Project information
Enlightened trust: An examination of trust and distrust in governance – conditions, effects and remedies
(EnTrust)
- Project Identification
- 870572
- Project Period
- 2/2020 - 4/2024
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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European Union
- Horizon 2020
- Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies (Societal Challenges)
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Social Studies
- Keywords
- trust, distrust, determinants, practical implications, remedies, risk analysis, prevention, policy recommendations, public opinion, civil society, public sphere, social media, civic dialogue
- Cooperating Organization
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University of Copenhagen
Universität Siegen
- Responsible person prof Christian Lahusen
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Civil Society Europe
University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory
This project aims to address trust and distrust in governance in the European context by focusing on three axes. First, it considers trust and distrust as distinct, equally relevant and mutually interrelated dimensions of the relations between citizens and various governance actors. Second, the proposal looks at trust and distrust and their complex interrelations as collective phenomena that are created and reproduced through practices, contestation, negotiation, interpretations between various actors across different societal arenas or fields. Third, the proposal takes account of the complexity of trust/distrust relations by taking a differential look at the various targets of trust and distrust situated at different levels of aggregation and in various arenas.
Objectives of projects are:
- To develop an interdisciplinary and multidimensional theoretical framework about the relationship between trust and distrust in governance complementing accounts from sociology, political science, psychology, ethics and philosophy,
- To produce a mapping of different cultures of trust and distrust and their development and interlinkages over time.
- To identify and develop best practices of trust building and dealing with distrust
- To proactively engage in dissemination and communication activities and develop recommendations for practitioners and policymakers.
Sustainable Development Goals
Masaryk University is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to improve the conditions and quality of life on our planet by 2030.
Publications
Total number of publications: 13
2022
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Chápání institucionální důvěry v průběhu dospívání a dospělosti (konference Eroze demokracie, evropská společnost a česká zkušenost, FF UP Olomouc)
Year: 2022, type:
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'Without trust, there is no society' - the role of democratic social movements in the formation of trust and distrust in the Czech Republic (chapter in the Integrated report on the role of democratic social movements, EnTrust project)
Year: 2022