CivicSpectra – Die Infrastruktur für gesellschaftlichen Dialog
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Democracy needs more than opinions. It needs conversations.

CivicSpectra is building the infrastructure for meaningful human dialogue, using conversational AI to help people engage across differences, uncover common ground and connect collective insights to decisions.

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From dialogue to collective intelligence.

Where voices overlap, common ground becomes visible.

TalkReal human voices
UnderstandAI-assisted insights
ActInstitutional feedback

Why CivicSpectra

We have never had more ways to express opinions, yet too few opportunities to truly understand one another.

Public discourse is increasingly fragmented. Traditional participation formats often struggle to reach diverse audiences, while online debates rarely translate into meaningful exchange or institutional learning.

CivicSpectra is exploring a different approach: making constructive human dialogue easier to access, facilitate and connect to collective decision-making.

Four steps from a real conversation to a real answer.

AI supports the conversation. People stay at the centre of it, and institutions explain what happens next.

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    Speak naturally

    People share perspectives through real conversations, face-to-face or digitally, using natural speech.

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    AI supports dialogue

    Conversational AI can help structure exchanges, encourage listening and surface different perspectives without replacing human judgment.

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    Make insights visible

    The platform is being developed to identify themes, areas of agreement, disagreements and questions requiring further exploration.

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    Close the feedback loop

    Institutions can use responsibly evaluated insights to inform decisions and explain what happens next.

Built for real-world participation

For everyone who wants to listen before deciding.

Cities & public institutions

Explore new ways of listening to communities and connecting citizen voices to public decisions.

Organisations & businesses

Create structured dialogue between stakeholders, employees and communities.

Civil society & education

Enable meaningful conversations across generations, backgrounds and perspectives.

Our first application

MeinungsPlatz

A place where people talk. AI helps them listen.

MeinungsPlatz is currently being developed and tested in real-world environments: in cafés, trams, parks and waiting rooms.

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Public introduction on 17 December 2026Café Luitpold, Brienner Str. 11, 80333 München
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Pilot partners

Help build the future of dialogue.

We are looking for pilot partners, research collaborators and organisations willing to explore new forms of human dialogue and democratic participation.

Dr. Stephan J. MeierCivicSpectra gGmbH i. Gr.
sjm@ekairos.net

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CivicSpectra builds the infrastructure. MeinungsPlatz brings it to the people.

  







  

    

      

        
What if we started talking to each other again, instead of just trading opinions?

        
Less talking about each other. More talking with each other.

        
On MeinungsPlatz, different people and perspectives meet. An AI accompanies the conversation in natural language. Not to think for us, but to help us understand each other better.

        

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        17 Dec 2026The first public MeinungsPlatz at Café Luitpold, Munich
      

      
    

  


  

    

      

        
Your opinion counts. So does the other one.

        

          
We are used to posting, liking or pitting our opinions against each other.

          
But when did we last truly listen to someone who thinks completely differently?

          
MeinungsPlatz wants to make room for exactly that: open conversations, different viewpoints and new insights. Not necessarily to agree. But to move forward together.

        

      

    

  


  

    

      

        
Two people talking in a fast-food restaurant
At a fast-food restaurant

        
Three people talking in a café
In a café

        
Three people talking on a park bench
On a park bench

        
Four people talking on the tram
On the tram

        
Three people talking in a waiting room
In a waiting room

        
Two people in a library
In a library

      

    

  


  

    

      

        
One topic, one conversation, new perspectives.

        
You don’t need to be an expert. Curiosity is enough.

      

      
    
        
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    A topic that matters
    You explore a question that affects how we live together.
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    You start talking
    With other people, naturally and without complicated technology.
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    An AI accompanies you
    It can ask questions, make perspectives visible and help keep the conversation constructive.
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    You take new perspectives with you
    We are testing how the key thoughts of a conversation can be summarised clearly and how they can spark shared action.
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Listening changes more than a like.

      

        
It’s not about who wins.

        
It’s about understanding other people, questioning your own opinion and perhaps discovering common ground where you least expected it.

      

    

  


  

    

      

        

          
17.12.2026, 6–9 pm

          
          

            

              
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MeinungsPlatz: Disagree better, shape things together. People & AI in conversation.

          

            Café Luitpold
            Brienner Str. 11
80333 München
          

          
Get to know the idea, try out the first conversation formats and help shape MeinungsPlatz.

          

            

              

              

            

            

            
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Frequently asked questions

      

        
Am I talking to people or to an AI?
People and their perspectives are at the centre. The AI supports and moderates the conversation.

        
Do I need to be good with technology?
No. MeinungsPlatz is designed to be accessible through natural language.

        
What happens to my conversation data?
Before you take part, you will learn which data is processed, for what purpose and what choices you have.

        
Who is behind it?
MeinungsPlatz is developed by CivicSpectra, an initiative for new forms of human dialogue supported by artificial intelligence. More about CivicSpectra