by Nardine Alnemr and Rob Weymouth | Apr 23, 2024 | Reflections
Democracy and Artificial Intelligence: old problems, new solutions? Does Artificial Intelligence hold the potential to remedy our contemporary democratic ills, or further foment them? In the first of this two-part series, Nardine Alnemr and Rob Weymouth discuss how...
by Damir Kapidžić and Yves Dejaeghere | Feb 15, 2024 | Reflections
Read in Bosnian/Croatian Inclusive topic selection: reflections on Mostar’s first citizens’ assembly The topic for deliberation in a citizens’ assembly is often predetermined. But in Mostar, this process was opened up to the city’s residents. In this conversation, two...
by Kyle Redman in conversation with Paolo Spada and Tiago Peixoto | Aug 28, 2023 | Reflections
How representative is it really? A correspondence on sortition Are proponents of sortition overclaiming? What claims to representativeness can we really make about deliberative mini-publics? This correspondence unpicks some of the key claims and proposes ways forward...
by Nivek Thompson in conversation with Nicole Armos | May 9, 2023 | Reflections
To realise deliberative democracy’s promise, we need to go beyond inclusion This conversation unpacks the difference between equity and inclusion and how deliberative mini-publics and various forms of public engagement can truly support meaningful and equitable...
by Kimbra White, Nicole Hunter and Keith Greaves | Oct 17, 2022 | Reflections
An honour, an adventure, and the most humbling experience: Facilitating democratic deliberation The authors of Facilitating Deliberation: A Practical Guide reflect on their reasons for writing a book about deliberation through the lens of facilitators. Illustration by...
by John Gastil | Jul 4, 2022 | Reflections
Ned Crosby, 1936-2022 We celebrate the life of Ned Crosby, who envisioned the possibilities of deliberative democracy. Ned Crosby passed away May 29, 2022 in the company of family. He had managed multiple myeloma for six years before his condition worsened suddenly....
