{"id":843,"date":"2026-03-20T16:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/?page_id=843"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:13:22","slug":"democratic-innovations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/en\/democratic-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Democratic innovations are different forms of citizen participation, which aim at improving citizens&#8217; opportunities to engage in decision-making, deliberate on decisions and influence outcomes. Examples of these are deliberative citizen discussions, citizens\u2019 initiatives and participatory budgeting. Democratic innovations can be entirely new inventions, but they can also be novel applications of old methods that supplement and deepen representative democracy, which is based on elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our projects, we focus in particular on organising deliberative citizen discussions. Learn more about active and concluded citizen debates and experiments below.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading843_1c4520-5c\">Ongoing<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kt-post-loop843_246e7f-46 .kadence-post-image{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kt-post-loop843_246e7f-46 .kt-post-grid-wrap{gap:30px 30px;}.kt-post-loop843_246e7f-46 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;overflow:hidden;}.kt-post-loop843_246e7f-46 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item .kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner{padding-top:15px;padding-right:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-left:25px;}.kt-post-loop843_246e7f-46 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item header{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-post-loop843_246e7f-46 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item 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data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"true\"  data-slider-auto-scroll=\"false\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-slider-gap=\"30\" data-slider-gap-tablet=\"30\" data-slider-gap-mobile=\"30\" data-slider-gap-unit=\"px\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\" data-item-selector=\".kt-post-masonry-item\" aria-label=\"Post Carousel\"><div class=\"kadence-splide-slider-init splide__track\"><ul class=\"kadence-splide-slider-wrap kt-post-grid-wrap\" data-columns-xxl=\"3\" data-columns-xl=\"3\" data-columns-md=\"3\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kt-post-slider-item post-898 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-concluded-democratic-innovations\"><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-top kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-66-67\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.67%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/en\/uusimaa-transport-jury\/\" aria-label=\"Uusimaa Transport Jury\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-767x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-scaled.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-168x224.jpg 168w, https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/04\/julius-jansson-iBjO3rbIHtg-unsplash1-190x254.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/en\/uusimaa-transport-jury\/\">Uusimaa Transport Jury<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/li><li class=\"kt-post-slider-item post-896 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-concluded-democratic-innovations\"><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-top kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-66-67\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.67%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/en\/lapland-forest-jury\/\" aria-label=\"Lapland Forest Jury\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/03\/Lapin-raati_muokattu-190x123.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/en\/lapland-forest-jury\/\">Lapland Forest Jury<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/li><li class=\"kt-post-slider-item post-894 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-concluded-democratic-innovations\"><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-top kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-66-67\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.67%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/en\/citizens-dialogue-on-the-future-of-satakunta\/\" aria-label=\"Citizens\u2019 Dialogue on the Future of Satakunta\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/03\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/03\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/demokratia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1545\/2026\/03\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, 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