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Collaborative city planning can generate acceptance. We spoke to Sven Lohmeyer and Pascal Fuhr, who explore their visions for using digital tools, such as mixed reality and the metaverse, to make participation engaging and interactive. democracy-technologies.org/industry-news/…

My own most serious competition when it comes to listening to podcasts. Or do I need help?

Amid the pandemic, online deliberative processes thrived. participation365's digital-only projects exemplify the unprecedented possibilities of online tools. Here are five reasons to carefully consider before going digital-only: shorturl.at/koJ05

Op-ed | In the face of new technological threats to democracy, including AI-generated deep fakes, a group of experts, academics, practitioners and members of civil society is calling for a “Democratic Shield” to protect European elections. shorturl.at/CJ467

Unusual citizens assembly in Austria: heiress Marlene Engelhorn lets a representative group of 50 people decide how 25 million euros of her inheritance will be spent. derstandard.at/story/30000002…

LGBTIQ+ youth are increasingly politically engaged, but they’re less likely to vote or join parties than adults. We spoke to Rene Koradin of DIH, and asked him about how they bring politics closer to Queer youth by meeting them in their digital spaces. democracy-technologies.org/participation/…

Widerspricht sich das nicht ein bisschen? Ich hab ja schon in einem Wahlkreis gewählt, wo die Wahl nicht wiederholt wird. Die Bundeswahlleiterin

Demokrateam! Beste Wortschöpfung! 🥰 Und auf der Website findet ihr Demo-Termine für die nächsten Tage in ganz Deutschland: demokrateam.org/demonstrationen (via Luisa Neubauer)

For the next three months, there will be a citizens' assembly on AI, connected to the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union. We'll make sure to follow up and report on it.

Bürgerrat zur Verkehrswende, klingt nach einer guten Idee. Aber initiiert vom Bildugnsministerium und kaum kommuniziert, ist er eher nur ein weiteres Beispiel halbherziger Partizipation. taz.de/Buergerraete/!…

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Politicians worried about Generative AI and elections need to do more than just ask BigTech for help. Clarity begins at home. My letter in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times

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"As long as citizens’ conventions are black boxes, they lack legitimacy. So you need to make sure people can check which experts were invited, what they said to the convention, what arguments were presented." explains Hélène Landemore.

In part 1 of our interview, we spoke to her and David Mas about their work on Panoramic, the AI tool that simplifies data from French citizens' convention on end of life. democracy-technologies.org/participation/…

Today and tomorrow, Laura Giesen is at the Rencontres Européennes de la Participation to represent Democracy Technologies and European Capital Of Democracy. #REP2024 Décider ensemble