Current projects
Dynamics of Trust and Distrust Creation in Internet Voting
The internet has transformed every aspect of our daily life. While it has created new paths to government services, the internet has not yet been fully implemented in elections for reasons related to citizens’ lack of trust in internet voting technology. The ELECTRUST project will study how trust and distrust are created in relation to […]
read moreEl vot electrònic: eina d'impuls de la participació ciutadana?
El projecte estudiarà l’evolució i experiències de vot electrònic a països on està consolidat (Estònia, Suïssa, Canadà), l’ús dels sistemes de votació electrònic en el si dels partits polítics catalans en els últims 10 anys i les votacions electròniques per a la selecció de propostes ciutadanes dels pressupostos participatius desplegats al llarg dels últims 2 […]
read moreDigital Sociology
We live in an increasingly digitized world. Almost all social actions are being mediated and shaped by digital devices such as sensors and smartphones, apps, and platforms, among many others. And with this, massive digital traces are continually generated, allowing new ways of inquiring into social life and doing sociological research. At the same time, […]
read moreE-Vote-ID Conference
This is one of the leading international events for e-voting experts from all over the world. One of its major objectives is to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and open discussion of all issues relating to electronic voting. More than 100 participants per year, keynotes, and peer-reviewed presentations bringing together e-voting specialists working in academia, […]
read morePast projects
New technologies, organizational changes, and labour: a multidisciplinary approach
Technological innovation has undergone great development leading to the era of the digitization of the economy. We are facing new technological advances and the disruptive transformation of the logic and patterns of work. The possibilities offered by technological innovations make it possible to highlight the widespread incidence of this process in all economical sectors and […]
Age, labor and social vulnerability / Edad, empleo y vulnerabilidad social
The high unemployment rates reached in Spain affect all sectors and groups of society, especially those with wider employability difficulties. On occasions, the difficulties in finding employment are chronic, causing not only future problems of job placement but also placing them in an alarming situation of vulnerability and potential social exclusion. This research project aims […]
Trust in e-Government Technologies: Revisiting the Dutch E-Voting Machines failure case (2006-07)
The subject of this research study - the electronic voting machine crisis in the Netherlands (2006-2007) - was a turning point in the perception of the security of elections conducted through technology; has attracted the attention of scientists analyzing trust in technology. The current interest in creating more efficient and convenient electoral laws and the […]
Internet Voting as Additional Channel for Legally Binding Elections: Challenges to Voting Processes Re-engineering
With the general decline of voter turnout in established democracies around the world, several countries have started to look into adding alternative means of voting, including Internet and postal voting resulting in complex multi-channel elections. However, research into the governance thereof remains limited.The aim of this project is to conduct empirical research into the why […]
Encyclopédie des Migrants
The Encyclopedia of migrants is an artistic experimentation project aiming to produce an encyclopedia containing 400 testimonies of the life narratives of migrant people. It is a collaborative work based at the Blosne district, in Rennes that includes a network of 8 cities of the Atlantic side of Europe, between the Brittany Finistère and Gibraltar. Website: Encyclopedia of Migrants […]
Creatively Unveiling Discrimination
I:CUD (Internet: Creatively Unveiling Discrimination) co-financed by, seeks to raise awareness and explore innovative ways of combating discrimination online, especially on social network sites (SNS), by paying attention to its hidden manifestations. I:CUD is responding to an urgent need to carry out more research and projects about the phenomenon at EU level, as so far […]