New Special Issue on Citizen Assemblies Published
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the nexus Institute, we are pleased to announce the release of a special issue of Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research. [...]
ACTIon presented at the German national Erasmus+ Forum
The nexus institute has been invited by the National Erasmus + Agency (NAA DAAD) to participate at the Erasmus+ Forum for partnership and cooperation project on 3-4 November 2022 in [...]
Nachruf auf Ned Crosby
Am 29. Mai 2022 starb Ned Crosby, der amerikanische Erfinder der Citizens Juries. Ned hat über 50 Jahre die Entwicklung der deliberativen Demokratie weltweit geprägt. Ned sprach deutsch, weil er [...]
Panel on the future participatory democracy in EU
WHAT FUTURE FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN THE EU? As part of the Europe's People's Forum a keynote panel will be held ahead of our General Assembly on 13 June. The [...]
Democracy In Crisis Part 2: Mini-publics, Citizens’ Assemblies and Juries
Democracy in Crisis is a special online series of global roundtable discussions about the use of randomly-selected citizen assemblies to further democracy. Listen to the roundtable discussion on citizens' councils [...]
Financial Compensation for Citizens in Mini-Publics: Comparing Australia and Germany
Together with Lyn Carson, a well-known democracy researcher, Prof. Dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel has written a paper on the remuneration of citizens' experts. Click here for the article.
Citizens‘ Assembly on Democratic Reform in Germany
The Citizens' Assembly handed over its report with 22 specific recommendations for strengthening the German democracy to the President of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, on the Day for Democracy, [...]
Citizens’ Assembly on Democratic Reform in Germany
The first Citizens' Assembly took place in Leipzig on 13 and 14 September. 160 randomly selected citizens from all over Germany discuss for a total of four days whether and [...]