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Digital democracy in Europe: service design facilitating e-participation platforms
(Tartu Ülikool, 2024) Sheremet, Yuliia; Khutkyy, Dmytro, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
This study investigates the impact of service design on citizen engagement in e-participation platforms within the context of digital democracy in Europe. With technological advancements significantly altering political processes and democratic engagement, this thesis explores how service design can facilitate citizen participation on digital platforms. The research encompasses a comparative analysis of eight e-participation platforms across Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Iceland, France, Scotland, and Ireland. Using a mixed-methods approach, including manual qualitative platform analysis, reports review, and expert surveys, the study identifies key factors in service design influencing user engagement and satisfaction. Findings highlight the importance of user-friendly interfaces, accessibility features, and robust feedback mechanisms in enhancing platform effectiveness. The study provides recommendations for optimizing service design to improve citizen engagement and support democratic processes, ultimately contributing to the development of more effective e-participation platforms in Europe.
Predicting the success of Ukraine's restoration projects: a machine learning analysis using DREAM ecosystem data
(Tartu Ülikool, 2025) Ksienich, Volodymyr; Khutkyy, Dmytro, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
Ukraine’s full‑scale war has generated 157 billion USD in infrastructure losses and an urgent 524 billion USD reconstruction bill. While prior scholarship isolates single drivers of project delivery, it rarely combines finance, governance, digital capacity and societal sentiment in one empirical frame. This study merges five open datasets (DREAM project register, DREAM‑Completeness audit, Transparent Cities scores, Digital‑Index metrics and IRI opinion surveys), yielding a moderate‑N panel of 190 fully documented wartime restoration projects. A six‑pillar theoretical model is operationalised through logistic regression and three ensemble learners. Results show that fragmenting procurements into additional contract lots multiplies completion odds by ≈9.8; publishing real‑time finance schedules raises success probability by 12 percentage points independent of budget size; and a one‑SD increase in regional digital maturity adds five points, but only where e‑services accompany raw openness. Findings nuance ‘transparency backlash’ theory and suggest an integrated policy bundle: mandatory micro‑lotting, conditional disbursement upon schedule disclosure, and targeted e‑government investment.
Russian propaganda techniques: the case of the Russia-Ukraine war
(Tartu Ülikool, 2025) Lopina, Anastasiia; Khutkyy, Dmytro, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
Russia, which has been promoting its propaganda narratives for years, is a complex and acute topic for research. The reason is that the Kremlin’s propaganda is characterised by its complexity, diversity, and multi-orientation. Despite the immense interest in its investigation since the beginning of the Russian Federation’s war in Ukraine, few works have examined how its propaganda has changed over time. This raises a research problem that I attempt to close in this thesis. Hence, I analysed two periods of the Russia-Ukraine war to find out how Vladimir Putin’s propaganda techniques changed and what their proportion was during the hybrid warfare and the beginning of the full-scale invasion. By creating a more systematic approach to analysing propaganda techniques in the form of three separate categories — emotional, social, and cognitive propaganda methods, I detect that propaganda has altered since the beginning of 2022, compared to 2014. The findings show there have been changes in the prioritisation and proportion of propaganda techniques. The work facilitates a better understanding of the approaches of Russia’s information warfare, its strategies during the war, and what countermeasures should be developed to resist the Kremlin’s propaganda. The comparative analysis was carried out based on a selection of speeches by President Vladimir Putin. It included 152 articles mentioning information about Ukraine, where examples of propaganda techniques were identified.