by Remco van der Stoep, Jaron Harambam and Willemine Willems | Mar 31, 2025 | Dispatch
Read in Dutch Democratising science? Citizen deliberation on climate research in the Netherlands Can citizen deliberation play a role in decision-making within the world of science? What could this look like? These were some of the questions a Netherlands-based team...
by Pieter Velghe, Jehan Bottin, Christoph Niessen, Rebecca Gebauer, Ann-Mireille Sautter and Min Reuchamps | Jan 31, 2025 | Dispatch
Read in Dutch Read in French Read in German The Ostbelgien Model: five years on In 2019, a corner of Belgium made history when it established a new form of institutionalised citizen deliberation. Five years after its inception, the team of researchers following it...
by Min Reuchamps, Bernard Reber, Marjan H. Ehsassi and Agnese Bertello | Jan 22, 2024 | Dispatch
Read in French Five lessons from the College of Guarantors of the French Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life The Guarantors of the French Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life had a unique level of access to the deliberation, its design and governance. In this...
by Adela Gąsiorowska | Oct 1, 2023 | Dispatch
Understanding the policy impact of Citizens’ Assemblies: a dispatch from Gdansk Adela Gąsiorowska unpacks the impacts of Poland’s first Citizens’ Assemblies, arguing that despite the declarations of the city’s authorities and high level of implementation of their...
by Martin Carcasson | Apr 25, 2023 | Dispatch
Promoting deliberative journalism: A dispatch from Colorado How can journalism foster a deliberative mindset? For Martin Carcasson, journalists can reinvigorate their role and expand their impact on their community by situating themselves more in terms of being...
by Sophia Simon and Julien Vrydagh | Mar 29, 2023 | Dispatch
Fusing representative and deliberative democracy: A dispatch from Brussels What happens when ordinary citizens are given the power to deliberate alongside members of parliament? Deliberative Committees in Brussels provide a preview of what it means to fuse...
