GCRD Partners with Sensika Technologies to Develop Democratic Discourse Index
Sofia, Bulgaria – October 6, 2025 – The Global Centre for Rehumanising Democracy (GCRD) has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding with Sensika Technologies to advance democratic health through AI-powered trust intelligence and real-time discourse monitoring.
The five-year partnership brings together GCRD's pioneering work on trust and democratic renewal with Sensika's advanced AI capabilities to create tools that measure what traditional democracy indices miss: how democratic trust is experienced, expressed and contested by citizens in their daily digital lives.
"Democracy falters when citizens no longer believe their leaders serve the public interest or act with moral integrity," said Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob, Founding Executive Director of GCRD. "While we meticulously track voter turnout and institutional performance, we've lacked tools to measure the quality of public discourse—whether citizens engage with respect, seek truth together, express trust, or imagine a shared future. The Democratic Discourse Index fills this critical gap."
"This collaboration demonstrates how advanced AI can serve humanity's deepest aspirations," said Konstantin Hristov, CEO of Sensika Technologies. "We're creating an early warning system for democratic health that respects privacy, prioritizes ethics, and puts citizen voices at the center."
Key Areas of Collaboration
The partnership will focus on six strategic areas:
1. Weekly Intelligence Brief: Analysis of public discourse in select countries to provide timely insights for democratic defenders and policymakers.
2. Democratic Discourse Index (DDI): Development of the world's first real-time measure of democratic health, featuring a live dashboard monitoring trust, social cohesion, information integrity, and civic agency across multiple countries.
3. AI-Powered Trust Intelligence: Joint research on early warning systems for democratic risks and predictive analytics spanning immediate threats (0-12 months) to long-term structural resilience (5-15 years).
4. Global Reporting and Engagement: Creation of an Annual Global DDI Report, rapid response briefs during elections and crises, and Democratic Discourse Labs for stakeholder engagement.
5. Capacity Building: Technology workshops and knowledge exchange initiatives to advance the field of democratic technology.
6. Joint Funding Initiatives: Collaborative efforts to secure resources for tools that strengthen democratic health globally.
Working Together for Humanity
The MoU emphasizes both organizations' "shared commitment to work together for the good of humanity," reflecting their united purpose to strengthen democracy through ethical technology and rigorous research.
The DDI is expected to launch its pilot phase in March 2026, with initial coverage of five countries. Unlike backward-looking assessments published annually, the DDI will provide real-time monitoring—telling us not just what happened to democracy, but what is happening now and what is coming.
Governments, foundations, civil society organizations, and research institutions interested in partnership opportunities can contact GCRD at info@gcrd.org.uk.
About GCRD: The Global Centre for Rehumanising Democracy pioneers trust-based approaches to democratic renewal through contemplative leadership formation, system renewal, and trust intelligence. Founded on the insight that democracy's crisis is fundamentally a crisis of trust, GCRD seeks to address both the systems and souls of democratic leadership. Learn more at www.gcrd.org.uk.
About Sensika Technologies: Sensika’s AI platform delivers real time monitoring and analysis across digital, social, broadcast, and print channels, processing billions of data points across languages, formats, and borders. Purpose-built for speed and scale, it uncovers critical signals, tracks disinformation, and turns complexity into clarity. Learn more at www.sensika.com
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