Amplify
In July 2024 we’re launching a non-for-profit organisation called Amplify, which seeks to re-engage, connect and support the Australian people in the shaping of our country’s future. We want to provide people with access to the information they need and a space to share stories, discuss ideas, find common ground and develop shared solutions. We […]
Scott Lappan-Newton
Scott collaborates with newDemocracy and others to incorporate design thinking and program logic into the facilitation of Assemblies on resilience, energy, land-use, education and more, and helps run multi-stakeholder co-design processes that interface with these deliberations.
Rachel Krust
Rachel recently graduated with a Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, where she wrote her applied thesis on deliberative democracy working with newDemocracy Foundation, worked as a democracy fellow and founded a group dedicated to democratic innovation.
Carolyn M. Hendriks
Carolyn is a researcher and educator at the Australian National University. She has published widely on public deliberation in contemporary governance. Her latest book (with Ercan & Boswell, OUP), Mending Democracy looks at how to strengthen connections in our democratic fabric.
Democracy Co
At DemocracyCo, we support communities, governments and organisations to find sustainable solutions to some of the biggest and most complex problems of our time: including climate change, community resilience, and rebuilding democratic processes in conflict regions of the world. Our team is a global leader in democratic engagement, with a strong and proud pedigree of […]
MosaicLab
MosaicLab works with government agencies, community groups, not-for-profits, industry and commercial organizations seeking to invest in quality facilitation & engagement processes. They specialize in high-influence and deliberative engagement processes and offer an extensive learning hub where people can undertake training in engagement, facilitation & deliberation.
Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance
The Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance is the world-leading academic research centre for the study of deliberative democracy. It specializes in assessing deliberative practices and conceptualizing ways of deepening democracy through deliberation. It is the home of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy and convenes the Deliberative Democracy Summer School.
Empowering Participation
Helps decision-makers resolve tough problems, no-win situations and stalemates by designing and delivering innovative initiatives involving everyday people from all walks of life. These people are brought together to become informed about the issues, talk with one another, explore differences and common ground, to make recommendations that are implementable and likely to increase public trust
New Democracy
nDF offers advisory, design & oversight services to elected officials and governments seeking to innovate in how we reach trusted public decisions. nDF operated projects such as the 10 Year Financial Plan for the City of Melbourne ($4bn in budget, with a shortfall issue being central), to a large scale deliberation for the Premier of […]