Digital Democracy

Building safe spaces for people to exercise their voices and influence in an increasingly multipolar world disrupted by digital innovation requires radically new approaches. Tools that bolster digital democracy can, for instance, enable people to negotiate and deliberate toward the collective good, open up more direct channels for participatory governance, and foster civic collaboration. Rather than working against democracies, technological advancement can serve to enhance the democratic process by making it more accessible, inclusive, and accountable, and to give citizens a greater voice in the way they are governed.