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Understanding Misinformation Matters
In today’s digital world, information travels faster than ever, with news, opinions, videos, and social media posts reaching millions of people within seconds. While this unprecedented access to information creates new opportunities for learning and participation, it also presents significant challenges, most notably the spread of misinformation and disinformation. To address these dynamics, Steven Watson,…
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Defending democracy in the digital age
Today we open our phone or computer and we have the world at our fingertips. We find ourselves always connected to unstoppable flows of information and interconnected with one another. However this constant exposure to contents comes with a serious side effect: misinformation. Civic education plays an important role in this, it means learning how…
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I-CIVIC’s Exchange in the Basque Country
Highlights from the Basque Country The I-CIVIC project has officially moved into its field phase with the successful completion of the first MSCA Staff Exchange secondment. Hosted by the ALHE research team at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), members of the EUDEC community spent some weeks immersed in one of Europe’s most innovative…
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Democracy as a Lived Experience
Building the bridge between the classrooms and the community When we think about civic education, many of us remember history lessons or memorizing the steps of how a law is passed. In 2026, democracy looks very different. It also happens on social media, in local community centers, and through the way we handle information online.…
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Insights from the First I-CIVIC Secondments
Academic research thrives on cross-pollination. In the effort to rethink how we approach civic education and inclusion across Europe, sharing data sets is not enough; we must share research environments, methodologies, and cultural perspectives.This principle is the driving force behind the I-CIVIC researcher mobility program. Over the past few months, the project has successfully initiated…
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Democratic Deficits and Social Inclusion in Eu Education
On Monday, March 2, 2026, the I-CIVIC project held an online seminar focusing on the intersection of democracy, community, and education. The event centered on the consortium’s core issues, primary goals, and the immediate steps required for the first half of 2026. A fundamental objective of the project is to shift the educational paradigm from…
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i-CIVIC Executive Board
I-CIVIC, coordinated by the University of the Basque Country, brings together 10 institutions across 9 countries, uniting universities, civil society organisations, public authorities and cultural institutions. At the heart of this consortium lies the Executive Board : the central operational body responsible for ensuring that research, training, mobility exchanges and dissemination activities move forward coherently…
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I-CIVIC Kicks Off in San Sebastián: A European Partnership for Democratic Resilience
On 6 and 7 November, the partners of I-CIVIC gathered in San Sebastián for the project’s official kick-off meeting, hosted by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Staff Exchange programme under Horizon Europe, I-CIVIC is a large-scale, multidisciplinary European project that will run for four years and…
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