News and Events Archive

2008

• Hungarian Deliberative Poll reveals informed opinion about unemployment
• San Mateo Countywide Assembly on Housing Choices
  Threshold 2008 is an unprecedented campaign to build the public voice about housing issues and options in San Mateo County.
  • Executive Summary: Informed Citizens Want More Housing
  • Results of the San Mateo Countywide Assembly on Housing Choices
    Informed citizens identify need for more housing, majority support higher density, more regional solutions
  • ABC7 News reports on the San Mateo county housing Deliberative Poll
• Deliberative Poll on Housing in San Mateo County
• Results of a National Online Dialogue: Rethinking the Role of Citizens in our Democracy
  National online deliberative poll explored citizenship in 21st century America
  • Excerpt of national broadcast hosted by Jim Lehrer
  • Video presentation of results by Professor James S. Fishkin at Williamsburg
  • By the People: Dialogues in Democracy

2007

• Results of a National Online Dialogue: Rethinking the Role of Citizens in our Democracy
  National online deliberative poll explored citizenship in 21st century America – By the People: Dialogues in Democracy
• Results: Tomorrow's Europe
  Details of opinion changes and knowledge gains in the first EU-wide Deliberative Poll.
• BBC Newsnight,
  What do the citizens of Europe think about the European project? Newsnight witnessed a unique seminar of citizens from all the member states coming together in Brussels to see what they make of it all.
• EU-wide Deliberative Poll Video
  Video of "Tommorrow's Europe" sessions available in 21 languages.
• Polling that puts Europe in one room
  The first EU-wide deliberative poll will be held this weekend in Brussels. 400 people from 27 countries will deliberate about key questions related to the future of Europe.
• By the People: Dialogues in Democracy
  Local deliberations will be accompanied by a national Online Deliberative Poll exploring 21st century citizenship in America
• Tomorrow's Europe, the first EU-wide Deliberative Poll
  What would ordinary Europeans think, if they all came together in the same room?
• Bulgaria Invites Guests for a Day of Intense Democracy
  New York Times article reviews national Deliberative Poll in Bulgaria on policies toward the Roma.
• Deliberative Poll Supports Integration of the Roma in Bulgarian Society: Prime Minister Lauds Process
• A Deliberative Poll on Education: What provision do informed parents in Northern Ireland want?
• National Deliberative Poll: Policies toward the Roma in Bulgaria &ndash Ghettos, Crime, Education
• Australia Deliberates: Muslims and Non Muslims in Australia
  • Facts and figures punch holes in the fear of veils
  • Blueprint for coexistence
• California Cultures: Power to the People
  San Francisco Chronicle article discusses techniques used to engage Californians more directly in the democratic process.
• Results of Northern Ireland Deliberation on Shared Education and Community Perceptions
  For the first time ever, a scientific random sample of parents in Northern Ireland deliberated about a serious public policy issue-their children's educational future.
• Deliberative Poll In Rome Clarifies Budget Priorities for Region
• Announcement: Deliberative Democracy Experiment in Northern Ireland: Education Policy In Omagh

2006

• Greek Deliberation
  A modern version of Ancient Athenian democracy was employed to select a candidate for mayor in Marousi, one of the principal municipalities of Athens, Greece.
• The Nation in a Room: Turning Public Opinion into Policy
  How Deliberative Polling® addresses limitations of traditional public opinion polling.
• It's Their Call Chinese Communist Party officials are giving citizens a voice in decision making.

2005

• Results of National Deliberative Poll^® on Health Care and Education A nationally representative sample discussed the issues online using voice chat software designed to facilitate group discussion.
• Citizens Speak Out on Health Care, Education
  More than 1,000 citizens outlined their priorities at discussions in fifteen cities around the country during Deliberation Week.
• Magyar Agora
  For the first time in Hungary TV, radio, internet and press will provide a public space for direct community participation, and for the shaping of citizens' views.
• Putting all of Europe in one room
  Europeans from all 25 member states could be brought together to discuss issues that they would usually only talk about with citizens of their own countries.
• Dabbling in Democracy: No one knew what to expect when a Chinese town tried listening to its people
  Deliberative Poll facilitates a participatory approach to Chinese politics.

• Online Deliberation 2005
  The Second Conference on Online Deliberation: Design, Research, and Practice, will bring together software developers, social science researchers, and practioners of online deliberation for three days of presentations and workshops on the Stanford University campus in May of 2005.

2004

• Online "Deliberative Poll" Gives Picture of Informed Public Opinion in Election
  In a unique national experiment, a scientific sample of voters nationwide participated in weekly small group discussions to become more informed about the issues in the Presidential election.
• PBS Deliberation Day
  On October 16, just weeks before the national election, nearly 2000 Americans in communities around the country from Seattle to Pittsburgh and Cleveland to Houston, will join together in a common deliberation about what's at stake for the nation as they approach the polls.
• Vote 2004: Presidential Candidates in Their Own Words has been developed jointly by the Center for Deliberative Democracy and the Political Communication Laboratory at Stanford University, and by By the People. This Macromedia Flash presentation covers the policy positions and campaign ads of George W. Bush and John Kerry
• Deliberation Day
  Bruce Ackerman and James Fishkin argue that Americans can revitalize their democracy and break the cycle of cynical media manipulation that is crippling public life.
• "Deliberative Poll" Shows Americans' Views on Iraq, Trade
  Participants expressed their views in a unique experiment in civic dialogue that took place in 10 American communities.
• Creating Deliberative Democracy Online: Deliberative Polling® and its Implications
  Listen to a recent talk by Professors James Fishkin and Shanto Iyengar at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society.