The Centre for Democracy Research is delighted to partner with the How to Save Democracy podcast.

Join us to get under the skin of a journey that began back in 2010, and an institution that could become one of Ireland’s most significant global exports in an age of democratic crisis.

(opens in a new window)How To Save Democracy is a new podcast co-hosted by Jon Alexander, Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and author of the award-winning book CITIZENS, and Obama Fellow and former Arab Spring activist and Tunisian politician Omezzine Khelifa.

In this event, (opens in a new window)Jon Alexander will host a conversation with three key voices to interrogate what the world can learn from the experience of Ireland’s pioneering Citizens’ Assemblies over the last 15 years.

(opens in a new window)David Farrell  holds the Chair of Politics at UCD. He led the original We The Citizens project that preceded the Irish Constitutional Convention and the Citizens’ Assembly, and was closely involved in supporting the first three Irish processes.

(opens in a new window)Art O'Leary is Secretary General at An Coimisiún Toghcháin, the Electoral Commission of Ireland, the management and oversight organisation for electoral and wider democracy matters. He has been closely involved in Citizens' Assemblies in Ireland since 2012.

(opens in a new window)Louise Caldwell is one of the randomly selected citizens to have taken part in the Assembly, and has since joined the board of People Powered, the global advocacy organisation for participatory democracy.

*The event will be recorded live and repurposed for a future episode of How To Save Democracy.

Places are limited