Youth Decide 2040

YouthDecide 2040 aims to support European Union democracy to rise to the challenges through evidence-based historical and contemporary knowledge, strategic foresight, and robust deliberation. 

Specifically, YouthDecide 2040 has the main objective to: co-create with European youth – and older generations, political and institutional actors, and organised civil society – coherent pathways to desired futures of democracy in the European Union in 2040. 

The main objective will be translated into a series of research questions that need to be answered to support the work. 

Each question is connected to a key objective and corresponding work packages to support co-creation. 

All activities are planned to be inclusive and open processes – transparently documented along the way – to enable repetition and implementation beyond the life of the project. 

The project’s ambition is to reinvigorate democracy in and across Europe with visions and pathways – made with active and inclusive citizen participation – for becoming more resilient to current and future challenges.

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This project is implemented by the Austrian Institute of Technology in partnership with the European Democracy Youth Network, Strategic Design Scenarios, WeDo Project Intelligence Made Easy SL, Missions Publiques, Fraunhofer Institute of Systems and Innovation research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, European Partnership for Democracy, European University Institute, European Youth Forum and Make.org.

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The project will be implemented from January 2025 until December 2027.