This year, the network’s annual conference will take place in Brussels on 15-16 October. It is hosted by FIDE, G1000, Missions Publiques, and Democratic Society. The event will bring together academics, practitioners, and policy makers from across the globe.
What is the Democracy R&D Annual Conference?
The Democracy R&D Annual Conference is a global gathering of democratic innovators working in the field of deliberative democracy. It is an inclusive space for practitioners to share expertise, learn from one another, challenge ideas, and build meaningful professional connections across the network.
What is the theme for 2025?
The theme for the 2025 conference is Crossroads. The “deliberative wave” is moving at different paces across different contexts. Seven years after the establishment of Democracy R&D, there are many inspiring success stories, bittersweet experimentations, dead ends to draw lessons from, uncharted territories to explore, and many new actors and network members joining the journey. Yet, our community of practice also faces global headwinds in polarisation, autocratisation and populism, leaving none of us unaffected. While they make our work more relevant than ever, these global trends also call on us to face some hard questions. Standing at multiple crossroads, what are the pathways for public deliberation to effectively rise to this moment?
You are invited to submit workshop ideas and follow to register and attend.