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Call for papers and panels  Democratic Innovations: Uses and Perceptions  Section for 2021 ECPR General Conference The call for panels and papers for the 2021 ECPR General Conference in Innsbruck (31 August-3 September) is now online. The Standing Group of Democratic Innovations has a section, please see this link for more information: https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1126  We strongly encourage … Democratic Innovations Section for the 2021 ECPR General Conference

Democratic innovations in unlikely places: Virtual Workshop Hosted by the Technical University of Munich January, 14-15, 2021 “Democratic innovations” include popular assemblies, mini-publics, participatory budgeting, referenda, and digital participation. Most of these “democratic innovations” took place in the “political sphere” as traditionally understood. In this workshop, we also aim to explore the potential of “democratic innovations” … Democratic innovations in unlikely places: Virtual Workshop hosted by the Technical University of Munich (January 14-15)

A few weeks ago, we invited you to the public lecture ‘Implementing a local democratic innovation: Online deliberation on a transportation plan for the City of Turku (Åbo)’ by Professor Kimmo Grönlund. A copy of the report is now out and may now download it here. The abstract of the report is pasted below. Implementing … ‘Turku deliberates’ report out now

We are delighted to award the Democratic Innovations Standing Group’s best paper prize for the 2020 ECPR Conference to “Satisfaction with Democracy: When Government by the People Brings Electoral Winners and Losers Together” by Lucas Leemann and Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen. The paper explores the important question of whether institutions that enable people to directly participate in … Best Paper Prize 2020: Lucas Leemann and Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen