Rikki’s research combines democratic theory, public administration theory and empirical social science to understand issues in participatory governance.

His current work is focused on: developing a systemic conception of democracy; evaluating participatory governance projects; understanding the opportunities for democratic innovation represented by new online technologies; and analysing preferences for democratic governance.

Previously, he taught social policy at the London School of Economics and Democratic Innovations at the University of Westminster.

He has worked on research projects for LSE, Oxford University, University of Manchester, University of Birmingham and University of Westminster.

In 2015 he was a Visiting Democracy Fellow at Harvard University’s Ash Center for Democratic Innovation and Governance, and in 2022 is a Visiting Researcher at CEVIPOL, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

He holds a PhD and an MSc from the London School of Economics, where his research focused on participatory innovations in the social policy process.

His PhD Thesis, Democratising Bureaucracy, received the LSE’s Richard Titmuss Prize for Outstanding Scholarship.

Rikki also holds a BA in Philosophy and Literature and MA in Social and Political Thought from the University of Sussex.

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