RESEARCH

DECIDIM & Participatory Systems

UQuantum is investigating how participatory platforms such as Decidim might interact with computational models of complex cultural and institutional decisions.

Decidim provides established mechanisms for proposals, deliberation, assemblies and participatory decision-making. UQuantum's research question is whether experimental computational models can contribute useful evidence or alternative scenarios to such processes without displacing democratic deliberation.

Potential Research Architecture

Decidim participatory platform
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Structured stakeholder information
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Experimental governance modelling
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Alternative scenarios
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Human deliberation
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Democratic / institutional decision

Research Principle

No mathematical model should determine the democratic outcome.
Computational modelling is investigated as a possible input to deliberation, not a replacement for it.

Questions Under Investigation

How can participatory evidence be represented without flattening disagreement?
How should computational scenarios expose their assumptions and limitations?
Can modelling help participants compare consequences while preserving human judgement?
What governance safeguards are required when AI or mathematical models enter participatory processes?