Archive map
Where democratic innovation appears.
Projects, people and conversations mapped by public affiliation, project location or verified geographic context.
person · Medium confidence
Alessandro Oppo & Carlo Michaelis
Project founders
person · Medium confidence
Andrew Gray
United Kingdom
person · High confidence
Andrés Pereira de Lucena
Barcelona
person · High confidence
Antoine Vergne
Originally France; living in Germany 20+ years
person · Medium confidence
Ben Nelson
San Francisco / Minerva
person · High confidence
Bjørn Bedsted
Denmark / Copenhagen
person · High confidence
Bruce Schneier
Cambridge/Boston, USA
person · High confidence
Carol Romero
Barcelona
person · Low confidence
Cross-podcast dialogue
Global
person · Medium confidence
Daniel Mackisack
Innovation in Politics Institute / Europe
Ep20 · Democracy Technologies in Europe2025-08-26
person · High confidence
Evelien Nieuwenburg
Netherlands / Eindhoven ecosystem
person · Medium confidence
Francesco Vecchi
Brussels / Europe
person · High confidence
Gareth Farry
Auckland, New Zealand
person · High confidence
Geert Lovink
Amsterdam
person · Medium confidence
Gianluca Sgueo
Italy / Brussels
person · Medium confidence
Giovanni Di Sotto
Italy
person · High confidence
Graham Wetherall-Grujić
Vienna, Austria
person · High confidence
Guido Saracco
Turin
person · Medium confidence
Guillaume Saunier
France
person · High confidence
Hélène Landemore
Yale University
person · High confidence
Jonathan Moskovic
Brussels
person · High confidence
Jorge Lagarto
Portugal
person · High confidence
Josef Lentsch
Austria / Berlin
person · Medium confidence
Lucien Langton
Born San Francisco; grew up France
person · High confidence
Lukas Salecker
Germany
person · High confidence
Magnus Strobel
Munich
person · High confidence
Marcello Coppa
Italy
person · Medium confidence
Marcin Woźniak
Poland
person · High confidence
Marco Cappato
Milan / Europe
person · Medium confidence
Margo Loor
Estonia
person · High confidence
Martín Carcasson
Colorado State University
person · High confidence
Matt Stempeck
Originally Boston; based Lisbon
person · High confidence
Michihito Matsuda
Tokyo / Tama City
person · High confidence
Nathan Schneider
University of Colorado Boulder
person · Medium confidence
Oliver Klingefjord
Meaning Alignment Institute
person · Medium confidence
Paolo Spada
University of Southampton; Italian education background
person · Medium confidence
Paul Zeitz
United States
person · High confidence
Richard Bartlett
Wellington, New Zealand
person · High confidence
Robert Bjarnason
Reykjavik
person · Medium confidence
Samuel Vance-Law
Berlin-based writer/musician
person · High confidence
Seth Frey
UC Davis, California
person · Medium confidence
Simone Maria Parazzoli
Europe/OECD/Agentic State
person · Medium confidence
Sonia Bussu
University of Birmingham
person · High confidence
Stefaan Verhulst
NYU GovLab; Brussels DataTank
person · Medium confidence
Stephen Boucher
Brussels / France
person · High confidence
Sylvain Le Bon
France
person · Medium confidence
Tate Berenbaum
New York / Virginia
person · Medium confidence
Tiago Peixoto
World Bank / Europe
person · High confidence
Tomas Rakos
Prague, Czech Republic
person · High confidence
Valentin Chaput
Paris / France
person · High confidence
Vir Sanghavi
Houston, Texas
person · High confidence
Wietse Van Ransbeeck
Brussels, Belgium
person · Medium confidence
Yuting Jiang
Between Paris & worldwide
project · Medium confidence
#unifyUSA / Build A Movement
United States
Ep48 →#unifyUSA35+ years advocacy; #unifyUSA co-founder project · High confidence
AI Mayor / AI Party
Tokyo / Tama City
Ep11 →AI MayorAI candidate 2018; AI Party founded 2019 project · Medium confidence
Agora
Paris / Global
project · High confidence
Brussels deliberative committees
Brussels
Ep29 →Brussels deliberative committeesCo-designed in late 2010s/2020s project · High confidence
Center for Public Deliberation
Fort Collins, Colorado
Ep23 →Center for Public DeliberationFounded/active 2006+ project · Medium confidence
CitizenOS
Tallinn / Estonia
Ep21 →CitizenOSFounded mid-2010s; needs exact source project · High confidence
Citizens Foundation
Reykjavik
Ep16 →Citizens FoundationCo-founded 2008 project · High confidence
Civic Tech Field Guide
Global; originally US
Ep37 →Civic Tech Field GuideConceived 2016 project · High confidence
Civic/creative democracy work
Auckland
project · High confidence
Commoning Standard / Metagov
Davis, California
Ep46 →Commoning StandardResearch director Metagov; UC Davis professor project · Low confidence
Commoning Standard / Metagov ecosystem
UC Davis / Metagov
Ep46 →Commoning StandardCommoning Standard active by 2026 project · Medium confidence
Community Labs / Arweave ecosystem
New York / Virginia
Ep08 →Community LabsCommunity Labs 2022; raised $30m at age 19 project · High confidence
Decidim
Barcelona
Ep28 →DecidimStarted 2015/2016; 9+ years project · High confidence
Dembrane
Netherlands
project · Medium confidence
Democracy Innovators
Italy
Intro →Democracy InnovatorsFounded/launched 2025 project · High confidence
Democracy Technologies / Innovation in Politics Institute
Vienna
Ep25 →Democracy TechnologiesDemocracy Technologies platform active 2020s project · Medium confidence
Democracy Technologies in Europe report
Vienna / Europe
Ep20 · Democracy Technologies in EuropeDemocracy Technologies in Europe reportReport 2020s
project · High confidence
Democracy X / former Danish Board of Technology
Copenhagen
Ep07 →Democracy X25+ years technology assessment project · Medium confidence
Democratic ideas / writing
Berlin
Ep36 →Democratic ideasPublished/active 2020s project · Medium confidence
Dreamocracy
Brussels
Ep12 →DreamocracyFounded before 2020s; active as think-and-do tank project · Medium confidence
EU democratic innovation research
Brussels / EU
Ep13 →EU democratic innovation researchAcademic/public policy work 2010s–2020s project · High confidence
EUMANS
Pan-European; launched by Marco Cappato
Ep33 →EUMANSFounded/launched 2019 project · Medium confidence
EUMANS Civic AI
Brussels / pan-European
project · High confidence
Feel / GovTech Forum
Italy
Ep42 →FeelFeel born 2022; GovTech Forum Italy 2024 project · High confidence
Go Vocal (formerly CitizenLab)
Brussels
Ep43 →Go Vocal (formerly CitizenLab)Founded 2015; rebranded 2024 project · Low confidence
Harmonica
Open Source
project · High confidence
Institute of Network Cultures / media theory
Amsterdam
Ep04 →Institute of Network CulturesResearch professor since 2004 project · High confidence
LabX - Centre for Public Sector Innovation
Lisbon / AMA
Ep44 →LabX - Centre for Public Sector InnovationCreated 2016 project · High confidence
Loomio / Enspiral / The Hum
Wellington
project · Medium confidence
Meaning Alignment Institute
Global / OpenAI-supported
Ep10 →Meaning Alignment InstituteCo-founded 2023 project · High confidence
Media Economies Design Lab / cooperative internet research
Boulder, Colorado
Ep38 →Media Economies Design LabCU Boulder since 2015 project · Medium confidence
Minerva
San Francisco
project · High confidence
Missions Publiques
Paris, Brussels, Bonn
Ep49 →Missions PubliquesJoined Missions Publiques 2011 project · Medium confidence
Multicast / SkyVote
Italy
Ep48b? →MulticastSkyVote used in Italy; Multicast company project · High confidence
Nexus Politics
Munich
Ep17 →Nexus PoliticsMunich-based startup, 2020s project · High confidence
Open Democracy research / Yale
New Haven, Connecticut
Ep39 →Open Democracy researchYale since 2009 project · High confidence
Open Source Politics
Paris
Ep01 →Open Source PoliticsCo-founded 2016 project · High confidence
Participation Factory
Prague
Ep22 →Participation FactoryFounded/impact since 2019 project · Medium confidence
Participatory budgeting research / academia
Southampton
Ep50 →Participatory budgeting researchPhD Yale 2012; Bologna PhD 2006 project · Medium confidence
Participatory governance research
Birmingham
Ep26 →Participatory governance researchAcademic research 2010s–2020s project · Low confidence
Podcast collaboration
Global
Ep35 →Podcast collaboration2026 project · High confidence
Politecnico di Torino / innovation ecosystem
Turin
Ep19 →Politecnico di TorinoRector appointed 2018 project · High confidence
Political Tech Summit / NEOS Lab
Vienna / Berlin
Ep06 →Political Tech SummitNEOS co-founded 2012; NEOS Lab 2014–2018 project · High confidence
Rewiring Democracy / Harvard Berkman Klein
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ep31 →Rewiring DemocracyBook 2025 project · High confidence
Startin’blox
Paris
Ep45 →Startin’bloxFounded 2018 project · Medium confidence
Suffrago
United Kingdom
Ep18 →Suffrago2024–2025 active project · Medium confidence
Swarmcheck / Optimum Pareto Foundation
Poland
Ep03 →Swarmcheck40+ projects; active 2020s project · Medium confidence
The Agentic State
Europe
Ep34 →The Agentic State2025–2026 active project · High confidence
The GovLab / DataTank
New York / Brussels
Ep41 →The GovLabGovLab co-founder; DataTank Brussels project · High confidence
Tilt
Houston, Texas
project · Medium confidence
Voca / Octree
France
project · Medium confidence
World Bank digital governance / PB research
Washington DC / Europe
Ep30 →World Bank digital governanceJoined World Bank 2010 project · High confidence
deliberAIde
Germany
DemocracyInnovators