Events For grantees Is Democracy Eroding – What Does the Future of Democracy Look Like? Date 01.10.2025 Time 12:00 - 18:00 Location Sofia Helsinki Address Sofiankatu 4 C (accessible entrance) Sign up for the event What are the most pressing issues for democracy today?What kind of democracy do we want to build and uphold?What is the future of democracy? We warmly invite you to join us on 1 October to explore these topics together at our event Is Democracy Eroding – What Does the Future of Democracy Look Like? The event is open to all projects connected to Kone Foundation’s “Is Democracy Eroding?” funding programme as well as our other grant recipients interested in the topic. PROGRAMME:12:00 Lunch13:00 Welcome13:15 Three perspectives on democracy: project presentations Docent Teemu Häkkinen, University of Jyväskylä: Consensus-seeking defense policy as a form of deliberative democracy in Finland Doctoral Researcher Veikko Isotalo, University of Helsinki: Election compass for young people Professor Jaana Parviainen, University of Tampere: The hidden digital stitches of democracy: how the politics of language and algorithms affect citizens in vulnerable positions 14:15 Thematic group discussions about the current state and the future of democracy16:00 Artistic performance: writer, researcher, songwriter Susanna Hast16:15 Informal networking with drinks and light snacks Please register by 17 September!