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Framing the Remit
Lyn Carson – Research Director, The newDemocracy Foundation What is the question? How to develop a question for public deliberation that satisfies the needs of both participants and organisers, without leading participants...
newDemocracy Foundation R&D: June 2018 Research Newsletter
Welcome to the June issue of our research newsletter. From small beginnings, we are now being asked to contribute in many places around the world – so much that it is difficult to know...
Embedding Deliberative Democracy in Poland
Lyn Carson – Research Director, The newDemocracy FoundationMarcin Gerwin – Specialist in deliberative democracy and sustainability, Poland What is the question? There have been many successful examples worldwide of mini-public deliberation on tough policy...
March 2018 Newsletter
Welcome to our first newDemocracy update for the year. It promises to be a busy year for newDemocracy. New projects are underway, we have been featured in the AFR, and there are...
Our Final 2017 Newsletter
Welcome to our final update for the year on all things newDemocracy. It has been a busy close to the year for newDemocracy. Projects have concluded and foundations are being laid for next year’s large...
newDemocracy Foundation R&D: September 2017 Research Newsletter
Welcome to the September issue of our research newsletter. In this issue, we revisit our largest ever project in the South Australia Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engagement Jury. We look at what worked well,...
Group Diversity Trumps Individual Ability
Lyn Carson – Research Director, The newDemocracy Foundation What is the question? When assembling a randomly-selected group of people, for example in a citizens’ jury (see, Sample Size for mini-publics),...
Our Winter 2017 Newsletter
Welcome to our latest update on the pursuit of a better democracy. It has been a busy winter for newDemocracy. Projects are concluding and foundations are being laid for large projects to...
Importance of Facilitation
Lyn Carson – Research Director, The newDemocracy Foundation What is the question? How are the usual challenges associated with working with groups addressed in mini-publics? What are the usual answers? In...