Research period: 1 February 2024 – 31 January 2027

Funding: Horizon Europe Grant agreement ID: 101132560

Principal investigator: Gabriella Szabó

Contributing researchers: Gabriella Szabó, Eszter Farkas, Orsolya Ring, István Üveges

 

About

The PLEDGE project, funded by Horizon Europe, explores the emotional dynamics of political grievances and their impact on democratic politics. In collaboration with researchers, policymakers, and citizens, PLEDGE aims to understand publicly manifested emotions and develop practices and tools that promote emotionally aware democratic governance, political communication, and active civic engagement.

Launched in February 2024, the project is currently in the data collection and methodology development phase. A multilingual model, a theory-driven and validated AI-supported big data analysis for identifying emotion-based political grievances, is under testing. Beyond research activities, the consortium has also established advanced research data and risk management principles, procedures, and monitoring mechanisms, which have been shared as deliverables. Maintaining and refining these processes remains an ongoing task.

Project's official website: https://www.pledgeproject.eu/

Related conferences

2024 – ISPP Annual Meeting – Jul 4-6

• Title of presentation: "GuiltBERT: A computational approach to study the manifestation of guilt in news media content"