Final propositions of the French Citizens' Convention on Climate
The Citizens’ Convention on Climate wound to a close this Sunday in Paris, after nine months of deliberation, with a strong call for a shift towards a low-carbon economy, with extensive changes in the...
Digital tools, Solidarity & Transnationalism: Opportunities for the ECI in times of Corona
While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only on our daily lives, but also on our democracies. In this series, we try to asses how democratic practice has been affected and how we can make our future democracies more...
Outils numériques, Solidarité et Transnationalisme : Opportunités pour l'ICE à l'époque de Corona
Bien qu'elles soient nécessaires et recommandées, les mesures visant à stopper la propagation de COVID-19 ont eu de larges conséquences : que ce soit sur notre vie quotidienne mais aussi sur nos démocraties. Dans cette série d’entretiens, nous allons essayer d’évaluer comment la...
Don't fear the voter
John Matsusaka is Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise in the Marshall School of Business and the Gould School of law at the University of Southern California. He also an expert in direct democracy and he serves as the executive director of the Initiative &...
What the Austrian lockdown teaches us about our basic civil rights
While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only on our daily lives, but also on our democracies. In this series, we try to asses how democratic practice has been affected and how we can make our future democracies more...
Postponed: The 2020 Global Forum is now the 2021 Global Forum
The Covid-19 crisis has deeply affected public life all around the world, the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is no exception to this. In order to ensure that the Forum can remain a truly global event, we are postponing the event to 28 April - 1 May 2021. Read the letter...
Local initiatives in Germany need better rules in times of (Corona-)crisis
While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only on our daily lives, but also on our democracies. In this series, we try to asses how democratic practice has been affected and how we can make our future democracies more...
French local elections in democratic limbo
While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only on our daily lives, but also on our democracies. In this series, we try to asses how democratic practice has been affected and how we can make our future democracies more...
Les élections locales françaises dans les limbes de la démocratie
Bien qu'elles soient nécessaires et recommandées, les mesures visant à stopper la propagation de COVID-19 ont eu de larges conséquences : que ce soit sur notre vie quotidienne mais aussi sur nos démocraties. Dans cette série d’entretiens, nous allons essayer d’évaluer comment la...
Reporté : Le Forum mondial 2020 est désormais le Forum mondial 2021
La crise de Covid-19 a profondément affecté la vie publique dans le monde entier, le Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy n'y fait pas exception. Afin de garantir que le Forum puisse rester un événement véritablement mondial, nous reportons l'événement au 28 avril - 1er mai...