Participatory democracy that scales

Perycles addresses the unrealized promise of digital democracy to deliver meaningful democratic participation. We apply rigorous scientific methods ranging from computer simulation to empirical field studies.

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Artificial Intelligence – Opportunity or Threat to Democracies

As part of the German Federal Government’s Open Day on August 23 and 24, 2025,[…]

out-reach

PERYCLES symposium at AISC 2025 conference

The PERYCLES project is organizing a symposium on “Is there hope for deliberative democracy yet?[…]

out-reach

Innovationsforum 2025 WHAT WORKS!

Shaping Democracy – Strategies That Make an Impact At the Innovationsforum 2025 conference in Berlin,[…]

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New Book Release: The Anti-Autocracy Handbook 

We’re excited to share the release of a powerful new resource for academics and anyone[…]

Perycles is an EU-funded research project

Perycles (project number 101177658) is a research project fully funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe framework (HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-07 – Digital democracy).