A global network and crowdsourcing platform for researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, activists, and anyone interested in public participation and democratic innovations

Explore & Research

Explore our database of cases, methods, and organizations using the search bar above, download the data in csv files, or explore entries by location.
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Contribute

Help expand our database by editing existing content or publishing your own. Publishing entries on Participedia provides increased discoverability of your work, while also contributing to a collaborative effort to document examples of public participation and democratic innovation.
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Teach

Find and contribute teaching resources, and use Participedia in the classroom to engage students and showcase their research. Participate in Participedia Schools and gain global perspectives with leading researchers and practitioners.
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About Participedia

Our mission is to strengthen and mobilize knowledge about participatory democratic innovations throughout the world.

We provide an open source model for crowdsourcing and organizing data about public participation. Our content is generated and used by diverse networks of researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, and activists.

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Sign up for our community newsletter! We share the latest information about participatory democratic innovations around the world, stories from our large community of partners and contributors, invitations to upcoming conferences and events, and more.

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Supporters

Participedia is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) through a Partnership Grant.

Participedia’s Design & Technology Team operates out of the Studio for Extensive Aesthetics at Emily Carr University of Art & Design, and is supported by the Canada Research Chairs Program and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

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