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Direct Democracy in Australian Power Cooperative and Trade Union

Mihajlo Jakovljev speaks with Godfrey Moase, chair and co-founder of CoPower, a non-profit energy cooperative, an executive director at United Workers Union, writer, and activist based in Melbourne, Australia.

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The Importance of Verified Civic Engagement

Interview

Negative Voting & The Future of Taiwan

Interview

The Economics of Democracy

Opinion

To Restore Democracy, Restore Civic Trust

Opinion

The Civic Engagement Scorecard: Rating Civic Life in Your Community

Opinion

Sep 10, 20224 min read

Research

2022 SDI Digital Democracy Awards

While preparing our annual SDI Digital Democracy Report, we come across countless examples of e-democracy platforms inspiring...

Sep 8, 20212 min read

Research

The 2021 SDI Digital Democracy Awards

While preparing the 2021 SDI Digital Democracy Report, we came across countless examples of e-democracy platforms inspiring communities,...

Apr 16, 20211 min read

Publication

2021 SDI Digital Democracy Report

Now in its second edition, the SDI Digital Democracy Report is the flagship publication of the Solonian Democracy Institute. It is a...

Mar 20, 20214 min read

Opinion

The Economics of Democracy

Tom Hill, UK-based ecological economist, writes about the interplay between democracy and economics and how the two could be brought into...

To Restore Democracy, Restore Civic Trust

Jan 9, 20214 min read

Opinion

To Restore Democracy, Restore Civic Trust

by Dr. Brook Manville, Author, Consultant and regular contributor to Forbes.com As part of SDI's "Foundations of Democracy" series, we...

Three Ways Remote Work Could Help Democracy

Sep 12, 20201 min read

Publication

Three Ways Remote Work Could Help Democracy

This paper discusses how remote work can impact on democracy by Increasing leisure resulting in more time and capacity for political...

May 15, 20201 min read

Publication

Improving Citizen-Led Democracy Tools

This paper analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the digital democracy market and makes recommendations for future development. To...

Apr 17, 20201 min read

Publication

Digital Democracy and COVID-19

Abstract: This article describes some of the ways technology is being used to facilitate governance during the coronavirus pandemic, and...

Feb 4, 20201 min read

Research

Blockchain Governance

Dr. Renny Rudea, member of our our advisory board, has recently published an article in TEM Journal: The Institutional Landscape of...

Jan 14, 20201 min read

Publication

2020 SDI Digital Democracy Report

The Solonian Democracy Institute is proud to announce the release of the SDI 2020 Digital Democracy Report. Over the past six months we...

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