by Alicja Gniadzik, Ruth Susana Pasquin, Daniel Köberl (Monitoring Task Force of the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators) and Mateusz Tokarski (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission) | Sep 30, 2026 | Big ideas
Read in German Read in Polish Read in Spanish Innovating the Innovation? Participant-led Spaces in Young Citizens’ Assemblies What happens when participants in a Citizens’ Assembly have the opportunity not only to take part, but to shape the process as it unfolds? How...
by Felipe Rey, Magdalena Correa, Roberto Gargarella, Jorge Roa and César Vallejo | Aug 18, 2026 | Big ideas
Read in Spanish Descending the ivory tower and deliberating academia: a minipublic of constitutionalists at the World Congress of Constitutional Law What happens when you convene a deliberative mini-public composed entirely of leading academics, in the middle of a...
by Nick Vlahos | Feb 17, 2026 | Big ideas
Why Millions Can Deliberate: It Just Requires an Economy That Supports Mass Participation The recent language of mass governance associated with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani points toward treating participation as sustained popular involvement in governing itself,...
by Anna Slaviero | Oct 17, 2025 | Big ideas
Read in Norwegian Epistemic Justice and Decolonial Intersectional Futures in Deliberative Democracy Deliberative democracy’s normative ideals demand epistemic plurality and justice – not only the inclusion of diverse perspectives, but also the recognition of diverse...
by Marjan Ehsassi and John Gastil | Feb 24, 2025 | Big ideas
Activated Citizenship in Conversation In her new book, Activated Citizenship: the transformative power of citizens’ assemblies, Marjan Ehsassi explores the potential of citizens’ assemblies to address some of the challenges facing contemporary Western democracies. In...
by Iñaki Goñi | Oct 12, 2024 | Big ideas
Read in Spanish Make it make sense: the challenge of data analysis in global deliberation Global Deliberative processes are gaining traction, and they bring with them a fresh set of challenges for design and implementation. Not least is the question of how to...
