School Participatory Budgeting: A tool to foster school democracy
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This comparative report explains how students can participate in school budgeting.
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The Growth of School Participatory Budgeting in the US 2013-2025
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This report provides an overview of School PB in the United States.
Read MoreVoice insecurity: Mapping the consequences of institutional exclusion & charting a path to democratic renewal with citizens' assemblies
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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 MoreIncluding the underrepresented: Strategies for inclusive recruitment and deliberation
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This paper identifies barriers to participation for marginalized groups and proposes concrete methods for ensuring diverse voices within deliberative processes.
Read MoreDeliberative democracy in Africa: Learning from past citizens' assemblies & guidance for future action
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This 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 MoreScaling democratic innovations: Features of effective catalyst organizations & future frontiers
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This paper examines "scaling catalysts", organizations that intentionally drive the expansion of deliberative and participatory practices in their regions.
Read MoreFive dimensions of scaling democratic deliberation: With and beyond AI
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This paper redefines the concept of "scaling," proposing a five-dimensional framework and analyzing the role of AI in strengthening democratic resilience.
Read MoreLegislative theater policy impacts
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A 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 MoreChild participation in decision making: implications for education and beyond
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OECD analysis of models, benefits, and barriers to authentic child participation in education systems.
Read MoreStudy on digital participation tools for youth engagement in local governance
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EU study analyzing how digital tools can strengthen youth engagement in democratic participation.
Read MoreGlobal youth participation index (GYPI)
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Global index measuring youth civic and political participation—aid for designing youth engagement policies.
Read MoreMini-publics, student participation, and universities’ deliberative capacity
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An article exploring how student participation through mini-publics (deliberative assemblies) affects university governance and deliberative capacity.
Read MoreYoung People as Legislators: Legislative Theatre and Youth Parliament
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A 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.
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The Deliberating Universities Network (UNIDELIB)
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The UNIDELIB network collates publications and reports from participating academic institutions around the use of deliberative methodologies in universities.
Read MoreInclusive civic education and school democracy through participatory budgeting
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This journal article examines how youth-led participatory budgeting (PB) initiatives in school settings affect student empowerment, decision-making capacity, and democratic engagement.
Read MorePB in Schools Evaluation Toolkit – Why Data Matters
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A 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 MoreParticipatory Budgeting in Schools and Districts: A Policy Scan
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A 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 MoreYouth political participation: literature and policy review
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A data-rich review of youth political participation and policies (1980–2023), for designing youth-inclusive programs.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting in France
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An analysis of France’s participatory budgeting models, expansion, and political dynamics since 2014.
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