Current Live Projects
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The Everyday Democracy Index
What are the most democratic countries in Europe? How would we find out? We could look at electoral turnouts. But while elections matter, Demos doesn’t believe that democracy is something that should start and finish at the ballot box.
That’s why we’re developing the Everyday Democracy Index (EDI). EDI is a tool for assessing the democratic health of European countries across many different dimensions. That includes the formal dimensions of democracy, like procedural rights and election turnout. But it also includes more everyday features of democracy – how important democratic principles and practices are to the cultures of workplaces, to people’s community life, to the way they interact with public services, and even to the way they talk to their friends and family. Researchers: Kirsten Bound Paul Skidmore 6 BlogPosts 2 Bookmarks 8 Themes - The Future Face of Enterprise Researchers: Alessandra Buonfino 2 Bookmarks 4 Themes
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The Hive
The Hive is like an art gallery... Except instead of pictures and paintings, there is a catalogue of some of the former interns who have passed through our doors. Prepared to be amazed. Or at least moderately impressed...
- The New Public Diplomacy Researchers: Alex Evans Charlie Edwards 2 BlogPosts 4 Themes
- The Place Race Demos are working with Scottish Enterprise to investigate what role place plays in the attraction of talent to Scottish cities. Researchers: Kirsten Bound
- The Public Value of Security A review of the UK's security architecture. Researchers: Charlie Edwards 16 BlogPosts 6 Bookmarks 8 Themes
- Trust and local government Trust in local government is widely felt to be declining. But what do we mean by trust, how do people form trusting relationships, and how can public service organisations realistically develop more of those relationships? Researchers: Faizal Farook Melissa Mean 2 BlogPosts 1 Bookmark 10 Themes
- Wicked Jihad Researchers: Jamie Bartlett 4 BlogPosts 2 Themes
