Citizen science / participatory AIequity, safety, and inclusion in AIParticipation documented

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Brussels, Belgium

Program documentation shows citizens helping define problem areas, propose and vote on ideas, sit on a citizen jury, and remain involved across project phases as AI applications are developed.

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Project documentation Evidence source

Overview

Region: Europe
Lead organization: Scivil; Vrije Universiteit Brussel Knowledge Centre Data & Society
Organization type: university + civic methodology partner
Technology group: multiple AI methods
Activity status: active
Start year: 2019
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026

Participation documentation

Participation mode: citizen idea generation + public voting + citizen jury + co-creation
Participants: citizens; civil society organisations; AI experts; citizen jury members
Methods: workshops; idea collection; public voting; citizen jury; co-creation phases
AI lifecycle stages: problem formulation; design; project selection; development; evaluation
Evidence summary: Program documentation shows citizens helping define problem areas, propose and vote on ideas, sit on a citizen jury, and remain involved across project phases as AI applications are developed.
Atlas assessment: Core · High confidence · evidence grade A
Uncertainty: Public evidence indicates that stakeholders directly shaped AI design, data, deployment, evaluation, or oversight; residual uncertainty concerns the exact degree of shared decision power rather than project existence.