The pandemic has pushed citizen panels online

It’s time to apply research on in-person public deliberation to the virtual world.
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  1. Claudia Chwalisz

    1. Claudia Chwalisz leads work on innovative citizen participation at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, and is co-author of its report ‘Catching the Deliberative Wave’.

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Here’s the familiar news: governments around the world face a crisis of trust. Populations are increasingly polarized. Politicians struggle to make tough decisions that demand consensus and a long-term view.

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Nature 589, 171 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00046-7

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  • Correction 13 January 2021: An earlier version of this World View erroneously stated that the Global Citizens’ Assembly on Genome Editing will take place in 2020–21.

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