This paper presents opportunities to upgrade democracy through setting out a practical route to detoxify one of the most polarised policy issues – immigration. The paper calls for the United Kingdom Government to commission a national deliberative process – a citizens’ assembly – on earned settlement, and to pilot place-based deliberative processes on integration and...

This paper sets out the challenge of the new global democratic emergency and how this is threatening the political landscape in Britain. It makes the case to upgrade democracy by rebuilding the relationship between state and citizen, in order to win back trust and secure a better democratic future.

This paper brings together eight essays from world-leading experts in deliberative democracy, civic technology, and AI governance. It covers areas such as the growing role of citizen deliberation, citizen's assemblies, the role of technology in democratic processes, government-citizen interactions, governance technology, and leveraging AI for meaningful civic engagement.

The authors of this paper argue that if decision-makers are to find solutions for addressing wicked problems, such as the climate crisis, they must develop skills for accepting and navigating risks as a means for accelerating innovation.

This guide helps public officials institutionalise representative public deliberation through eight models that enhance collective decision-making and democracy. The guide provides examples of embedding deliberation into decision-making to make democracy more participatory and inclusive.