In study A Roman Lietz and Fergal Lenehan from the ReDICo team explored cosmopolitanism on the social media platform Twitter. In qualitative interviews they analysed how digital political engagement looks like on Twitter, what motivation lies behind this engagement and how cosmopolitan Twitter users may be supported.

The article was recently published in the Persona Studies Journal. 

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Lietz, R., & Lenehan, F. (2023). Tweeting the World a Better Place: Motivations and Values Underpinning the Creation of a Digital Cosmopolitan Persona. Persona Studies, 8(3), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.21153/psj2022vol8no3art1653