Parliaments and public trust: what parliamentary integrity initiatives can and cannot achieve
By Alex Scales, Westminster Foundation for Democracy Many parliaments around the world are operating in...
Citizens, Parliament and Democratic Renewal: IPEN at the Democracy Innovation Festival in Adelaide, South Australia
On 17-18 August 2026, Adelaide University (located in South Australia) hosted the inaugural Democracy Innovation...
Changing of the Guard: Acknowledging Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
By Dr Sarah Moulds (University of Adelaide and Vice-Chair of IPEN) Leadership transitions provide an...
Spotlight on Public Engagement Practice: How the Oireachtas Education and Youth Committee Engages Young People
By Conor Reale (Parliamentary Education Officer, Oireachtas) and Tara Kelly (Clerk of the Joint Committee...
Five lessons on public engagement from wartime Ukraine and remote Nepal
by Alex Scales, Franklin De Vrieze, Halyna Shevchuk, Maria Mousmouti and Tetiana Feshchuk Below, we...
Education, legislation, corrections and cybersecurity: parliamentary responses to misinformation
By Elise Uberoi and Anne-Lise Harding, UK House of Commons Library Misinformation is a critical...
Politicising Deliberation? Media coverage of Climate Assemblies in France and the UK
IPEN hosted a seminar last month on the topic of politicisation of deliberative democracy initiatives...
Five things about IPEN #2 – Terranova
In the second in our five-part series looking back at some of the great things...
Revitalising the right to petition in Spain: international lessons
More than 30 million people have signed at least one petition addressed to the UK...