Rethinking Democratic Innovations takes a fresh and critical look at diverging and often opposing views of improving democracy, and asks whether existing oppositions could also

Democratic innovation always sparks a lot of debate in the Netherlands. In this essay, Frank Hendriks addresses three common reservations about democratic innovation in the

What if referendums do not only concern a determined proposal but initiators get the space to contribute alternatives? What if voters can give input on

Critics say referendums would encourage uninformed dissent and political gridlock. In what ways might adding deliberation to a referendum process address such criticisms? REDRESS-researchers Frank

Ank Michels and Frank Hendriks have written an overview article on democratic innovation in The Netherlands, with a specific focus on the part covering the

Do you work on research in democratic innovations? During the Political Scientist Day, Charlotte Wagenaar and Ank Michels as well as Lieven Boelen and Léon

The large-spread, growing discontent with the Dutch House of Representatives is a `risky form of democratic attrition'. Marc Chavannes paints a bleak picture of the

On Thursday 1 September, the G1000 University in Amersfoort will organize a conference on the practice of citizen deliberation (in Dutch). With introductions and workshops

After the online kick-off event in December, the first real-life consortium meeting took place on Friday 3 June. In the Lochal in Tilburg, Frank Hendriks

Our democracy is suffering from a long due overhaul. Besides the frequent call for more countervailing power, there is a growing demand for new forms