Excited to dig in to Nathan Schneider’s new book.

It’s also available open access ➡️ library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.…

I am just old school and enjoy reading and taking notes on my paper copies 🤓

Johan Galster and I had the chance to share how Citizens' Assemblies have the power to systematically change the way we take decisions about our cities. Check out the episode below to learn how Copenhagen is doing this and how DemocracyNext wants to help more cities do the same!

The French Law on End of Life has been submitted to Parliament for debate.

This follows the Citizens' Convention on End of Life, where 184 people deliberated for 27 days from Dec 2022 - April 2023, producing 67 recommendations. They will meet President Macron on 26 April.

This Saturday in Flagey, I'll be on stage with Paul Verhaeghe, Béatrice Delvaux... to discuss the state of democracy. Welcome!

Great opportunity for early career researchers: a special event on the ethics of #AI organized by my colleague John Tasioulas from University of Oxford The Institute for Ethics in AI in Athens on June 20. Featuring Josiah Ober among others! Very much looking forward to it.

Democratizing the corporation is an essential key to a democratic and sustainable future.

Just got my first copy!!! Thanks Verso Books

What a line-up of great scholars-discussants 🙏
Join us for online book launch on April 11!

Thanks to #ErikOlinWright

#DemocratizingWork

As divisions and polarisation increase in anticipation of upcoming Austrian parliamentary elections in autumn 2024, Citizens’ Assemblies could be just what’s needed to defuse tensions. More in my op-ed in Die Presse (in German): tinyurl.com/mr2ajkj5
DemocracyNext IWM

'New governance models can help break through deadlocks in policy making.

'It's not just about having better policy solutions, we need a better way to actually make these decisions.'

🗣️Claudia Chwalisz

📣 We thoroughly enjoyed our second Collaborative Democracy Network event this afternoon, featuring a stellar line-up of democracy experts:

Lisa Witter of Apolitical Foundation, Claudia Chwalisz of DemocracyNext and Cllr. Georgia Gould, Leader of Camden Council 🗣️

49% of the world's population will go to the polls in 2024, making it a *huge* year to learn from democracies across the world & local innovation in the UK.

Join us on April 8th to discuss how we can bridge the divide between politicians and innovators👇
eventbrite.co.uk/e/local-to-glo…

Want to know more about the Citizens’ Assemblies on democratising the museum that DemocracyNext organised in Dresden and Bonn last year?

Join Vera Sacchetti and Thomas Geisler Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden on Monday 👀

“The wisest of us don’t really know what’s going on, but we do know who we are and what matters to us.”

Inspired by discovering Jacob Collier's work through Colin and Samir ✌🏼✌🏾's interview, I wrote some thoughts:

claudiachwalisz.substack.com/p/unveiling-en…

Last night’s victory in Istanbul speaks volumes not only for Turkey but for all those countries entrapped in autoritarian regimes. It was four years ago I wrote about Ekrem İmamoğlu in Financial Times saying “Rebellious cities will defy authoritarian regimes.” I cannot be more happy today…

When chatbots perform empathy, people begin to feel that the performance of empathy is empathy enough. The technology challenges us to assert ourselves and our human values, which means that we have to figure out what those values are. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

Sad to hear about the passing of Richard Serra. I remember being blown away the first time I encountered his steel sculptures at Dia Beacon.

(And for fellow fans, you probably recognise I’m standing in one of them in my longstanding profile photo!)
hyperallergic.com/880485/artist-…

This is VERY good. People talk about eco trauma but this is how the 'environment' isn't just environmental. It's (in) your brain. And your brain is your body.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Thank you to our partners at C40 Cities for hosting a great webinar with DemocracyNext about Democratising City Planning tonight!

Interesting to hear from Monika Komorowska from Warsaw and Daniel Fusca from Toronto as well.

Read our DemNext paper ➡️demnext.org/projects/cities

Le 4 avril, j'interviens à cet événement organisé par Open Source Politics avec Louise Guillot de la Ville de Marseille.

Je vais parler de notre travail DemocracyNext sur la démocratisation de l'urbanisme et notre collaboration avec MIT Center for Constructive Communication sur l'aspect tech
opensourcepolitics.eu/actualites/pro…

Imaginons si c’était comme ça tous les jours et pas seulement un jour par mois…

Can LLMs promote #learning and #teaching ?

Our latest work combines #LLMs and #storytelling , a widely-used ancient technique in education, to facilitate the learning of legal concepts and bridge the knowledge gaps between experts and non-experts.

arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2402.17019