Links
Information on sortition
- Aleatorische Demokratie - To co-determination and good decisions by random selection
- Assemblis - Online platform to support communities to run local assemblies
- Bertelsmann Foundation: Practical hints for inclusive, deliberative and effective citizen participation - guidelines, templates and examples
- Buergerrat.net - Page of the Federal States of Baden-Württemberg (D) and Vorarlberg (A)
- Civil Society and Citizen Participation Unit Baden-Württemberg - information on randomly selected citizen participation
- Democracy beyond Elections - how we can turn around our troubled politics by lottery
- Dynamic Facilitation - Facilitation procedure for mini publics
- Gesellschaft für Bürgergutachten - Organisation of mini publics
- Institute for Democracy and Participation Research (IDPF) - Implementing Institute for Planning Cells
- Los jetzt! - sortition-based participation processes for young people
- LOSland - Shaping the future on site
- Meeting Democracy - Experience mini publics
- Planning Cell - Random selection for fact-based and public interest-oriented recommendations
- Research Centre for Democratic Innovations - Expertise on new forms of democracy
- Service Centre for Dialogical Citizen Participation Baden-Württemberg - Advice and service for citizen participation
- Sortition by outreach - When democracy knocks at the door
Blogs on sortition
- Democracy by Lottery
- demokratiEvolution - Ardalan Ibrahim
- Equality by Lot
- Sortition-agora
- What do you reckon?
Databases
- Database of citizens' assemblies (in Germany)
- Mini Publics Map
- OECD Database of Representative Deliberative Processes and Institutions
- Participedia
- Planning cells database
Podcasts on sortition
- Deliberative Democracy - Podcast by Central European University
- Facilitating Public Deliberations - Podcast by newDEMOCRACY
- Hundertachtzig Grad: "Politicians disgusted me" - Podcast by Bastian Berbner and Alexandra Rojkov
- ?macht:los! - Podcast by Timo Rieg
- Mehr Demokratie wagen - Podcast by Balthasar Glättli
- Reasons to be cheerful: A big idea to repair our democracy - Podcast by Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd
German initiatives working for citizens' assemblies
- buergerpolitik.org
- EsGehtLOS
- Extinction Rebellion
- Forum of former Citizens' Assembly participants
- Initiative Offene Gesellschaft
- Klimamitbestimmung
- Klimaecho
- "Lospfade" project
- Mehr Demokratie
Citizens' assembly institutions and initiatives internationally
- Center for Blue Democracy - Information center on mini publics
- Center for Wise Democracy - Examples of sortition at different levels
- Coalition for a Global Citizens' Assembly - Coalition to establish a permanent Global Citizens’ Assembly
- DD Networkers - Deliberative Democracy Networkers
- Demo.Reset - Deliberation in the Global South
- DemocracyNext - Initiative to build new deliberative democratic institutions
- Democracy R & D - Expert network on deliberative democracy
- Democracy Without Borders - Initiative on global democracy
- FIDE - Organization dedicated to the participation of everyday citizens in policy-making
- Global Citizens' Assembly - Campaign page of the Coalition for a Global Citizens’ Assembly
- Global Citizens' Assembly Network - Research collective on global citizens' assemblies
- INSA - International Network of Sortition Advocates
- ISWE - Social Impact Foundation
- KNOCA - Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies
- OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Sortition Foundation - Service provider for mini publics
Argentina
Australia
- Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance
- Citizen Assemblies for South Australia (CafSA)
- democracyCo
- Empowering Participation
- mosaicLAB
- New Democracy
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brasil
Canada
- FIDE North America
- MassLBP
- National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform
- SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Chile
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Europe
- Citizens’ Action for Democracy - CitiDem
- Citizens Take Over Europe
- Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy
- Democratic Odyssey
- Democratic Society
- EU-CIEMBLY
Finland
- Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
- The Future of Democracy - Center of Excellence in Public Opinion Research
France
- APRES / L'Association pour la Rotation et la Sortition
- décider ENSEMBLE
- Démocratie Ouverte
- Missions Publiques
- Sénat Citoyen
- Tirons-nous au sort / AgoraLab
Georgia
- Center for Organization, Strategic and Democratic Priorities
- NNLE (The Tbilisi School for Social Research)
Great Britain
- A Citizens' House in Parliament
- Citizens' Juries
- DEMOS
- e.c.f.
- Engage Britain
- Involve
- Participatory and Deliberative Democracy
- RSA
- Shared Future
- The Citizens' Convention on UK Democracy
- The Democracy & Culture Foundation
- Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Mauritius, Rwanda and Senegal
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
South Africa
South Corea
Southeast Asia
Spain
- Arantzazulab
- Coglobal
- Deliberativa
- Democracia por sorteo
- FUNPASOS
- Marea Deliberativa
- senado X sorteo
Sweden
Switzerland
- AG!SSONS
- Citizens' Democracy
- Demokratie im Dialog
- Demokratie Labor Basel
- Demoscan
- Generation Nomination
- Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau - ZDA
USA
- Assemble America
- Civic Genius
- Common Lot Productions
- Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
- Deliberative Democracy Lab
- Democracy Creative
- Democracy Together
- Democracy Without Elections
- FIDE North America
- Goodbye Elections. Hello Democracy.
- Healthy Democracy
- Jefferson Center
- New Unity.org
- of by for*
- Policy Jury Group
- Public Access Democracy
- Public Democracy LA
- Random Access Democracy
- The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities
- Unify America