EuroSense

🌍 Building a More Inclusive and Democratic Europe! We're excited to be part of a project that empowers citizens to actively participate in politics at local, national, and European levels. By fostering a culture of engagement and sensemaking, we're helping citizens better understand complex societal challenges and contribute meaningful solutions. 🚀 Leveraging innovative SenseMakerⓇ software and a decentralized citizen sensor network, we're creating a space where citizens' voices are truly heard. Our long-term goal? A political landscape where elected officials—from local governments to the European Parliament—prioritize the voices of the people they serve. This project goes beyond just listening; it inspires others to adopt similar approaches, integrating sensemaking into the core of European democratic culture. We envision a future where citizens trust in their ability to shape politics and work together to create responsive, effective solutions for the common good. Find our Story Collector and share your experience with us here: https://lnkd.in/dNkNdysz 💬 Let's reshape European politics—together! #CitizenEngagement #Democracy #Sensemaking #InclusiveEurope #Politics #CivicParticipation #EuropeanUnion

Join us for a free training on complexity, citizen science, and democracy.

A short snapshot of the collected stories in our sense maker so far! Share your story in 2025!

In our #SenseMaker® projects, we often encounter this kind of question from clients or stakeholders: "Once we have collected the stories from people with the SenseMaker, who makes sense of all these narratives? Is it just the same old boys' network? Where is this taking us?" It's an important question, perhaps one of the most serious ones, since it points to flaws in our habitual approach to meaning-making, knowledge and power on so many different levels. Yesterday, we had the privilege of having Dave Snowden on a call, where he delivered a noteworthy and layered response to this question: "The whole point of SenseMaker is that the people who tell the stories are the ones who interpret them. It's not interpreted by an expert, consultant or scientist, and it's not interpreted by a computer algorithm. The person who tells the story interprets what it means. This means their voice is heard - but heard at scale. This is qualitative and quantitative.  What we keep telling people is: don’t focus on the individual stories. Look at the statistics. The stories are an explanation of the statistical patterns. When people interpret their own story, they’re not just interpreting the story itself. The story acts as a stimulus, and the interpretation adds layers of meaning. This creates a "grammar of meaning." At the abstraction level of the triads, this becomes a shared language between decision-makers and their subjects. It allows for a different type of conversation - not an explicit one, but an implicit one. If you think about it, this is how we all manage families. We understand our families not by subjecting them to focus groups or questionnaires, but by listening to their day-to-day stories. That’s what SenseMaker does: it listens to the day-to-day stories and gives people the right to interpret their own material. This is called epistemic justice. That phrase is vital. Allowing someone else to interpret a person's story deprives them of meaning. To quote Alasdair MacIntyre, it makes them “anxious stutterers in the story of their own existence.” That’s what imperial powers have always done—they’ve taken people’s stories and dictated what they mean". We are going a different way. #epistemicjustice, #sensemaking #humansensornetworks

EuroSense is here to give voice to citizens to share their real-life experiences, so political decision-makers can take action. Watch our latest promotional video! #democracy #citizenempowerment Complexity Partners The Cynefin Company Institut für integrale Studien / Institute for Integral Studies (IFIS) Democracy Agency

The idea of a citizen sensor network was already inspired in the 50s by Picassos famous painting! This is of course fake news ;) and the image is AI - and that’s why we really need a citizen sensor network as inspired by Dave Snowden so that people tell real experience and interpret those themselves! To learn more about Sensemaking in complex systems driven by humans to navigate European politics you can join us on Monday, 16.12.24 Link for registration below in the comments! IMPETUS for citizen science! Institut für integrale Studien / Institute for Integral Studies (IFIS) Charge Research Platform Volt Volt Deutschland Volt Europa Volt Portugal @VoltBelgium @VoltFrance Democracy Agency Complexity Partners alda* - European Association for Local Democracy Anne Caspari Lucia Nass Ina Dimitrieva Roberto Bonino Dr. Elke Fein Roman HUBER @ #EpistemicJustice #SenseMaker #VoltEurope #EU #Europe #VoltGermany #citizenscience

European democracy has many faces. Everyone talks about it, but no one can really define it. It is a concept understood and experienced so differently that there is no single, straightforward definition of it. Nor are the ways to protect and promote it. But what exactly is democracy? Do you know? There are so many blind spots, as this year's report from the European Democracy Hub shows. Our Sense Maker can already provide some insights into how European citizens experience and understand democracy through metaphors. Adrian Wagner Anne Caspari Bettina Geiken, PhD The Innovation in Politics Institute European Capital Of Democracy #ECoD Complexity Partners The Cynefin Company Democracy Agency

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 Dive deeper with our upcoming 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺, designed to empower you to collect stories and lead sensemaking workshops in your community. The training kicks off in 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆/𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 2025, featuring hands-on sessions on: • Exploring the Eurosense dashboard and sharing stories • Collecting narratives and understanding complexity • Using sensemaking tools to create actionable community plans • Leading your own sensemaking sessions and joining the Citizen Sensor Network Don’t miss our 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 16𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 18:00 𝗖𝗘𝗧, where we’ll introduce the Citizen Sensor Network, explain how to get involved, and showcase our innovative participatory tools. You will not only hear about the training, but you will also be able to tell us what you would like to do and help us co-construct a training that best fits your needs and expectations. Roberto Bonino Adrian Wagner Anne Caspari Bettina Geiken, PhD Lucia Nass Beth Smith

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 Dive deeper with our upcoming 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺, designed to empower you to collect stories and lead sensemaking workshops in your community. The training kicks off in 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆/𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 2025, featuring hands-on sessions on: • Exploring the Eurosense dashboard and sharing stories • Collecting narratives and understanding complexity • Using sensemaking tools to create actionable community plans • Leading your own sensemaking sessions and joining the Citizen Sensor Network Don’t miss our 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 16𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 18:00 𝗖𝗘𝗧, where we’ll introduce the Citizen Sensor Network, explain how to get involved, and showcase our innovative participatory tools. You will not only hear about the training, but you will also be able to tell us what you would like to do and help us co-construct a training that best fits your needs and expectations. You can sign-up here: https://lnkd.in/d__EWB2Y For more information contact Roberto Bonino Lucia Nass Adrian Wagner Anne Caspari Bettina Geiken, PhD Dr. Elke Fein Jasper van Laar Ina Dimitrieva Complexity Partners The Cynefin Company

Thank you Tirana! We are grateful for all your support and engagement at the Volt Europa GA in Tirana. Now we are ready to support the on the ground work to collect and listen to the voices in Germany before the Bundestagswahl. Looking forward to see Volt Deutschland shine bright #Volt7% Thanks to all our Partners Complexity Partners Charge Research Platform Volt Institut für integrale Studien / Institute for Integral Studies (IFIS)Democracy Agency and many more. Some quick impressions of the amazing spirit in Tirana below!