Crowd-Competent: Collective intelligence, social innovation, and a democratic A.I. transition
We aim to empower young people with crowd-thinking competences and AI-enhanced skills, fostering their ability to tackle complex societal challenges. We seek to lay the foundation for a European ecosystem of crowd-thinking, that promotes collaborative intelligent societies aligned with the European AI Act's goals of inclusivity, transparency, and long-term engagement in social and technological innovation.
To make this vision concrete, we will implement key activities including: mapping the crowd-thinking field in the Nordics and the Benelux, developing and testing a training plan for young people in Denmark and Sweden, organizing national awareness events in Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, creating promotional materials and a website to disseminate outputs, and running social media campaigns to engage new stakeholders towards laying the foundation for a crowd-thinking ecosystem in Europe.
We expect the Crowd-Competent project to produce the following results:
- a trained group of young people equipped with crowd-thinking and AI skills
- successful small-scale initiatives led by participants
- increased awareness of crowd-thinking through national events
- a lasting digital platform housing project outputs
- the foundation for a European crowd-thinking ecosystem that fosters collaborative societies and a democratic AI transition
About the project
Project period
- 2025-03-01–2026-10-31
Project Leader
- Project Leader: Janet Frances Rafner, Center for Hybrid Intelligence, Department of Management, Aarhus University
- Local Project Leader: Maya Hoveskog, Deputy Professor, Halmstad University
Other participating researchers
- Joakim Tell, Deputy Professor, Halmstad University
External link. - Manoella Antonieta Ramos, Postdoc, Halmstad University
Collaboration partners
- C-Cube – Denmark External link.
- Involved Aps – Denmark External link.
- Culturics AB – Sweden External link.
- Bureau Lucas de Jong – The Netherlands External link.
Financier
- Erasmus+
