Join us September 18-22 for the annual gathering of leaders and organizations working to strengthen deliberative democracy around the world.

The annual conference of Democracy R&D took place on 4-5 October 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark, hosted by We Do Democracy (WDD) and the Danish Board of Technology (DBT). The main conference venue was the Demokrati Garage (an old car repair shop converted into a space for democracy events), and inspired by this, the conference theme was “Let’s give democracy an overhaul!”

The 2022 Democracy R&D annual meeting in Berlin focused on three themes: political buy-in, inclusive participation, and democracy in (times of) crisis. There was a “deliberative democracy school” centered on methods and tools held on the third day in addition...

As was the case for much of the world, Democracy R&D’s 2021 was marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and how the network could adapt to it. As such, the annual meeting in 2021 was entirely online, with programs planned across three time regions...

The 2020 Democracy R&D Annual Meeting in Manchester, England was composed of three primary themes: opportunities and challenges for deliberative democracy...

The Annual Meeting in Paris built off of the discussions of the previous year to delve into the field of citizen deliberation and the role of the new Democracy R&D network...

The 2018 Democracy R&D Annual Meeting was the network’s first. Over the course of two days in Madrid, Spain, participants came together to discuss and propose solutions to some key and fundamental questions...