Can democratic innovations stay innovative once they scale up?
Or do they risk losing the very qualities that made them successful in the first place?
That’s the big question explored in the first podcast episode featuring ScaleDem.
In Antoine Vergne on scaling deliberative decision-making and random selection, hosted by the Democracy Innovators Podcast, Antoine Vergne — Co-Director of Missions Publiques and co-author of the ScaleDem Analytical Framework — dives into one of the central challenges facing democratic innovation today: how can participatory and deliberative processes move beyond isolated experiments and become a lasting part of democratic decision-making?
The conversation explores what it really means to “scale” democratic innovations, why random selection plays such an important role in many deliberative processes, and what opportunities and obstacles lie ahead for those seeking to strengthen citizen participation.
These are exactly the kinds of questions driving ScaleDem. Across the project, partners are working to understand how democratic innovations can create broader and longer-lasting impact, while remaining inclusive, meaningful and responsive to different contexts.
Whether you’re a researcher, practitioner, policymaker or simply curious about the future of democracy, this episode offers plenty of food for thought.
Tune in and join the conversation.
Listen the full episode here.
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