INTERFACED

🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Flaviana Palmisano Associate Professor of Public Economics at Sapienza University of Rome and General Secretary of ECINEQ, Flaviana will explore how inequality shapes trust in public institutions. 📅 27 March | 🌐 Online 🔗 eventbrite.com/e/online-panel…

🎤 Speaker Spotlight: @adelazouni In his talk, he will share insights from climate justice movements and community initiatives in 🇹🇳 on how transparency, access to information & participation rebuild trust in public institutions. 🔗 interfaced.eu/events/online-…

Across Europe, COVID‑19 has shaken trust in institutions & science — but new forms of civic action are emerging. Join our online panel on 27 Mar, 15:00 CET with @edgeryders to discuss participation & trust 👥 🔗eventbrite.com/e/online-panel…

Meet our community journalist @martin_side 🌏 Investigative journalist and environmental physicist specialising in climate justice, gender rights, environmental crimes and migration. 🌐 Explore and share your story on the @edgeryders platform: interfaced.edgeryders.eu

You don’t need permission to make a difference. Scuole Senza Permesso helps 7,000+ migrant learners in Milan through free language schools run by 700+ volunteers. Solidarity in action, especially during COVID-19. Full story: interfaced.eu/scuole-senza-p…

This week, our project kicked off the year with its first consortium meeting of 2026, bringing partners together to reflect on progress and align on the next steps. A productive and forward-looking discussion that sets the direction for the months ahead. 🚀

📊 Why do Europeans trust scientists more than politicians? 🤔 This pattern highlights the lasting impact of crises like COVID‑19 on how citizens view expertise and democratic institutions. ✍️ This blogpost was written by colleagues at the @uc3m. interfaced.eu/trust-in-europ…

As @feligsantos points out in this El País article, even “secondary figures” can shape opinion and politics behind the scenes. INTERFACED examines how civic participation and grassroots action can build resilient democratic spaces amid polarisation. 📖interfaced.eu/behind-the-hea…

Last week to apply! Good storytelling drives change. @INTERFACED_EU is looking for freelance journalists to share original fiction on social issues, community, and civic engagement. 🔗 Apply here: interfaced.eu/open-call-for-…

On Nov 7, Toma Burean, project partner from @UnivBabesBolyai, spoke at @uvtromania, presenting the INTERFACED project. Discussions explored gender gaps in political participation, cross-country research, and strategies to counter radical & populist discourse among students.

Our latest blog post, by our project partners at Dublin City University, offers a revealing look at political participation in Tunisia. 🔗 Read the full blogpost: buff.ly/hrV9pL1

We’re looking for original, engaging fictional stories that explore the challenges, hopes, and realities of people navigating a changing social and political landscape. 💶 Honorarium: €300 📅 Deadline: 30 November 🔗 Learn more and apply: buff.ly/U9Dt5GN

🚨 Last day to apply! 🚨 Freelance community journalists, let's collaborate and make an impact. 🔗 Apply by sharing a short bio of yourself and relevant experience, a 500-word draft or outline, your country of residence, and your spoken languages: buff.ly/TuV7fkE

If you are a freelance journalist that is passionate about creative fictional stories that tackle social issues, community, and civic engagement, then we would love you to share your original work with us. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/zW8cOSb

Last week, the Annual Conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association took place at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest. During the event, INTERFACED and ProTest Horizon projects held a joint roundtable. Read more about it here: buff.ly/jULLPhP

We’re looking for your editorial expertise to help shape these lived narratives—written by the people who experienced them—into compelling stories that contribute to research with real-world impact. 🔗 Learn more and apply by 30 October: buff.ly/TuV7fkE

Are you a freelance community journalist focusing on modern political life? We're seeking journalists to explore how people handle mistrust, disconnection, and shifting civic norms. 🔗 Apply by 30 October: buff.ly/jcvFLX4

🤝 Journalism as an act of connecting the disconnected! We’re seeking journalists who excel at community reporting and capturing political life at the grassroots level. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/jcvFLX4

✒️ 📖 We're looking for unique fiction that reflects the truths, challenges, & aspirations of people in our fast-evolving social and political landscape. Your tale could be featured on Witness, Edgeryders' sci-fi worldbuilding project. Learn more: buff.ly/gJt1ICt

Last month, researchers from our project partner @unipr showcased their cutting-edge computational protest analysis research at the 2025 Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP). 📃 Read more: buff.ly/wsCW1HT