Our projects aim to bring the next democratic paradigm to life by:

Building new governance institutions

DemocracyNext Cities Programme
Deschutes Civic Assembly on Youth Homelessness
Democratising workplace decision making
Democratising the Museum: Birmingham Museums Trust
Democratising the Museum: Citizens' Assemblies in Bonn and Dresden
More-than-human governance
Citizen-led AI Governance
Democratising Economic Institutions
The EU Citizens’ Assembly

Action-oriented research

Spaces for Deliberation
Deliberation as an Antidote to Authoritarianism in Europe
Tech-Enhanced Deliberative Assemblies
Edited Volume on Embedding Citizens’ Assemblies
Deliberation & Technology (DelibTech) Network

Opening up the imagination

Designing Democracy exhibitions: Bonn and Dresden 2024-2025