legal and ethical frameworks.
Cooperation partners
- Cooperation partnerUniversityDenmark
Aarhus University
- Cooperation partnerUniversityFrance
Audencia Business School
- Cooperation partnerNon-university research institutionGermany
Berlin Social Science Center
- Cooperation partnerNon-university research institutionHungary
Centre for Social Sciences - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence
- Cooperation partnerUniversityIsrael
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Cooperation partnerFoundationNorway
Kristiania University College - Ernst G Mortensen's Foundation Avd Oslo
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
Technical University of Munich
- Cooperation partnerUniversityIreland
University College Dublin
- Cooperation partnerUniversityNetherlands
University of Amsterdam
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
University of Cologne
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
University of Edinburgh
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
University of Exeter
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
University of Strathclyde
- Cooperation partnerUniversityAustria
University of Vienna
- Cooperation partnerUniversityBelgium
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Cooperation partnerUniversityNetherlands
Vrije University Amsterdam