Harmony in the Democratic Ideological Space (HarDIS)

In today’s democracies, the relationship between political parties and voters plays a critical role in shaping political outcomes. However, research on this interaction, including party responsiveness to voter preferences, is often hampered by fragmented and non-FAIR datasets, which are not maintained and harmonised in the long-term. The HarDIS project – Harmony in the Democratic Ideological Space – aims to create a community-based, sustainable, scalable, and FAIR linkage key database. HarDIS will enhance the integration of new party and voter data into the platform. It will also harmonise data, streamlining access for researchers and ensuring long-term collaboration in democracy studies. In the medium term, the new linkage key database will be integrated into the European research infrastructure Monitoring Electoral Democracy (MEDem).