This report analyzes "voice insecurity" — when citizens feel their input is ignored by government — and advocates for the use of citizens' assemblies to rebuild trust.
Read MoreThis paper identifies barriers to participation for marginalized groups and proposes concrete methods for ensuring diverse voices within deliberative processes.
Read MoreThis paper explores how citizens' assemblies can be adapted to Africa's diverse contexts by building on indigenous traditions of consensus-building and drawing lessons from real-world experiments.
Read MoreThis paper examines "scaling catalysts", organizations that intentionally drive the expansion of deliberative and participatory practices in their regions.
Read MoreThis paper redefines the concept of "scaling," proposing a five-dimensional framework and analyzing the role of AI in strengthening democratic resilience.
Read MoreA comprehensive overview of various legislative theater processes across the UK, showcasing how creative participation has led to tangible policy changes in housing, safety, climate, and social inclusion.
Read MoreOECD analysis of models, benefits, and barriers to authentic child participation in education systems.
Read MoreEU study analyzing how digital tools can strengthen youth engagement in democratic participation.
Read MoreGlobal index measuring youth civic and political participation—aid for designing youth engagement policies.
Read MoreAn article exploring how student participation through mini-publics (deliberative assemblies) affects university governance and deliberative capacity.
Read MoreA case-study article examining a six-month legislative theatre project in the UK that engaged young people in youth-parliament structures and theatre-driven decision-making.
Read MoreThe UNIDELIB network collates publications and reports from participating academic institutions around the use of deliberative methodologies in universities.
Read MoreThis journal article examines how youth-led participatory budgeting (PB) initiatives in school settings affect student empowerment, decision-making capacity, and democratic engagement.
Read MoreA guidance document from the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) that explains why evaluation is important in school-based participatory budgeting (PB) and outlines what kind of data to collect and how.
Read MoreA landscape report by the Participatory Budgeting Project that examines how school and district policies support—or hinder—youth-led participatory budgeting (PB) efforts in U.S. K-12 settings.
Read MoreA data-rich review of youth political participation and policies (1980–2023), for designing youth-inclusive programs.
Read MoreAn analysis of France’s participatory budgeting models, expansion, and political dynamics since 2014.
Read MoreA sociological analysis of citizens’ assemblies in Ireland and France—between participation and politics.
Read MoreA comparison of citizens' assembly rules in France and Ireland.
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