National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Digital Media for Participation research group (NKUA dmPart)

The Digital Media for Participation research group of the Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media (Faculty of Communication and Media Studies of the University of Athens) focuses on technologies and services of electronic governance and digital deliberation, mostly in terms of operational, usage and communication aspects, in conjunction with social media and civic media in general that can be used to develop participatory communication services and communities. The group has developed collaborations with research groups in Greece and abroad such as E-Government Laboratory (University of Athens), Information Systems Laboratory (University of Macedonia), Center for European Public Administration (Danube-Krems University), DEMO-net eParticipation Network of Excellence.

The group aims to assist in innovation and multi-helix collaboration schemes for public participation activated by civil society in collaboration with the public sector, the private sector, universities and research centers, local authorities as well as local social and productive forces. Moreover, the group aims to connect the above with digital media and with applications of data science, artificial intelligence and virtual reality in civil society activities and issues of public interest.