As part of my
bachelor's thesis, I was already able to explore the potential of activism to defend democratic values in the digital space. In doing so, I was only able to address the importance of democratic structures and the opportunities that also exist to strengthen democracies through design and technology to a limited extent. Although I was able to find a possible implementation to enter into stimulating dialogs for more participation, I believe that this is only one possibility of much more far-reaching implementations.
The methodology of transformation design in particular can produce important future-oriented positions that can be used to strengthen fundamental democratic values. Critical questioning, making opaque system structures visible and creating new connections are just some of the areas that (transformation) design can use and already improve in this problem area.