The paper has been published by Marco Meloni, Fabio G. Lupato, Felix von Nostitz, Giulia Sandri, Oscar Barberà, and Adrià Mompó in Data in Brief.

The aim of this paper is to introduce the key features of the DIGIPART – Digitalisation in Parties dataset. The dataset provides information on the digitalisation of several key dimensions of 76 statewide and non-statewide political parties through five major European countries (France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, and Spain) right after the COVID-19 pandemic (2021–22). The dataset is strongly informed by previous theorisations, dividing party digitalisation into different pillars: elections, deliberation, participation, resources, communication, and organisation. The information gathered allows researchers to explore potential variables influencing and being influenced by such phenomenon. The DIGIPART dataset offers the possibility to quantify different dimensions of party digitalisation, many of them directly related to democratic innovations. The dataset was conceived as a pilot to then scale up to other countries and regions allowing further comparative research.


Referència:
Marco Meloni, Fabio G. Lupato, Felix von Nostitz, Giulia Sandri, Oscar Barberà, Adrià Mompó (2025): DIGIPART - A pilot dataset exploring the digitalisation of political parties, Data in Brief, DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2025.112173

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