Involve is an alternative to traditional tools that focuses on collecting in-depth and meaningful data. Involve is designed to:

Counteract fatigue and mistrust
The willingness of the public to participate in engagement processes is declining. This is primarily because citizens are often only asked to choose between problem understandings and proposed solutions that have been defined in advance. In addition, there is often a perception that contributions are neither heard nor translated into action. This leads to fatigue and mistrust.
Involve focuses instead on creating processes where open answers are valued and where there is transparency in how they are used in the decision-making process.

Lower the barrier to participation
Traditional methods—questionnaires, opinion polls, town hall meetings, public forums—tend to favor those who are comfortable expressing themselves precisely in writing or speaking in public. This excludes many people. To broaden participation, Involve is designed to meet people where they are and give them the opportunity to contribute in ways that feel natural. That's why Involve lets users simply record audio messages, take a photo, or write freely – this lowers the threshold and makes it easier for everyone to have their say.

Overcome polarization with experience-based knowledge
Engagement that focuses on attitudes often reinforces polarization: asking "What do you think?" typically pushes people further into entrenched positions. When people are invited to share their concrete experiences with a topic, however, we gain access to deeper and more nuanced knowledge. Involve supports experience-based contributions that anchor the mapping in the realities of everyday life rather than in abstract dividing lines or polarized positions.