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🦋 Democracy between anywhere and nowhere 

October 16, 2025

🦋 Ideology, normativity, and education

October 10, 2025

🦋 The ‘Fourth Theorist’ and the future of democracy  

October 3, 2025

🦋 On democracy’s 'Fourth Theorist' 

September 25, 2025

🦋 Plain democracy: reclaiming fundamentals in an age of democratic erosion

September 8, 2025
August 14, 2025

🦋 Shift happens: rethinking democracy research in times of crisis

Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann Democracy research must evolve. Citizens support democracy itself, but are growing disillusioned with democratic institutions. Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach and Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann say we need to rethink our frameworks. Here, they argue for broadening the empirical paradigm – shifting focus from procedural checklists to people’s own understandings of democracy – to better grasp today’s crisis Read more
August 7, 2025

Polarisation begins in political discourse, and that’s what makes it dangerous for democracy

Alberto Ruiz-Méndez 'Polarisation' is everywhere in today’s political commentary, but rarely do we ask what causes it. Alberto Ruiz-Méndez argues that the real culprit lies in political discourses that force societies into binary moral camps, eroding democracy from within Read more
August 1, 2025

🦋 The Science of Democracy and the limits of an uncompromisingly pluralist approach

Jonas Wolff Democracy is in trouble, and so is democracy research. In response, the Science of Democracy 2.0 lays out an ambitious agenda. While applauding this endeavour, Jonas Wolff explores a fundamental tension: is a radically pluralist approach to democracy research a tool to defend democracy? Read more
July 25, 2025

Relational design for democracy and governance

Erica Dorn Erica Dorn and Sofía Bosch Gómez argue that citizen disillusionment with democratic systems presents designers with an important opportunity. Moving beyond digital interfaces, relational design reimagines governance by prioritising equity, legitimacy, and collective care. Designers help shape who belongs, who decides, and the potential in participatory, inclusive, and systemic interventions  Read more
July 24, 2025

🦋 What counts as democracy? A critical reflection on The Science of Democracy 2.0

Hong Do The Science of Democracy 2.0 offers a bold, innovative rethinking of democracy by embracing diversity and challenging Western-centric models. Hong Do acknowledges its ambition, but argues it risks romantic pluralism by celebrating traditions without fully addressing embedded inequalities and power hierarchies within them Read more

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