Cities Programme: The story so far & what’s next
Join our upcoming convenings to reflect, learn, and co-create the next stage of our work| demnext.substack.com
Join our upcoming convenings to reflect, learn, and co-create the next stage of our work| demnext.substack.com
During this time of geopolitical instability, we're working to strengthen citizen agency and democratic resilience| demnext.substack.com
This week, James MacDonald-Nelson and Gustav Kjær Vad Nielsen offer us updates from conversations with architects, artists, and democracy practitioners| demnext.substack.com
Whether you’re escaping to the coast or commuting in the heat, these books, pods, docs, and essays are fuelling our summer reflections - and might spark yours too!| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
We’re looking for someone to analyse and compare citizens’ assemblies conducted across Africa. This is a paid position, due to begin in August and finish at the end of 2025.| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
Fresh from their visit to Kerewan, our Cities Programme team, James Macdonald-Nelson and Hannah Terry, share what it’s like to be part of a landmark moment in The Gambia’s democratic journey| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
Read our latest paper, watch the launch webinar, and leave us your comments or feedback!| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
Join DemocracyNext's launch event discussing the multifaceted role of AI in scaling democratic deliberation| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
Michael McCarthy joins Claudia Chwalisz to discuss his new book, about democracy’s failures in finance, and how sortition might fix them| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
In one of our occasional long reads, DemNext’s Chief Strategy & Creative Officer Lucy Reid talks about some of her favourite intersections - culture, citizens, civic spaces, and museums.| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
5 min read: In a new essay, Claudia Chwalisz unpacks the permanent Paris Citizens’ Assembly’s unique approach to transforming recommendations into law| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
As the “deliberative wave” continues to grow, James MacDonald-Nelson and Gustav Kjær Vad Nielsen propose eight spatial qualities for enabling deliberation| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
On 10th April, join us for the launch of a new paper by DemNext's Cities Programme Lead James MacDonald-Nelson and Research Fellow Gustav Kjær Vad Nielsen| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
Announcing a new collaboration to innovate workplace governance at MONDRAGON, the biggest entity in Spain’s Basque Country| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
We also want to save our other assembly planned in Kerewan, The Gambia| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
Local citizens' assemblies need funding as US Treasury suspends payments to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
Notes after visiting a little-known but pioneering frontier| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
The true promise of AI lies not in abstract global agreements but in its capacity to enhance lives, one community at a time| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
New ways to take decisions in workplaces, cities, and public institutions| DemocracyNext’s Newsletter
MPs will vote this Friday, but we argue that there is a better way with citizen deliberation| demnext.substack.com
In this week's DemNext Deep Dive, Hugh Pope, DemocracyNext International Advisory Council Member, speaks with members and organisers of Norway's Future Assembly on the Oil Fund| demnext.substack.com
