Current debates about increasing polarization of the online public sphere stress the role of AI-mediated information access in creating and/or amplifying “filter bubbles” and “echo chambers”. Such polarizing developments have been linked to both the biased way in which AI algorithms provide recommendations, as well as to well-known cognitive limitations and biases that hinder people from being able or willing… read more →
The enCOMPASS project will implement and validate an integrated socio-technical approach to behavioural change for energy saving, by developing innovative user-friendly digital tools for making energy data consumption available and understandable for the different users and stakeholders (residents, employees, pupils, building managers, utilities, ICT providers) empowering them to collaborate to achieve energy savings and manage their energy needs in energy efficient, cost-effective and comfort-preserving ways. It will demonstrate how this can be achieved by a… read more →
The DAFNE project advocates an integrated and adaptive water resources planning and management approach that explicitly addresses the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus from a novel participatory and multidisciplinary perspective. This includes social, economic, and ecologic dimensions, involves both public and private actors and is socially inclusive, enhances resource efficiency and prevents the loss of ecosystem services in regions where large infrastructures… read more →
POWER is a user-driven project to share knowledge and experience of water related issues in different local authorities, thus creating an important tool for EU water policy. It addresses some of the priorities of the European Innovation Partnership on Water such as the reduction of water consumption and the improvement of water quality. It will develop a common Digital Social Platform… read more →