A new BRIDGE publication is out!

Tetiana Lukeria and Oleksandra Keudel, researchers of the BRIDGE project, have prepared a policy brief on deliberation — an approach that helps communities make decisions through informed and balanced discussion, rather than under pressure from the most vocal groups or interest groups.

The publication explores:

• what deliberation is, how it differs from common forms of public participation, and why it matters for democratic decision-making 
• how minipublics work and why their composition is based on random selection 
• when different types of minipublics are most appropriate — including citizens’ juries, citizens’ assemblies, and deliberative polling 
• which risks can undermine the process — from time pressure to ignoring recommendations — and how to prevent them 

If you are interested in forms of public participation that enable constructive engagement with diverse and sometimes conflicting interests, we invite you to read and discuss the brief!

Read the full: https://zenodo.org/records/19236967

The BRIDGE project is implemented by Kyiv School of Economics (Ukraine), Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands), the Technical University of Berlin (Germany), the University of Tartu (Estonia), and the Center for Innovation Development (Ukraine), and is funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe program. Any related publications reflect only the views of the project.