Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social It‘s the democracy, stupid!
www.buergerrat.de/en
Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
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
Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social Full Professor UCD Politics. Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Member of the Academia Europaea. Representative politics, electoral systems, deliberative minipublics https://people.ucd.ie/david.farrell he/him. Personal account.
Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, HEC Paris & College of Europe, Bruges
Democracy Fellow, Harvard University & Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies Minda de Gunzburg at Harvard University
Founder, The Good Lobby
www.albertoalemanno.eu
Alice el-Wakil @anewq.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Political theory, democracy, referendums, democratic innovation, representation
Jane Suiter @janesuit.bsky.social Professor of Political Communication, Democracy at Dublin C Uni || Director FuJo Future Media Democracy Society || Deliberation || Citizens Assembly|| Disinformation
Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social Associate Prof & Author at Uni of Southampton; USSR-born; speaker of ENG/ESP/CAT/AZ/RUS/FR/TR/...
www.lalamuradova.com
Empathy in Politics • Democracy • Climate Change • Democratic Innovations • Emotions • Deliberation • Autocracies
🏋♀️📚⛰️🕺
Alvaro Oleart @alvarooleart.bsky.social Postdoc on PoliSci & European Studies at the ULB. Author of "Framing TTIP in the EU Public Spheres: Towards an Empowering Dissensus for EU Integration" & "Democracy Without Politics in EU Citizen Participation: From European Demoi to Decolonial Multitude".
Hans Asenbaum @hansasenbaum.bsky.social Senior research fellow @ Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, Uni Canberra. He/him 🏳️🌈 Author of The Politics of Becoming. Open Access https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-politics-of-becoming-9780192858870?cc=us&lang=en&
Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social Associate Professor in Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Democratic Futures at Southampton University.
Visiting Professor at Democratic Innovations Research Unit, Frankfurt University.
https://rikkidean.com/
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 🙏
Alexander Geisler @alexmgeisler.bsky.social Polisci PhD
/ Managing editor @spsr.bsky.social
/ Postdoc University of St. Gallen
/ Research on political communication and behavior
https://alexgeisler.netlify.app/
Tamara Ehs @tamaraehs.bsky.social Politikwissenschaft & Demokratieberatung
Associate Fellow @aia-nrw.bsky.social
Advisor @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
Kontakt https://www.tamara-ehs.net/
Verteidigung der Demokratie https://shop.falter.at/detail/9783990467435/verteidigung-der-demokratie
Rich Wilson @richwil.bsky.social People power & democracy obsessive. CEO Iswe.org, trustee localtrust.org.uk, founder involve.org.uk, irregular writer https://www.theguardian.com/profile/richardwilson
⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 @audreyt.org 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, Senior Accelerator Fellow at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, and Taiwan's founding Minister of Digital Affairs. https://cyberambassador.tw/
Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social Promoting work on deliberative democracy
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/staff/profile/ianoflynn.html
Claire Mellier @clairemellier.bsky.social Believer in #peoplepower #systemschange Participatory & Deliberative Democracy Knowledge & Practice lead iswe.org Co-founder globalassemblies.org Board member ipsp.org
Mel Ross @melross.bsky.social Political scientist @unibremen.bsky.social
CoLead @glocan.bsky.social
CoChair @ecpr.bsky.social's Standing Group on Democratic Innovations
📍Berlin- S Stephen Elstub @stephene.bsky.social
Dominik Herold @dominikherold.bsky.social Social Philosophy | writing about political depression: shame, rage and resistance | »Radikale Demokratie & die Macht des Affektiven« (Campus) | @ktbberlin.bsky.social
www.dominikherold.net
Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social Head of the School of Politics and Economics at KCL. Researching conspiracy theories and democracy. Former 🚒🚑
Adi Kara @adikara.bsky.social Gastarbeiterenkel. Halid Bešlić Fan. Promoviere zu Partizipation und Demokratie he/him
Clodagh Harris @clodaghharris.bsky.social Senior lecturer, University College Cork. Interested in participatory & deliberative democracy, citizens assemblies, climate justice and intergenerational deliberation. Own views.
Transparent Citizens Assemblies @edsurridge.bsky.social Stand and vote for Transparent Deliberative Democracy
100s of non binding Citizens Assemblies have been, rubbished & hidden by broken democracy in many countries.
Form your countries political party for AI assisted Citizens Assemblies in all government
Arild Ohren @arildoh.bsky.social Researcher at NTNU
NetZeroCities Senior Democratic Expert, Democratic Society
Interested in Democratic innovations, Representation, Democratic Theory
John Gastil @jgastil.bsky.social Penn State professor who studies deliberative democracy and group decision making. Currently on sabbatical at the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center. Recent books: Hope for Democracy, Legislature by Lot, and Dungeon Party (a novel).
Ruth Hubbard @itsourcity1.bsky.social local democracy & governance activist, new municipalism, for citizens & communities working together across difference. Founder It’s Our City! & SOS (Sheffield Oversight & Scrutiny). itsoursheffield.co.uk & sos-sheffield.org.uk
Andy Paice @andypaice.bsky.social Londoner with a passion for public participation and #WiseDemocracy http://andypaice.net http://co-intelligence.institute
Hp Rosenlechner @kairos.social Publizist • kairos.social • medium.com/@kairos.social
"The more we ignore what is attempting to emerge in society, the more emergencies we will get."
Otto Scharmer
Wencke Hertzsch @whrtz.bsky.social Meistens was mit #Beteiligung und #Demokratie auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen in und für Wien.
#BürofürMitwirkung #Demokratiehauptstadt #Klimateam #Stadtentwicklung
Philipp C. Verpoort @philippverpoort.bsky.social Scientist: physics, energy systems, maths | researcher @PIK_Climate | prev PhD physics @Cambridge_Uni | deliberation & sortition expert @SortitionNow | Website: philipp.verpoort.online
Claudia Chwalisz @cchwalisz.bsky.social Founder and CEO of DemocracyNext (www.demnext.org)
Mahmud Farooque @farooquema.bsky.social Democratic Gaps, Knowledge Gaps, Public Value Failure, Post Normal Science and everything that require an engaged, informed and representatively diverse citizenry for better science, technology, and society.
Wendy Conway-Lamb @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social Climate change adaptation | Deliberative democracy | International development | Global-local governance | Arguably more interesting on http://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-conway-lamb-5a573351
Rabea Koss @rabeakoss.bsky.social Klimakommunikation & Beteiligung
Noémie Galland-Beaune @noemiegb.bsky.social Secretary @lesecologistesbe.bsky.social
Policy - Democracy & Deliberative wave
Brussels Binder's advocacy member - she/her
Jez Hall @jezsfcic.bsky.social Director at Shared Future CIC, passionate about #participatorybudgeting, #citizensassemblies and #deliberativedemocracy. Follow us @sharedfuture.bsky.social
Katharina Liesenberg @kliesenberg.bsky.social Visiting Fellow Ash Center (Harvard Kennedy School) | PhD Candidate TU Darmstadt | Co-Founder Es geht LOS
Joanne Sansome @joannesansome.bsky.social Disability Activist/Campaigner/Social Researcher/Published Author. Interested/involved in Co-production/Deliberative Democracy. I love dogs🐾 and football ⚽️Posts are my own, RP’s are not. 
Paul Naudascher @pnaudascher.bsky.social Vielfalt durch Zufall | Wissenschaft & Evaluation bei bsky.app/profile/esgehtlos.bsky.social
Armada @armada413.bsky.social Web Developer
Advocate for sortition and the belief that governance should embody the collective voice, shaped by the people and for the people. Dedicated to equity, decentralization, and true representation.
Canning Malkin @clmalkin.bsky.social Deliberative and innovative democracy @iswe-foundation.bsky.social and @glocan.bsky.social, climate governance, American politics, and some other bits. she/her
Linus Strothmann @linusstrothmann.bsky.social Author on Citizen Assemblies, canoeconcerts@youtube, DIY, future generations
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social Assistant Prof in Political Theory @UBCPoliSci working on Democratic Theory, Historical Injustice, Gender, Race, and Disability. Formerly @UniAmsterdam. Uninvited settler. Dog lover and gardening enthusiast. She/her
Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
Tim Hughes @timjhughes.bsky.social All things democracy, open gov & participation, with a sprinkling of climbing, photography & Ipswich Town.
Democracy & Participation Lead at Open Government Partnership, trustee at MySociety, & former exec director at Involve.
Alan Renwick @alanrenwick.bsky.social Professor of Democratic Politics and Director of the UCL Constitution Unit. Researching democratic reform in the UK and around the world. Views my own.
Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social Examining the intersections of deliberative democracy, craft gin, and Taylor Swift.
Rowan Harris @rowanharris.bsky.social Deliberative Democracy @ Shared Future CIC | Climate Change and Water Security | Archaeology and History Enthusiast
Kristof Jacobs @kristofjacobs1.bsky.social AssociateProf @ RU / Democratic innovations, populism, elections, social media / Belgian in NL / blogs
@stukroodvlees
/ personal views / NWO VIDI project (2019-2025)
tetsuki tamura @ttya70.bsky.social 政治学・政治理論研究者。熟議民主主義、ベーシック・インカム、政治理論とフェミニズム。どうでもいいつぶやきもあり。democratic theory, deliberative democracy, the welfare state & basic income, feminism & political theory
https://researchmap.jp/tetsuki.tamura/?lang=english
Hélène Landemore @landemore.bsky.social Political theorist, French-American, author of Democratic Reason, Open Democracy, and Politics Without Politicians
Reema Patel @reemaspatel.bsky.social Inclusive policy, research, design and practice, using participatory and deliberative methods. I work with @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social on including public voices in AI, and @iswe-foundation.bsky.social on a permanent global climate assembly.
Peter MacLeod @petermacleod.bsky.social Principal, masslbp.com | Helping people shape the policies that shape their lives | Citizens’ Assemblies + Democratic Innovation | Co-author, democracyssecondact.org
Lucy Reid @lucyreid.bsky.social Wannabe Brummie | I need more tea | Like dancing in kitchens and making things happen | COO @DemocracyNext | Chair @MoseleyRoadBaths | Previously @NationalTrust | Own views
Stefan Roch @stefan2710.bsky.social Projectmanager NewDemocracy project @BertelsmannStiftung
> (Digital) Democracy
> (Innovative) Citizen Participation
> (Geeky) Boardgames
Seraphine Arnold @seraphinearnold.bsky.social PhD student at University of Stuttgart
Political Theory and Empirical Democracy Research ▫️ Democratic Innovations @demolabs.bsky.social 
Vanessa Schwaiger @vanessaschwaiger.bsky.social PhD Student at University of Stuttgart | Democratic Preferences, Democratic Values, Inequality @demolabs.bsky.social
Democracy Local, a planetary publication 地方民主 @democracylocal.bsky.social Stories, data, analysis, events and other content of, by, and for everyday people governing themselves. Publisher is Joe Mathews, journalist, Berggruen Institute fellow and co-founder of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy
Andreas Paust @paust.bsky.social Vorsitzender des Kompetenzzentrums Bürgerbeteiligung
Yanina Welp @welpita.bsky.social PolSci - Comunicación Política - https://yaninawelp.wordpress.com
Democracy, participation & deliberation, Latin American politics
@ahcdemocracy.bsky.social - @gvagrad.bsky.social
@redpolitologas.bsky.social #NoSinMujeres
Posting in #English & #Spanish
Martin Gilbraith @martingilbraith.com IAF Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF|M), ICA:UK Associate, #FacPower author, GOC Trustee, FRSA. He/him. London, Brussels & Barcelona. #facilitation #LGBToutdoors | martingilbraith.com | http://ica-uk.org.uk | facpower.org | goc.org.uk 🏳️🌈
Magni Szymaniak-Arnesen @magni-sa.bsky.social pol sci PhD student researcher @UAM_Poznan | deliberative democratic innovations | alumnx @univienna | they/them 🏳️🌈
Spencer Mckay @spencermckay.com Democratic theorist, giant lobster enthusiast, former public servant
Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social Faculty at the London School of Economics;
Co-Director, EMAP/EMPP;
Governance Innovation Council, Meta
Studying lotteries in democracy and tech, participatory tech, HPE, political economy
acirone.com
Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social Political Sociologist - citizen engagement, digital politics, young people, future of work, advocacy, & popular culture.
But prefers dogs, coffee, chocolate
From Sydney 🇦🇺 now living in Glasgow 🏴
Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social Sociologist | MPI for Political and Social Science, Göttingen https://www.ips.mpg.de | HU Berlin https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/makro/mitarbeiter/Prof_Mau l social change, inequality, conflict, borders (pic Gesine Born), personal views
Erwin Mayer @erwinmayer.bsky.social Klimaschutz, Umweltökonom, climate economics, carbon pricing
mehr demokratie! democracy international: direct democracy and sortition processes
Iñaki Goñi @inakigoni.bsky.social Chile 🇨🇱 Science and Technology Studies, Deliberative Democracy, Democratic Theory
Nicole Armos @nicolearmos.bsky.social Building capacity for transformative dialogue and public engagement at SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social PhD Candidate, deliberative mini publics and public opinion @ McMaster University, Canada. London expat. She/Her.
Current: Vox Pop Labs | Former: MASS LBP, The RSA
Sonia Bussu @sbussu.bsky.social Assoc Professor in Public Policy @University of Birmingham #participatorydemocracy #participatoryresearch #democraticinnovations #participatoryarts
Ruth Lightbody @drruthlightbody.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Politics at Glasgow Caledonian University. Research: perinatal mental health & playgroups, community engagement & deliberative democracy, experts & evidence giving
Anna Drake (she/her) @annadrake.bsky.social Political theory & gender and politics at UW. I study deliberative democratic theory, activism, and structural injustice. Covid aware and an advocate of equity. Solidarity, like love, is a verb: mask up.
Ceri H @ceried.bsky.social Researcher of environmental education, place and politics. Special interests: deliberative democracy, youth agency, literacy & literature. Trustee of Another Way. Love Europe ❤️
Martín Carcasson @mcarcasson.bsky.social Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University. I direct the CSU Center for Public Deliberation (www.cpd.colostate.edu), which is a nonpartisan organization focused on improving the quality of public discussion and local problem-solving. 
Ruth Egeressy @ruthsustainable.bsky.social sustainability and behaviour change MSc🌏 #CitizensAssemblies l #ClimateAssembly participatory and deliberative democracy 🌱Democratic Innovation for a better world 🌱 #ClimateFresk and 🧘🏻♂️Yoga
Alex Parsons @alexparsons.bsky.social Democracy Programme Lead / Senior Researcher - mySociety/TheyWorkForYou. Also for some reason Postman Pat reviews.
Andrea Felicetti @andreafelicetti.bsky.social Wondering about democracy, in theory and in practice. Senior Assistant Professor University of Padua
Sarah Castell @scastell.bsky.social CEO Involve. Working to build a stronger democracy that works for everyone, by using the supertools of participatory and deliberative democracy. Also like improv & jumping in cold water.
Owen Shaffer @lottodemocracy.bsky.social Advocate of citizen participation, transparency, deliberation and democratic lotteries (sortition), hopefully all at the same time in a citizens' assembly. Dance addiction: English Country, waltz, swing.
Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social Associate Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working in our Ministers team with special interest in parliament, ministerial leadership, private office and (sometimes) public inquiries.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Roman Krznaric @romankrznaric.bsky.social Social philosopher, founder @empathymuseum New book HISTORY FOR TOMORROW https://romankrznaric.com TED talk on THE GOOD ANCESTOR http://tinyurl.com/y6779czd 
Lotte Hargrave @lottehargrave.bsky.social Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science at The University of Manchester. Research gender, political behaviour, elections, and representation
https://www.lottehargrave.com/
Otherwise lover of:
- Hiking 🥾
- Wild swimming 🌊
- Pub going 🍺
- Football ⚽️
Josh Lerner @joshalerner.bsky.social People Powered & Participatory Budgeting Project founder, #MakingDemocracyFun author. Posts about participatory democracy, vegan eats, dad jokes. he/él
Michael Donnelly @micdonnelly.bsky.social Co-Director of Future Search Network. Working to bring the concept of "whole system in the room" to leaders in every sector everywhere. Lives in Northern Ireland.
Kelly McBride @kellymcbr.bsky.social Democratic innovation / collaborative governance / participation / community action. Often in the mountains
📍Edinburgh
🔗 linkedin.com/in/kmcbride1
🧑💻 Involve UK. Freelance Aiteal Co. Prev TPXimpact, FutureGov, Demsoc, UoEdi, UoSussex
Ilan Siebert @isiebert.bsky.social #orgdev #democracy #humancollaboration www.kessels-smit.com and Founder www.esgehtlos.org initiator of www.dasende.org
Nico 🍀 @nicoferfio.bsky.social 
David Jubb @davidjubb.bsky.social co-founder and co-director Citizens In Power launched 2023; independent director Sortition Foundation; http://davidjubb.blog; previously Battersea Arts Centre; #Devon #rewilding; he/him; #coys
Lucas Nigri Veloso @nigriveloso.bsky.social Poli Sci & Dem Innov (UFMG / Università di Padova)
Laurie @ljmu.bsky.social 
Liam Killeen @liamkilleen.bsky.social Deliberative democracy; PhD researcher, Lancaster University's Climate Citizens; campaigner, Badvertising
wayneliebman.bsky.social @wayneliebman.bsky.social Founder, BlueVoterGuide.org
Direction of Operations, FieldTeam6.org
Founder, PublicAccessDemocracy.org
Co-lead, PublicDemocracyla.org
Damir Kapidzic @damirkapidzic.bsky.social Professor @University of Sarajevo | Scholar @ Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs | Member @Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group | democracy & authoritarianism & democratic innovations | ⛰️
Dr. Paul Zeitz @drpaulzeitz.bsky.social #unifyUSA democracy activist #CitizensAssemblies #RefreshUSConstitution
@omerbilgin.bsky.social @omerbilgin.bsky.social Co-founder @ deliberAIde - An AI-powered platform designed to enhance dialogue-based citizen engagement
MSt Student in Practical Ethics @ University of Oxford
Matt Abrams @mattabrams.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattabrams
Advisor, Investor, Co-Founder, Board Member cursed (and blessed) with curiosity and a drive to #leaveitbetter
Focused on intersection of quality information, deliberative dialogue (citizens’ assemblies), and trust