by Innovation in Politics Institute
News and everything you need to know on digital democracy, online participation and e-voting

“The evolution of democracy is linked to technology”

Interview with Silvia Caparros, CEO of Scytl, specialist in online voting. The electoral company, Scytl, are experts in providing highly secure solutions for online voting and electoral modernization. CEO, Silvia Caparros, talks about the technology and the services they provide in order to improve and expand democracy.

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Matías Nso, CEO of Kuorum

“The Vote is the Currency of Democracy”

“The vote is the currency of democracy. If you lose trust in the Euro, the economy goes down and if you lose trust in the vote, then democracy goes down.”

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“We use AI to empower citizens”

Robert Bjarnason and his team build participation platforms with the goal of improving democratic infrastructure. In this interview, he talks to us about the role of Artificial Intelligence in democracy, and explains what the Citizens Foundation does for platforms for governments around the world.

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portrait of Wietse van Ransbeeck , CitizenLab

A Digital Agora For Citizens To Meet

Interview with Wietse van Ransbeeck, Co-founder and CEO of CitizenLab | With offices in Belgium, the UK and the United States, CitizenLab makes decision-making more inclusive, participatory and responsive.

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Jörg Mitzlaff

Agenda-Setting in Germany and Beyond

With 20 million users, openPetition is a leading platform in Europe for online petitions. Founder and director Jörg Mitzlaff talks to us about the future role of such technologies. 

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Portrait, Ben Fowkes Delib

“Beware of the Leopard“

The UK-based company, Delib, helps governments to involve citizens in decision making, and in turn helps citizens to improve government services for a healthy, functional democracy. Director, Ben Fowkes, on the core services of Delib and trends in the Democracy Technologies industry. 

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