The DIGIPATCH Consortium is holding its meeting on 19 and 20 May 2025 at the Rectorate of the University of Cordoba, to discuss the progress and results of the project ‘Moving from Networked to Patchworked Society’ (DIGIPATCH). Javier Ruipérez Canales, Director of Strategic Communication at the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation of the European Commission and Director of Research and Projects at the Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies, is among the researchers and experts invited to this event to analyse the challenges of polarisation and social fragmentation in the contemporary world. Ruipérez participated in the inaugural round table, open to the public, entitled ‘Challenges of polarisation and social fragmentation in the contemporary world’, where he will share his experience and knowledge about the initiatives on coexistence from the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation, offering a crucial perspective on this highly relevant issue.
The round table has also counted with the presence of Sebastián Ventura, Vice-Chancellor for Digital Transformation and Data Management; Malgorzata Kossowska, Principal Researcher at Digipatch.
The DIGIPATCH Consortium meeting will continue on Tuesday 20 May with internal working sessions focusing on the presentation and discussion of the results of the different research areas of the project, as well as on the dissemination strategy of the findings. This event represents a key opportunity for knowledge exchange and collaboration between researchers and practitioners dedicated to understanding and addressing the complex challenges of polarisation and social fragmentation in today’s society.
About DIGIPATCH
The EU-funded DIGIPATCH project investigates the impact of digitalisation on social and cultural transformation. Funding organisations also include the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain.
Its main objective is to understand how increasing digitalisation, while offering ample opportunities for information, expression and social connection, also contributes to the formation of closed groups with strong identities and epistemic realities of their own, which could lead to a fragmented or ‘patchwork’ society.
The project is based on a 3N (needs, narratives, networks) theoretical model, which postulates that the frustration of fundamental human needs (such as security and meaning) motivates people to develop beliefs that satisfy them (narratives) and to join communities (networks) that share these dissatisfactions.
