Capacity-building
We build democratic capacity, focusing on approaches we’ve found to be most effective at connecting, supporting, and growing disparate democratic innovation ecosystems. In particular, we focus on AI-augmented deliberative democratic processes and related approaches that can help us handle critical governance gaps.
Related work
Democratic Capabilities Gap Map
A living map of “democratic capabilities” needs and gaps, intended to help researchers, builders, and funders identify high-leverage open problems and build critical infrastructure.
The Deliberation and Technology Network
The Deliberation and Technology Network (“DelibTech” network), which we co-organize with DemocracyNext, is a global network of technologists, practitioners, and experts who are building, studying, and using technology to enhance deliberation and to create digital infrastructure for deliberative democracy. Among other goals, the network aims to increase learning and R&D feedback loops between those building and using deliberative tools.
Deliberative Tools Access Program
We support access to deliberative tools to enable organizations and independent researchers to experiment, learn, and contribute to a progressively more robust ecosystem of deliberative tools.
Facilitator Resource Sharing Groups
We coordinate intimate groups of world-class deliberation facilitators and practitioners to facilitate high-trust knowledge sharing, develop best practices, and identify critical missing infrastructure and tools.