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The Larpocracy project — an EU-funded Horizon research initiative studying how live-action role-play develops deliberative and democratic skills — convened its first Edu-Larp Conference in Gothenburg on April 15, drawing practitioners from across Europe.
A joint report from Democracy International and Democracy Without Borders argues that the UN General Assembly should use Article 22 of the UN Charter to create a permanent framework for Global Citizens' Assemblies — giving randomly selected citizens a formal role in shaping international policy.
V-Dem's annual assessment finds 74% of humanity now lives under autocracy, with 44 countries actively autocratizing. The US loses liberal democracy status as freedom of expression and legislative constraints deteriorate worldwide.
Democracy Without Borders has published a new brochure examining pathways to reimagine global cooperation. The resource synthesizes emerging proposals for multilateral reform and democratic participation beyond borders.
New assessments from Oxfam, a G20 expert committee, and the World Inequality Lab find billionaire wealth has grown 81% since 2020 while democratic institutions weaken — evidence that governance systems cannot be separated from economic architecture.
Founded by Tom Atlee in 1996 to research and support the emergence of collective wisdom in groups and societies. Developed the theory of co-intelligence, the citizen deliberative council model, and the Wise Democracy Pattern Language. Works at the intersection of group process, dialogue, and democratic theory to ask how humanity can become collectively wise enough to handle its challenges.
Campaigning for UN Parliamentary Assembly. Global direct democracy.
Max Valentin's democracy board game. Tested in Zambia with real mayors.
A Taiwanese civic tech community that forks government — reimagining official infrastructure with open, participatory alternatives. Founded in 2012, g0v projects include vTaiwan (digital deliberation platform), the open-source budget transparency tool, and dozens of civic data initiatives. A model for citizen-led digital democracy.
Berlin-based nonprofit developing open-source digital participation tools including Adhocracy, enabling liquid democracy and deliberative processes for governments and civil society.
Global hub for participatory democracy connecting practitioners and governments, hosting the Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival, and providing tools and guides for democratic innovation.
A framework and network coordinated by Ashish Kothari (founding member of Kalpavriksh) advocating for governance rooted in ecological integrity, direct participation, equity, and the rights of nature. Argues that meaningful transformation requires links between grassroots alternatives and peoples' global assemblies, and challenges the assumption that a single universal governance framework can serve a pluriverse of peoples and ecologies.
Glen Weyl. Quadratic voting, plural management, new democracy tools.
A campaign by the Sortition Foundation to replace the UK House of Lords with a House of Citizens — 858 randomly selected members of the public who reflect the full diversity of the British population. Part of a wider push to embed sortition into formal democratic institutions.
An open consultation platform developed by the g0v civic tech community that combines online deliberation (using Polis for structured opinion mapping) with offline assemblies to bring citizens and government together on contested policy issues. Has influenced legislation on Uber regulation, online alcohol sales, and AI governance in Taiwan.
25th annual OIDP conference under the theme "Hope and renewal in the face of a global crisis of democracy." Addresses polarisation, climate change, migration, and the declining trust in democratic institutions through practitioner exchange across cities and regions.