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Democratic Innovations

💊 The power of a good example: social models offer the best future for political science

October 30, 2024

💊 Opportunities and potential pitfalls of AI-supported democracy

July 23, 2024

🔮 Populist attitudes as thermometers of democratic quality

June 19, 2024

🔮 Chatbot politicians: who are they, and what is their connection to populism?

April 4, 2024

Engaging Chile’s neglected voters could have avoided constitutional defeat

January 12, 2024
November 28, 2023

🎭 Designing for democratic transformations

Jesi Carson Feminist and justice-oriented design frameworks offer pathways to democratic transformations. Jesi Carson draws on her experience as design practitioner and researcher in collaborative projects including Participedia and the Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation to explore the transformative potential of design thinking Read more
August 11, 2023

Are British voters ready for i-voting?

Manu Savani As political participation, government services, and social interaction increasingly go digital, are we ready for i-voting – remote online voting – through a few clicks on a phone or laptop? Justin Fisher and Manu Savani look at what makes British voters willing to take up i-voting Read more
August 3, 2023

🦋 Herman Melville’s ruthless democracy

Jennifer Greiman Herman Melville’s 'ruthless democracy' is a creative performance, argues Jennifer Greiman, which guides Melville’s experimental prose and poetry. This sought to reimagine democratic relations, possibilities, and ways of being as matters for aesthetic thought and work – with strong implications for political theory Read more
May 19, 2023

How technology saved Nigeria's electoral integrity

Muhammad Edita Since 2015, technology has helped consolidate Nigerian democracy by ensuring transparency and fairness in elections. Yet, writes Muhammad Edita, in Nigeria's most recent elections, the malfunctioning or manipulation of technology has – paradoxically – led to defeated parties challenging electoral results Read more
May 15, 2023

💊 Local government in the US: lessons for a decentralising UK

Joanie Willett Local elections have just taken place in the UK. Yet despite decades of devolution deals, and various iterations of 'Levelling Up', UK local government remains economically unequal and centralised. The US, by contrast is highly decentralised. Joanie Willett says we can learn from the US about the importance of capacity building, a vibrant civil society, and encouraging people to feel invested in their towns’ future Read more

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