Jason Diceman @jasondiceman.bsky.social Inventor of Feedback Frames, a hands-on polling tool for meetings and classrooms. Geek for pragmatic, sustainable, and just social democracy. Toronto dad. FeedbackFrames.com
Participatory Grantmaking Community @pgmcommunity.bsky.social We're a global collective working to share knowledge and practice in order to improve #ParticipatoryGrantmaking and encourage its use, with the goal of #ShiftingPower in philanthropy www.participatorygrantmaking.org
Recovering Carceral Feminist-Ask Me How! @leighgoodmark.bsky.social Professor at Maryland Carey Law, director of Gender, Prison, and Trauma Clinic, author of Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism and Decriminalizing Domestic Violence (UC Press). She/her/mom. leighgoodmark.com
Kettering Foundation @kettering.org Nonpartisan, nonprofit, operating foundation rooted in the American tradition of inventive research focused on the needs of democracy worldwide. www.kettering.org
Elizabeth Gish @elizabethgish.bsky.social religious studies / democracy / psychotherapy
minister @ Christian Church (DOC) / Senior Program Officer @ Kettering Foundation / psychotherapist @ Lotus & Phoenix Psychotherapy
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Public Democracy LA @publicdemocracyla.bsky.social Bringing civic assemblies and deliberative democracy to Los Angeles, California #sortition
linktr.ee/publicdemocracyla
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Samuel Bagg @samuel-bagg.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina. Democratic Theory. Book: The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy. Bylines Dissent, Boston Review, etc
Susan Haarman @suzphdm.bsky.social Queer Nerd PhD of Educational Philosophy. Perma (& often paid) GM. Improviser. The games we play & the stories we tell will save us & democracy. TTRPGs are what the world needs.
Duncan Hames @duncanhames.bsky.social Director of Policy @TransparencyUK.bsky.social, governor at Westminster Foundation for Democracy, JRRT director, and former MP (2010-15). Husband to @joswinson.bsky.social, Dad to 3 boys, and recent King’s war studies MA. All views here are my own etc.
Christian Dimmer @remmid.bsky.social dad/urbanist/assoc.prof. transition design + urban studies|waseda university|Tokyo|co-learning/co-design|public spaces/spheres|urban practices/theories|place {un}making/becoming|climate + sustainability/resilience|views expressed here are my own
Kate Long @katelong.bsky.social PhD researcher at @UniofYork | Looking at the politics of climate democratic innovations
www.kate-long.co.uk
Ezio Costa Cordella @eziocosta.bsky.social Académico y abogado ambientalista/ecologista. Hago clases e investigo en la Universidad de Chile y la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. Soy Director Ejecutivo de la ONG FIMA.
David Solimini @commsdirector.bsky.social Fear and bravery are contagious. Be brave. Leading @democracycomms.bsky.social. Previously Stimson Center, Truman Project, ICAN, others. Proudly SAIS Hopkins, William & Mary. Opinions are mine, not my employer's. (Was same name at the bad bird place.)
European Democracy Hub @europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu 💡 Your one-stop-shop for expertise on European democracy support, bringing together analysts and policymakers.
A joint initiative of Carnegie Europe & the European Partnership for Democracy
🔗 europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu
Duncan Green @duncangreenlse.bsky.social LSE Prof in Practice & Director of its 'Activism, Influence & Change programme/blog'. Recovering Exfamer. Current passion teaching/training next & current gen of change makers, both at LSE and beyond. Author How Change Happens, From Poverty to Power
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
🌱 Pepe García Morales @pepegarciamorales.bsky.social Apoyo a gobiernos y sociedad civil de Américas en
@opengovpart.bsky.social
#GobiernoAbierto #OpenGov. Aquí mi opinión. Aprendiz de #PolíticaConsciente. #GoVegan 💚🐷🐮🐣🐟
Dr. Paul Zeitz @drpaulzeitz.bsky.social #unifyUSA democracy activist #CitizensAssemblies #RefreshUSConstitution
Alan the Baltimoron @bmorons.bsky.social Mostly the opinions of Alan, 1/2 of dumb podcast about the Baltimore Orioles, co-owner of @Footballclubgroup, lefty politics, impotent rage against capitalism - the standard bluesky experience.
Stephen Davenport @stephendavenport.bsky.social Global Lead #DigitalTransformation #Anticorruption #OpenGov #GovTech @WorldBank Co-Founder @FeedbackLabs, @OpenGovHub, @AidData, @DGateway Alumni
FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social FrameLab is a newsletter about political language and the ideological structures that shape perception. We deconstruct propaganda to help you defend democracy.
Founded by @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com
Helena Fitzgerald @helenafitzgerald.bsky.social Head of Societal Engagement at Technological University Dublin
Views expressed are personal.
Nets4Dem @nets4dem.eu We are a network of networks, committed to advancing democratic innovation and participation.
Meg @asquario.bsky.social Don’t post often, but that could change ✨
New here 👋🏼
Shawn Katz @shawnkatz.bsky.social Writer and essayist | Published in Hazlitt, Ricochet, Pivot and National Observer | Co-animateur des Imaginables sur CIBL
Montréal, Canada
English | français | español
City Life/Vida Urbana @citylifevidaurbana.bsky.social Organizing for racial, economic, and gender justice since 1973. Building solidarity to put people before profits. #KeepMassHome #HousingEquityMA #EquidadDeViviendaMA
Rodrigo Ramis @rodrigoramis.bsky.social Doctor en Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas (@uco.es e @iesacsic.bsky.social). Democratic innovations, political parties and voting behaviour. Sociólogo (@ua.es) y Máster de Metodología en CCSS (@ucm.es). Antes en Twitter como @Rodri_96_rm
Córdoba - Alacant
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
The Good Lobby @thegoodlobby.wsocial.eu We help nonprofits, activists, progressive businesses and philanthropies to gain a voice in the policy process. Founded by @alemanno.bsky.social
www.thegoodlobby.eu
@eedemocracy.bsky.social @eedemocracy.bsky.social The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) supports citizens striving for democracy in the Eastern Partnership, Middle East, North Africa, Western Balkans, Turkey and beyond.
www.democracyendowment.eu
Delibera Brasil @deliberabrasil.bsky.social Somos uma organização da sociedade civil que acredita na democracia participativa, e atua através de uma inovação chamada Assembleia Cidadã por Sorteio.
Para conhecer mais acesse www.deliberabrasil.org
The Innovation in Politics Institute @innovationinpolitics.eu We apply innovation in politics to strengthen #democracy in Europe and beyond #PoliticsAwards
📌 @capitalofdemocracy.eu
🔗 innovationinpolitics.eu
Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social Leading research centre specialising in deliberative governance & democratic innovations at the University of Canberra.
TASC - Think Tank for Action on Social Change @tascireland.bsky.social TASC is an independent think-tank whose mission is to address inequality and sustain democracy by translating analysis into action.
Centre for Public Impact (CPI) @cpi-foundation.bsky.social We're reimagining government so it works for everyone.
🎧 Podcast: https://centreforpublicimpact.org/our-work/reimagining-government-podcast/
🤝 To get in touch with us: https://centreforpublicimpact.org/get-in-touch/
Voice of the People @vop.org Giving 'We the People' a greater and more effective voice in government, and providing leaders a better understanding of their constituents. linktr.ee/vopsocial
International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social The International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance is a global inter-governmental organization that supports sustainable #democracy worldwide.
https://www.idea.int/
Solidarity Research Center @solidarityresearch.bsky.social We are a worker self-directed nonprofit that builds solidarity economy ecosystems through data science, story-based strategy, and action research. We work at the intersection of racial justice and solidarity economies.
Pratt Center @prattcenter.bsky.social Community-driven planning and policy for a more just, sustainable New York City. Since 1963.
prattcenter.net
Institut du Nouveau Monde @inm-voix.bsky.social https://inm.qc.ca
Innovation for Policy Foundation @i4policy.bsky.social The Future is Co-Created
We believe in building a better future by putting the power of the collective at the heart of decision-making.
https://i4policy.org
@demnet-hungary.bsky.social @demnet-hungary.bsky.social
Coglobal @coglobal.bsky.social Construyendo democracia participativa con gobiernos y comunidades
Building participatory democracy with governments and communities
Civic Tech Field Guide @civictechguide.bsky.social Your place to find and be found
https://civictech.guide/
CES-UC | Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra @ces-uc.bsky.social Instituição científica dedicada à investigação e formação avançada nas ciências sociais, artes e humanidades | Scientific institution dedicated to research and advanced training in social sciences, arts and humanities
Alekz Aguila @alekzaguila.bsky.social Me muevo en bici y contemplo atardeceres, lo demás es puro complemento ・・ Gobernanza 👾 Ciudad 🚲 Participación 🙋🏿♂️ Justicia Climática 🌱 ・・ Acciono desde @cclimaticas.bsky.social
Claucia Faganello @claucia-faganello.bsky.social PhD in Administration, researching public participation, transparency, social control, public policy, and policy capacity. Particularly interested in gender. Books, cooking, and cats.
Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça @mendoncarf.bsky.social PoliSci Prof. at UFMG. Coordinator of Margem - Research Group on Justice and Democracy. Associate Researcher at INCT.DD. Interested on Algorithms, Political Theory, Political Communication and Contentious Politics.
Savaş Zafer Şahin @szafersahin.bsky.social Prof.Dr./ODTÜ'96'99'07-UKC'02/Şehir Plancısı/SBKY/Kamu Politikaları/IAF2020 Aw./IODP 2021 Aw./Innovation in Politics Aw.2024 İletişim: iyikionusectim@gmail.com
Stéphane Dubé @omnival.org Gouvernance - Innovation sociale - Participation citoyenne - Participation numérique
Codirecteur Maillages et Gouvernance au Cité-ID LivingLab @ ENAP
Papa, cycliste, écologiste.
Vijayendra Rao @bijurao.bsky.social Economist who mixes disciplines and methods. https://www.vijayendrarao.org/
Sandy @sandynurse.bsky.social Alt Ego: @cmsandynurse.bsky.social
🗽NYC Council Member, District 37
⚖️ Criminal Justice Chair
👊🏽Organizer, Carpenter, Sister, Auntie
💯Retweets Endorsed
Email: district37@council.nyc.gov
Support: bit.ly/Sandy2025
PlacemakingX @placemakingx.bsky.social 🌏 Global network of #Placemaking leaders facilitating collective learning, advocacy & action for #PublicSpaces.
www.PlacemakingX.org
National Civic League @civicleague.bsky.social We are the nation’s best at the science of local government, the art of public engagement, and the celebration of the progress that can be achieved when people work together!
Aaron Landsman @thinaar.bsky.social Theater person, civic action person, Lecturer at Princeton person, person person. Writing in journals and on stages and in a book (The City We Make Together). Progenitor of Perfect City - toolkit for local power using art.
NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) @npquarterly.bsky.social Journalism for civil society. Reporting on leadership, climate justice, racial justice, health justice, economic justice, philanthropy, and equity issues.
Rebecca Willis @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social Climate & energy governance; citizen engagement. Prof at Lancaster Uni; expert adviser to the Climate Change Committee. Mostly climate stuff, occasional forays into runs, swims, mountains, dogs. Book: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/too-hot-to-handle
Karen Burson Brown 🇨🇦 @karenbursonbrown.bsky.social
Alessandro Bellantoni @abellantoni.bsky.social Director, Policy and Partnerships at Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Sen. Jabari Brisport @jabaribrisport.bsky.social New York State Senator in District 25. Chair of Committee on Children and Families. Former public school teacher. Socialist. 🌹
Candid @candiddotorg.bsky.social Getting your nonprofit the information you need to do more good. Discover all we can do, together at candid.org/explore.
José María Marín @josemariamarin.bsky.social Lead of the OGP Local Program
@louisecaldwell.bsky.social @louisecaldwell.bsky.social
Lize Mogel @lizemogel.bsky.social Artist, water nerd, counter-cartographer
Sonia Chabane (she/her)| سنية @soniachabane.bsky.social Doctoral researcher, ULB & ex Brown Fellow | 🔎 humanitarian organisations in the Anthropo/Ecocene, disaster management | 👀 on Turkey, the Mashreq, Maghreb & EU-Med | obvious nerd ~ sci/cli-fi for better futures
now 📍 Brussels, 💚 in Istanbul & Beirut
Daniel Onren Latorre @daniel-latorre.bsky.social Mindful tech product leader, founder & advisor at WiseCityLife.com. Founder of Digital #Placemaking. ex-PPS_Placemaking. Recently led product for a cutting-edge distributed protocol startup. Calling in a more pluralistic place-led world: offline>online.
Dimitri Courant @dimitricourant.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at @harvard.edu | PhD. in political science
Focus: Citizens' Assembly, Democracy, Deliberation, Sortition
President of @di-apsa.bsky.social
# https://ash.harvard.edu/people/dimitri-courant/
Raphael Arar @rarar.com Head of Design @ One Project
Mentor @ NEW INC
Visiting Faculty @ Calarts
Executive Board @ Leonardo / ISAST
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rarar.com
common.oneproject.org
oneproject.org
leonardo.info
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
@mareikeschomerus.bsky.social @mareikeschomerus.bsky.social
Ken Godfrey @kenlcg.bsky.social Executive Director of European Partnership for Democracy @epd.eu / Co-founder of European Democracy Hub @europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu
Alex Parsons @alexparsons.bsky.social Democracy Programme Lead / Senior Researcher - mySociety/TheyWorkForYou. Also for some reason Postman Pat reviews.
Anu Juvonen @anujuvonen.bsky.social Executive Director of Demo Finland - Political Parties of Finland for Democracy, President of the European Partnership for Democracy. Make Democracy Great Again!
Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social DRI supports local ways of promoting democracy with impartial analysis and best practice examples, bringing international standards of democracy to life.
Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social Interested in everything; dedicated to base-building & party-building. Member of NY WFP & NYC-DSA. Partner to one, sibling to three, comrade to many.
@workingfamilies.org | @nywfp.bsky.social
@socialists.nyc | @socialistmajority.com
📍Jamaica, Queens NYC
Franziska Maier @franziskamaier.bsky.social 👩🔬Political scientist at Uni Stuttgart working on democratic preferences, identity, deliberation.
✨Fan of pop culture, books, feminism, food, fun facts and social media if it works again 🙏
European Partnership for Democracy @epd.eu EPD is the leading European #Democracy support network, advocating for #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #GoodGovernance and #Participation.
🖇️ epd.eu
The Fund for Global Human Rights @fundhumanrights.bsky.social We invest in the power of human rights activism to advance justice and equality around the world. Join us: fundhumanrights.org
Albert Guasch Rafael @albertguaschr.bsky.social Comms & journalism on European affairs. Now Communications Coordinator at @democracyreporting.bsky.social
✍️ Bylines at @ForeignPolicy, @Euronews, @AreWeEurope, @LaVanguardia.
Ramblings on Spanish politics: https://guerrillapolitics.substack.com
Loïc Blondiaux @loicblondiaux.bsky.social Professeur de science politique à Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. Innovations démocratiques, inclusion et participation citoyennes, délibérations.
Claudia Chwalisz @cchwalisz.bsky.social Founder and CEO of DemocracyNext (www.demnext.org)
Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social A magazine of ideas, politics, and culture, committed to the power of collective reasoning and imagination to create a more just world.
Independent & nonprofit since 1975.
Newsletter:
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Lucy J Parry @lucyjparry.bsky.social participatory and deliberative democracy theory & practice | co-editor journal of deliberative democracy & deliberative democracy digest
Seona Candy @seonacandy.bsky.social Researcher on socio-ecological-technological transformations @Demos Helsinki. Specifically transdisciplinary approaches, citizen engagement in just+fair transitions & sufficiency solutions. Avid x-country skier, recipe explorer & occasional rocket builder.
Panthea Lee 李佩珊 @panthealee.bsky.social writer, cultural worker, trandisciplinary facilitator in service of life and liberation 🤲🏽🌿🌒💗 weaving from 台北 / Taipei
struggling with this era of social media. currently more at: panthealee.substack.com and instagram.com/panthealee_.
Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social Public Citizen has been standing up to corporate power and holding government accountable for 50 years. We're people-powered and accept no corporate money.
INSPIRE @horizon-inspire.bsky.social INSPIRE is about fostering a more inclusive and participatory society, which starts from the experience and knowledge of marginalised groups to inform more equitable policies.
https://linktr.ee/inspiredemocracy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the essential source of news, commentary, networking and training opportunities for nonprofit professionals.
philanthropy.com
Andrea Reimer @andreareimer.bsky.social I spent 4 terms in local gov focused on climate action, reconciliation, social justice & a stronger democracy. I left in 2018 to figure out why Trump got elected. Now I teach power literacy & help courageous people take action on bold, progressive ideas.
Carl Omniart @omniart.bsky.social Abolish ICE. Prosecute uniformed law-breakers.
Jason Hackworth @jasonhackworth.bsky.social Urban studies professor, Ohio State football fan, neurodivergent
http://individual.utoronto.ca/hackworth/index.html
Sulu @codenimm.bsky.social parent, Executive Director/Joker at Theatre of the Oppressed NYC. Performer/facilitator with Obvious Agency. they/them
Book: http://www.tonyc.nyc/wildcardworkbook
Brian Kettenring @bkettenring.bsky.social Co-President, Global Fund for a New Economy
Trust, Accountability and Inclusion Collaborative @taicollab.bsky.social Empowering citizens to hold their governing institutions to account.
We are just a click away: https://linktr.ee/thetainitiative
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
Matías Bianchi @matiasfbianchi.bsky.social
Indira Latorre, Ph.D @indiralatorre.bsky.social Ph.D. @UPFBarcelona, profesora @URosario. Political Theory, Public Law, Better regulation #innovation & #democracy. Ella/she/her.
Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org We are a progressive grassroots political party building a multiracial, feminist movement of working people. Text WFP to 30403 to join us.
linktr.ee/workingfamilies
Bryan M. Sims @simsbry.bsky.social Director at Humanity United. Philanthropy and Non-Profit Leader I Peacebuilder I Systems Navigator