---
_id: '63076'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: This paper develops a new concept and framework for understanding resilient
    digital democracy in an age defined by polarisation, cascading crises, and the
    global rise of digital authoritarianism. It begins by tracing the concept of resilience
    from systems theory to social and political life, showing that resilience in democracy
    is not a mechanical property of systems but a dynamic, human-driven practice grounded
    in agency, resistance, and collective self-determination. The paper argues that
    with emerging challenges in the digital sphere, such as misinformation, surveillance
    capitalism, platform monopolies, deepfakes, and hybrid warfare, democracy can
    only endure if its digital dimensions are protected and transformed. Building
    on this foundation, the paper introduces a holistic approach to resilient digital
    democracy that spans environmental, technological, economic, political, and cultural
    domains, and advances strategies such as public-commons digital infrastructures,
    platform co-operatives, public service Internet platforms, free/libre open source
    software (FLOSS), participatory innovations, and hybrid offline/online democratic
    practices. The result is a fresh, interdisciplinary vision of how democracy can
    be reinvented in the digital age.
article_number: '387'
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Fuchs, Christian
  id: '21863'
  last_name: Fuchs
  orcid: 0000-0003-0589-4579
citation:
  ama: Fuchs C. What is and how do we Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy? <i>Open
    Research Europe</i>. 2025;5. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2">10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2</a>
  apa: Fuchs, C. (2025). What is and how do we Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy?
    <i>Open Research Europe</i>, <i>5</i>, Article 387. <a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2">https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Fuchs_2025, title={What is and how do we Achieve a Resilient Digital
    Democracy?}, volume={5}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2">10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2</a>},
    number={387}, journal={Open Research Europe}, publisher={F1000 Research Ltd},
    author={Fuchs, Christian}, year={2025} }'
  chicago: Fuchs, Christian. “What Is and How Do We Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy?”
    <i>Open Research Europe</i> 5 (2025). <a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2">https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2</a>.
  ieee: 'C. Fuchs, “What is and how do we Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy?,”
    <i>Open Research Europe</i>, vol. 5, Art. no. 387, 2025, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2">10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2</a>.'
  mla: Fuchs, Christian. “What Is and How Do We Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy?”
    <i>Open Research Europe</i>, vol. 5, 387, F1000 Research Ltd, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2">10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2</a>.
  short: C. Fuchs, Open Research Europe 5 (2025).
date_created: 2025-12-12T18:21:20Z
date_updated: 2026-02-23T20:51:40Z
department:
- _id: '136'
- _id: '11'
doi: 10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2
has_accepted_license: '1'
intvolume: '         5'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21988.2
oa: '1'
project:
- _id: '1397'
  name: INNOVAtive DEmocracy Through Digitalisation
publication: Open Research Europe
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2732-5121
publication_status: published
publisher: F1000 Research Ltd
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: What is and how do we Achieve a Resilient Digital Democracy?
type: journal_article
user_id: '21863'
volume: 5
year: '2025'
...
---
_id: '60640'
author:
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Fuchs, Christian
  id: '21863'
  last_name: Fuchs
  orcid: 0000-0003-0589-4579
citation:
  ama: Fuchs C. <i>World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism</i>.
    University of Westminster Press; 2025. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.16997/mpub.13082283">10.16997/mpub.13082283</a>
  apa: Fuchs, C. (2025). <i>World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism</i>.
    University of Westminster Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.16997/mpub.13082283">https://doi.org/10.16997/mpub.13082283</a>
  bibtex: '@book{Fuchs_2025, place={London}, title={World War and World Peace in the
    Age of Digital Capitalism}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.16997/mpub.13082283">10.16997/mpub.13082283</a>},
    publisher={University of Westminster Press}, author={Fuchs, Christian}, year={2025}
    }'
  chicago: 'Fuchs, Christian. <i>World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism</i>.
    London: University of Westminster Press, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.16997/mpub.13082283">https://doi.org/10.16997/mpub.13082283</a>.'
  ieee: 'C. Fuchs, <i>World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism</i>.
    London: University of Westminster Press, 2025.'
  mla: Fuchs, Christian. <i>World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism</i>.
    University of Westminster Press, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.16997/mpub.13082283">10.16997/mpub.13082283</a>.
  short: C. Fuchs, World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism, University
    of Westminster Press, London, 2025.
date_created: 2025-07-16T21:03:42Z
date_updated: 2025-07-16T21:06:39Z
department:
- _id: '136'
- _id: '11'
doi: 10.16997/mpub.13082283
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: ' https://doi.org/10.16997/mpub.13082283'
oa: '1'
place: London
project:
- _id: '1397'
  call_identifier: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-07
  grant_number: '101178306'
  name: 'INNOVADE: INNOVADE: INNOVAtive DEmocracy Through Digitalisation'
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9781915445797'
publication_status: published
publisher: University of Westminster Press
status: public
title: World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism
type: book
user_id: '21863'
year: '2025'
...
---
_id: '62689'
author:
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Fuchs, Christian
  id: '21863'
  last_name: Fuchs
  orcid: 0000-0003-0589-4579
- first_name: Joel
  full_name: Museba, Joel
  last_name: Museba
- first_name: Kevin
  full_name: Friesch, Kevin
  last_name: Friesch
citation:
  ama: 'Fuchs C, Museba J, Friesch K. <i>D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures of Digital
    Democracy</i>. Horizon Europe Research Project INNOVADE Research Report ; 2025.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17747936">10.5281/ZENODO.17747936</a>'
  apa: 'Fuchs, C., Museba, J., &#38; Friesch, K. (2025). <i>D3.1 – White Paper: The
    Futures of Digital Democracy</i>. Horizon Europe Research Project INNOVADE Research
    Report . <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17747936">https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17747936</a>'
  bibtex: '@book{Fuchs_Museba_Friesch_2025, title={D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures
    of Digital Democracy}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17747936">10.5281/ZENODO.17747936</a>},
    publisher={Horizon Europe Research Project INNOVADE Research Report }, author={Fuchs,
    Christian and Museba, Joel and Friesch, Kevin}, year={2025} }'
  chicago: 'Fuchs, Christian, Joel Museba, and Kevin Friesch. <i>D3.1 – White Paper:
    The Futures of Digital Democracy</i>. Horizon Europe Research Project INNOVADE
    Research Report , 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17747936">https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17747936</a>.'
  ieee: 'C. Fuchs, J. Museba, and K. Friesch, <i>D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures of
    Digital Democracy</i>. Horizon Europe Research Project INNOVADE Research Report
    , 2025.'
  mla: 'Fuchs, Christian, et al. <i>D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures of Digital Democracy</i>.
    Horizon Europe Research Project INNOVADE Research Report , 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17747936">10.5281/ZENODO.17747936</a>.'
  short: 'C. Fuchs, J. Museba, K. Friesch, D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures of Digital
    Democracy, Horizon Europe Research Project INNOVADE Research Report , 2025.'
date_created: 2025-11-28T11:05:03Z
date_updated: 2025-11-28T11:08:06Z
department:
- _id: '11'
- _id: '136'
doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.17747936
language:
- iso: eng
project:
- _id: '1397'
  name: INNOVAtive DEmocracy Through Digitalisation
publisher: 'Horizon Europe Research Project INNOVADE Research Report '
status: public
title: 'D3.1 – White Paper: The Futures of Digital Democracy'
type: report
user_id: '21863'
year: '2025'
...
---
_id: '61278'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "This report outlines foundations of digital democracy and digital democracy
    research. It is\r\nstructured into eight chapters:\r\nChapter 1: Introduction\r\nChapter
    2: What is Digital Democracy?\r\nChapter 3: Online Participation\r\nChapter 4:
    Open Governance\r\nChapter 5: Digital Activism\r\nChapter 6: e-Voting\r\nChapter
    7: Global Trends that Influence Digital Democracy\r\nChapter 8: Foreign Interferences
    in Democracy"
author:
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Fuchs, Christian
  id: '21863'
  last_name: Fuchs
  orcid: 0000-0003-0589-4579
- first_name: Kevin
  full_name: Friesch, Kevin
  last_name: Friesch
- first_name: Joel
  full_name: Museba, Joel
  last_name: Museba
citation:
  ama: Fuchs C, Friesch K, Museba J. <i>INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base
    on Digital Democracy - D2.1 </i>. INNOVADE; 2025. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016">10.5281/zenodo.17079016</a>
  apa: Fuchs, C., Friesch, K., &#38; Museba, J. (2025). <i>INNOVADE Interdisciplinary
    Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy - D2.1 </i>. INNOVADE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016</a>
  bibtex: '@book{Fuchs_Friesch_Museba_2025, title={INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge
    Base on Digital Democracy - D2.1 }, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016">10.5281/zenodo.17079016</a>},
    publisher={INNOVADE}, author={Fuchs, Christian and Friesch, Kevin and Museba,
    Joel}, year={2025} }'
  chicago: Fuchs, Christian, Kevin Friesch, and Joel Museba. <i>INNOVADE Interdisciplinary
    Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy - D2.1 </i>. INNOVADE, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016</a>.
  ieee: C. Fuchs, K. Friesch, and J. Museba, <i>INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge
    Base on Digital Democracy - D2.1 </i>. INNOVADE, 2025.
  mla: Fuchs, Christian, et al. <i>INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital
    Democracy - D2.1 </i>. INNOVADE, 2025, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17079016">10.5281/zenodo.17079016</a>.
  short: C. Fuchs, K. Friesch, J. Museba, INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base
    on Digital Democracy - D2.1 , INNOVADE, 2025.
date_created: 2025-09-15T14:52:43Z
date_updated: 2025-12-12T18:25:44Z
department:
- _id: '136'
- _id: '11'
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17079016
language:
- iso: eng
page: '320'
project:
- _id: '1397'
  name: INNOVAtive DEmocracy Through Digitalisation
publisher: INNOVADE
status: public
title: 'INNOVADE Interdisciplinary Knowledge Base on Digital Democracy - D2.1 '
type: report
user_id: '21863'
year: '2025'
...