WSI Insight paper blog by Ben Hawes, Matt Ryan and Wendy Hall Can artificial intelligence be used to undermine elections? The UK and the US are both heading towards national elections. In the next couple of years almost every major democracy will also hold the most important national elections in their systems. Previous elections in…

How can public dialogue be improved, in the context of public views on sentencing policy? Blog by our partner Involve Based on the Involve Public Dialogue Report Public dialogue is often used to bring the public’s opinions and values into policymaking, including for important issues like climate action, genome testing, and how we regulate AI.…

Rebooting Democracy and Southampton City Council launch plans for Southampton Climate Citizens’ Assembly A postman, a barista, and a hairdresser walk into a room. Their task is to decide how to fairly reach net zero emissions. This is not a joke. This is democracy. Years of research and experience in political participation have delivered two…

Reflection on the representativeness of citizens’ assemblies and similar innovations by Tiago Peixoto and Dr Paolo Spada The Climate Confident podcast features the latest and greatest stories and strategies in successful climate emissions reduction/removal. Tiago Peixoto and Dr Paolo Spada’s blog reflects on the representativeness of citizens’ assemblies. Propelled by the recent diffusion of citizens’…

Podcast: Matt Ryan with Denise Baden on the Climate Confident Podcast The Climate Confident podcast features the latest and greatest stories and strategies in successful climate emissions reduction/removal. Here, Tom Raftery interviews leading climate change experts, executives from organizations who are making a difference, and other key players in the space. In this episode, Prof…

Forum: Matt Ryan and Paolo Spada at the Seoul Forum on Citizen Participation Dr Paolo Spada and Dr Matt Ryan were invited by the City of Seoul to speak to the televised international Seoul Forum on Citizen Participation focusing on Participatory Budgeting Systems and Innovative Democracy. Paolo spoke about multichannel democratic innovations and Matt spoke…

Podcast: Matt Ryan on Social Justice Matters podcast Social Justice Matters is a podcast from Social Justice Ireland. They are an independent justice advocacy think tank that advances the lives of people and communities through providing independent social analysis and effective policy development to create a sustainable future for every member of society and for…

Podcast: Matt Ryan on 360 Degrees Matthew Ryan, the Principal Investigator of the Rebooting Democracy project, was featured in the 360 Degrees podcast, explaining the research carried out under the project frame. 360 Degrees is the podcast from the University of Southampton that covers the full circle of student life. Every week, they chat about…