Every year, Democracy R&D takes stock of what our global network has created and learned.
The Year in Deliberation 2025 The second edition of The Year in Deliberation dives into five emerging trends shaping the field, brought to life through 13 conversations with our members. From the promises and dilemmas of AI to deliberation’s role in strengthening democratic resilience, its expansion beyond government, and the challenge of sustaining funding in an era of cuts, the report captures a field in motion. It also features 16 case studies of pioneering assemblies and juries, spotlights new publications and resources, and reflects on key moments from the past year, including our annual conference in Brussels.
Dialogue is a digital platform for building consensus via ideas, comments and ratings in a shared space. Manage closed conversations with defined groups of stakeholders, or open up a public debate.
The Online Deliberation Platform is a video discussion platform for groups of 8-15 people.
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) is an open access journal publishing articles that shape the course of scholarship on deliberative democracy.
The Deliberative Democracy Digest publishes a roundup of recent developments in the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. It is the companion piece of the academic publication Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly Journal of Public Deliberation).
The Disinfo Defense League (DDL) is a distributed national network of organizers, researchers and disinformation experts disrupting online racialized disinformation infrastructure and campaigns that deliberately target Black, Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander and other communities of color.