Despite their multiplication over the last 15 years, studies on the support for assemblies
composed of citizens selected by lot are rare and the few that exist analyse citizens' attitudes …

MPs face a dilemma when it comes to deliberative mini-publics (DMPs): in a context of
distrust, they may see it as an opportunity to re-legitimize themselves and solve complex …

Responsible Innovation encourages innovators to work together with stakeholders during
the research and innovation process, to better align the outcomes of innovation with the …

Conceived as an alternative form of democratic representation, the random selection of
citizens for a political task comes in tension with the logic of electoral representation. The …

Despite their increasing use, citizens' assemblies are far from being unanimously supported
by elected officials. While citizens' assemblies offer the opportunity to increase the quality …

Quelques années auparavant, l'Irlande avait également réussi à légaliser le mariage pour
toutes et tous par le biais d'une assemblée citoyenne hybride (composée d'un tiers de …

In recent years, political scientists have devoted increasing attention to sortition–the random
selection of ordinary citizens for political decision-making. This has been accompanied by a …

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has gained prominence in the academic
debate in the last decade. Introduced in order to provide an operational framework for …

The article argues that the persistent high level of dissatisfaction vis-à-vis parties comes from
a mismatch between public expectations and parties' performances. The present lack of …

Sortition is widely used in our political systems to constitute citizen panels. It is now possible
to study the limits of this method of selecting our political representatives. This book presents …