In his lecture at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, David disentangled the notions of trust and distrust and presented and discussed findings from research conducted in Estonia. David used the Q-sort methodology to identify three different narratives on Internet voting: a habit trust narrative (summarized as the belief that practicing Internet voting in the past reinforces trust in the system now), an ecosystem trust narrative (summarized as the belief that since eID is used everywhere, Internet voting based on eID is trustworthy) and a political distrust narrative (summarized as specific politicians’ beliefs that Internet voting is flawed and therefore should not be trusted). 

David’s enthusiasm and expertise sparked a lively discussion and may likely inspire members of the audience to pursue some of the avenues  for further research that emerged out of the discussion. Thank you very much for your wonderful contribution, David!

Links:

David https://davidduenascid.cat

Kozminski University, Warshaw https://www.kozminski.edu.pl/en

Notions of trust and distrust: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/distrust-and-data-driven-technologies