Revitalized democracy for resilient societies
Within the REDRESS project, we investigate how hybrid democratic innovations, in which combinations are made of consultation and voting, can supplement Dutch representative democracy.
Hybrid Democratic Innovations
How can ‘hybrid democratic innovations’, which combine forms of consultation (eg citizen forums) and voting (eg corrective referendums), strengthen representative democracy? That is the core question of the ‘Revitalized Democracy for Resilient Societies’ (REDRESS) project, for which partners and NWO have made a total of €2 million available in the context of the National Science Agenda for the period June 2021 – June 2026.
Our research
Deliberation,
in combination with …
… voting
Strengthening representative democracy
Mixed methods research
Our partners
Latest news
New book on hybrid democratic innovation (open access)
The academic edited volume Connecting Deliberation and Voting in Democratic Innovations has now been published! The volume brings together REDRESS research and relevant practices from the Netherlands and abroad. It is edited by REDRESS researchers Charlotte Wagenaar, Take Sipma, and Frank Hendriks. Across four parts, the volume examines hybrid democratic
Out now: REDRESS magazine
How can deliberation and voting be effectively combined in democratic innovation? Can the benefits of deliberation mitigate the drawbacks of voting, and vice versa? And what should be considered when putting these approaches into practice? The newly published magazine Innovatieve Democratie explores these questions and more (in Dutch).
Defense Jelle Turkenburg
The first REDRESS dissertation is a fact! On May 29, Jelle Turkenburg successfully defended his dissertation The Best of Both Worlds? The Effects of Hybrid Democratic Innovations on Public Political Support at the University of Twente. In his dissertation, Jelle investigated a topical and important question: what influence do
