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Advancing Social Cohesion in the Face of Polarized Public Discourse

Funding Program

Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs)

Call number

PPPA-2026-SOCIAL-COHESION-PPD

deadlines

Opening
12.02.2026

Deadline
31.03.2026 17:00

Funding rate

85%

Call budget

€ 785,000.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

€ 785,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

The overall objective of this pilot project is to advance social cohesion and democratic resilience across the European Union by addressing the growing risks of online political polarisation. In an era when social media has become a primary channel for political debate, it is essential to develop a neutral, scientifically robust methodology for analysing discourse that respects freedom of expression while identifying harmful manipulation and polarising trends.

Call objectives

The project aims to build a solid foundation for understanding how diverse political expressions circulate and interact online, and how this engages with offline discourse and actions. It will apply advanced IT tools, such as AI-powered sentiment, discourse and network analysis, to observe and map polarising dynamics in multiple languages and contexts. This work will be conducted in full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The project will help develop practical, evidence-based strategies to mitigate online polarisation, by fostering collaboration between a wide range of stakeholders, notably media and social media organisations, online platforms, creative practitioners, technology companies, civil society organisations, information integrity professionals, fact-checkers, media literacy practitioners, educational, cultural and research institutions, universities and organisations, and think tanks. Results will contribute directly to the European Commission’s broader Democracy Shield initiative and inform future policy measures aimed at promoting balanced, constructive public debate across Europe.

The primary objective of this call is to advance interdisciplinary research on polarisation in the digital age, with particular focus on its role as a driver of systemic risk to democratic institutions, social cohesion, and public trust. The idea is to put together existing research and build on top of it. To achieve this overarching aim, the project will pursue the following specific objectives:

  • Develop and apply a neutral, scientifically robust methodology to analyse online political discourse and polarisation across the EU, ensuring balanced coverage of diverse political viewpoints. The methodology should be applied in a representative set of countries and languages.
  • Design and prototype GDPR-compliant IT and AI tools for multilingual sentiment, discourse, and network analysis to track polarisation (affective, ideological, and network-based), disentangle its drivers from platform design and wider societal dynamics, and examine feedback loops between online discourse and offline events shaping societal resilience.
  • Co-design, test, and evaluate evidence-based interventions—technical, social, and policy-oriented—to mitigate harmful polarisation while safeguarding freedom of expression and open democratic debate, working through a European User Network with capacity-building resources (training, playbooks, localisation kits).
  • Evaluate, document, and disseminate insights through standardised case outputs, practical overviews and comparative briefs to contribute to situational awareness and to inform policy. Translate findings into implementation roadmaps (owners, timelines, KPIs). The project will conduct outreach to relevant stakeholders and establish a network, including to mobilise participation to support the preparation of the common research support framework envisaged under the Democracy Shield.

For the purpose of this pilot project:

  • Online Polarisation refers to the spread and amplification of extreme or divisive views in public discourse, often fuelled by algorithmic amplification, filter bubbles, and manipulative tactics that exploit emotions.
  • Neutral, Scientifically Robust Methodology means a data-driven approach that includes diverse political expressions from across the spectrum to include people with different political opinions.
  • AI-Powered Monitoring refers to the use of sentiment, discourse and network analysis tools to systematically examine trends, narratives and influential actors online, in line with EU data protection and ethical standards.

1. Analysis and Monitoring Methodology and Innovative Tools for Understanding Polarisation

A central theme of this pilot project is the development of a neutral and scientifically sound approach to analysing political discourse and polarisation. Proposals should outline how they will combine advanced sentiment, discourse and network analysis to map trends, narratives and influential actors that contribute to political polarisation across the EU. The methodology must be demonstrably objective, covering a balanced spectrum of political viewpoints and ensuring that data collection and analysis are transparent, reliable and unbiased.

2. European Regional Knowledge Exchange and Implementation Pathways for Social Cohesion

The initiative includes a pan-EU regional conference in Month 3 of the project, designed to surface, validate, and cross-pollinate effective on-the-ground de-polarisation and social cohesion initiatives, informing the project’s methodology and tooling. From the outset of the action, this conference and the necessary preparations will run in parallel with the development of the Analysis and Monitoring Methodology and Innovative Tools for Understanding Polarisation. The conference will serve as the joint starting point for activities 1 and 2: actors from the field will present their ideas, and the initial concept of the methodology and tools will be presented and discussed with participants.

3. Collaboration and Practical Mitigation Strategies

Equally important is the commitment to build cross-sector and cross-border partnerships that translate analytical insights into practical actions. Proposals should show how they will work with trusted partners—fact-checkers, researchers, media organisations, technology providers, civil society actors, and other relevant EU initiatives (including the Democracy Shield)—to develop, test, and scale realistic mitigation strategies that counter harmful effects of polarisation without restricting open, democratic debate. Sharing lessons learned and best practices will help ensure that project results inform future EU policy and strengthen societal resilience across Member States.

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Expected effects and impacts

This pilot project is expected to produce concrete, actionable outcomes that help better understand and address the drivers of political polarisation, while safeguarding freedom of expression and supporting balanced, evidence-based public debate. The results will contribute directly to the Democracy Shield and strengthen long-term social cohesion and democratic resilience.

Expected impacts include:

  • A neutral, scientifically validated methodology for monitoring and analysing online political discourse and polarisation across a representative set of countries and languages, providing policymakers and stakeholders with reliable data and insights into how polarising narratives develop, spread and interact online.
  • Measurement of polarisation and related metrics, taking into account both online and offline aspects, with quantitative metrics and qualitative analyses. Production of relevant dashboards and a series of briefs/reports/overviews summarising these findings.
  • A set of advanced AI-powered tools and techniques for multilingual sentiment, discourse and network analysis, designed and tested to ensure transparency, neutrality and compliance with GDPR and the Digital Services Act, and adaptable for future research and policy needs.
  • Development and testing of evidence-based mitigation strategies and interventions that translate analytical findings into practical measures for countering polarisation online, while fully respecting freedom of speech and the diversity of political expression in the EU. This could feed into societal resilience building actions to be deployed in the future. Establish sustainable cross-sector and pan-European collaboration networks that bring together a wide variety of relevant players, creating a strong foundation for continuous and durable cooperation, knowledge-sharing, as well as policy support related to broader EU initiatives such as the Democracy Shield. In this regard, the funded project will be expected to facilitate discussions among key stakeholders to prepare the establishment of the common research framework.

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Expected results

To implement, a wide range of activities can be funded under this call. These activities could involve, but do not have to be limited to:

  • Pan-European and/or regional convenings and knowledge exchange. Organisation of a pan-EU conference in Brussels, and/or a series of regional conferences (North, South, East, West) with open calls for case studies, panels, clinics, and tool demos; produce standardised case write-ups, comparative briefs, and recordings to feed subsequent analysis and network building, and collection of ideas on how to support the European Democracy Shield. Organisation of the final workshop.
  • Methodology design and multilingual data collection. Development of a transparent theoretical framework and measurement protocol (typologies of affective/ideological/cultural/epistemic polarisation; thresholds between healthy contestation and harmful division); implementation of multilingual data pipelines linking online signals to offline context, with pre-registration and clear reproducibility standards. Incorporation of relevant economic, psychological (such as moral foundations theory), and sociological methodologies.
  • Development of IT-based tools. Development of open-source, modular software components and integrated platforms for data ingestion, processing, and visualisation; ensure high levels of interoperability through standardized APIs and common data schemas that facilitate cross-platform analysis and integration with European research infrastructures; create intuitive, user-friendly tools tailored to diverse stakeholder needs, ranging from policymakers to researchers and civil society organizations.
  • IT and AI tooling R&D under EU rules. Design and prototyping of GDPR-compliant tools for sentiment, discourse, stance/valence, narrative clustering, and network analysis, logical fallacy detection, including documentation, model cards, and risk registers aligned with DSA Article 40 researcher access where applicable.
  • Model training, evaluation, and fairness. Training/finetuning of multilingual models; running of accuracy, robustness, and calibration tests; performance and bias/fairness audits and multilingual alignment checks; human-in-the-loop review, red-teaming, and error analysis to ensure reliability across countries and languages.
  • Monitoring and reporting infrastructure. Building a “Polarisation Monitor” with dashboards and APIs that track trends, actors, and narrative flows over time; including election-period modules, alerting for rapid shifts, and open, well-documented indicators for researcher and policymaker use, complemented by public-facing visualisations that translate complex polarisation dynamics into accessible, human-scale experiences (with clear uncertainty communication and methodological transparency), and foresight tools.
  • Intervention design, piloting, and evaluation. Co-design and testing of technical, social, and policy-oriented interventions (e.g., deliberative formats, bridging algorithms, logical fallacy explainers, civic-tech prompts, media literacy and arts-based modules, citizen engagement measures) which could also include speculative-design prototyping and participatory co-creation (storytelling/world-building) to generate culturally adaptable intervention variants; evaluation with pilots, A/B tests or field experiments.
  • Producing briefs/reports/overviews and analysis. The creation of briefs/reports/overviews and relevant analysis to provide an overview of the state of play of polarisation in EU Member States with all its relevant aspects. Candidate countries may be also included in the coverage as relevant. Different types of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analyses linked to this as well as the creation of relevant dashboards and overview tools, including foresight.
  • European User Network and capacity building. Establishment of a durable network of relevant stakeholders; operating under a light governance structure and code of conduct.
  • Dissemination, policy interface, and sustainability. Production of practitioner toolkits; policy workshops with relevant EU initiatives (e.g., Democracy Shield, EDMO hubs); post-project governance, maintenance, and funding to ensure reuse and long-term uptake, including visual storytelling assets, co-creation facilitation kits, and tested interface/design patterns to enable rapid adoption by civil society, media literacy actors, and public bodies. This includes a final mandatory workshop at the end of the project with potential stakeholders.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)

eligible entities

Education and training institution, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

Mandatory partnership

Yes

Project Partnership

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))

Proposals may be submitted by any of the following combinations of:

  • media and social media organisations, online platforms, creative practitioners, and technology companies;
  • civil society organisations;
  • information integrity professionals, fact-checkers, media literacy practitioners;
  • educational, cultural and research institutions, universities and organisations, think tanks.

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 5 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:

  • Minimum 5 independent entities from 4 different eligible countries.
  • At least one applicant is an organisation with expertise in research on polarisation and,
  • At least one applicant is a civil society organisation with relevant expertise on information integrity 12 and/or polarisation and,
  • At least one applicant is a company with proven technological expertise.

A good balance among consortium members is required in terms of competencies and main tasks allocation to carry out the project We also encourage a good geographical balance in terms of the consortium members’ presence in and experience of different EU Member States.

Affiliated entities to a beneficiary, if any, do not sign the grant and therefore do not become beneficiaries themselves, do not count for the minimum number of applicants.

Associated partners, if any, are considered third parties. They do not sign the grant and therefore do not become beneficiaries themselves, are not applicants, not part of the consortium and hence do not count for the minimum number of applicants.

other eligibility criteria

Specific cases and definitions

Natural persons — Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person).

International organisations — International organisations are NOT eligible.

Entities without legal personality — Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.

EU bodies — EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium.

Affiliated entities - Legal entities having a legal or capital link with applicants, which is neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its implementation, may take part in the action as affiliated entities, and may declare eligible costs as specified in section 10. For that purpose, applicants shall identify such affiliated entities in the proposal and application form.

Associations and interest groupings — Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’. Please note that if the action will be implemented by the members, they should also participate (either as beneficiaries or as affiliated entities, otherwise their costs will NOT be eligible).

EU restrictive measures — Special rules apply for entities subject to EU restrictive measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU). Such entities are not eligible to participate in any capacity, including as beneficiaries, affiliated entities, associated partners, subcontractors or recipients of financial support to third parties (if any).

EU conditionality measures — Special rules apply for entities subject to measures adopted on the basis of EU Regulation 2020/2092. Such entities are not eligible to participate in any funded role (beneficiaries, affiliated entities, subcontractors, recipients of financial support to third parties, etc). Currently such measures are in place for Hungarian public interest trusts established under the Hungarian Act IX of 2021 or any entity they maintain (see Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2506, as of 16 December 2022). The indicative list of affected entities (the trusts and the entities they maintain) is available under this link. This link will bring you to the official Annex to Hungarian Act IX of 2021.

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Topics

Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation, 
Demographic Change, European Citizenship, Migration, 
Digitalisation, Digital Society, ICT, 
Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media, 
Equal Rights, Human Rights, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion, 
Justice, Safety & Security

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

15 months

Additional Information

Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Calls for proposals section). Paper submissions are NOT possible.

Proposals (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System (NOT the documents available on the Topic page — they are only for information).

Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:

  • Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
  • Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (template to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded)
  • Mandatory annexes and supporting documents (templates to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded):
    • detailed budget table/calculator
    • CVs (standard) of core project team
    • list of previous projects (key projects for the last 3 years) (template available in Part B)

Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B).

Financial support to third parties is not allowed.

Call documents

Call Document PPPA-2026-SOCIAL-COHESIONCall Document PPPA-2026-SOCIAL-COHESION(463kB)

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