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Resilient Democracies for an Age of Accelerating Innovation

We examine how to strengthen democratic resilience and govern artificial intelligence, automation and the energy transition responsibly.

Research · Strategic Foresight · Capacity Building

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Strategic Foresight

Resilience and Innovation: Two Interdependent Challenges

Contemporary democracies face a dual challenge: strengthening institutions against democratic erosion, polarisation and disinformation, while governing major technological and socio-economic transformations, including artificial intelligence, automation and the energy transition. These are not separate agendas. The way these changes are designed and regulated can either reinforce or undermine rights, accountability and inclusion.

Our starting point

1. Democratic resilience

The concentration of power, the weakening of checks and balances, and disinformation can gradually erode political competition, civil liberties and accountability. Strengthening democracy requires anticipating risks, preserving institutional capacity and learning from crises.

2. Innovation governance

Artificial intelligence, automation, digital platforms and the energy transition can redistribute capabilities, resources and power. Their effects are not predetermined: they depend on the rules, institutions and forms of participation that shape how these transformations are designed and governed.

Our Areas of Work

From Evidence to Democratic Innovation

We bring together research and strategic foresight, institutional advisory work, capacity building and initiative development to understand risks, strengthen institutional capacity and guide innovation in line with democratic principles.

1. Research and Strategic Foresight

2. Institutional Advisory Services

3. Capacity Building and Public Dialogue

4. Democratic Initiatives

We examine democratic resilience, institutional change and the political effects of innovation through applied research, comparative analysis and strategic foresight.

We translate evidence into assessments, strategies and recommendations that strengthen institutional capacity, decision-making and accountability mechanisms.

We convene learning and dialogue among experts, public officials, organisations and citizens to share evidence and deliberate on democratic challenges.

We design and evaluate initiatives, prototypes and tools for participation, transparency and accountability, clearly distinguishing between what is available, what is under development and what is proposed for the future.

Our Vision

Democracies Able to Withstand, Adapt and Innovate.

Planned Initiatives

Tools for Democratic Resilience and Innovation

Public-Sector Capacity Index

A proposed comparative tool to assess and track institutional capacity in the face of democratic erosion risks.

AI and Democracy Lab

A proposed lab for applied research on AI and automation, focused on developing frameworks for transparency, accountability and democratic governance.

Newpoliteia Forum

A proposed recurring forum for dialogue among experts, public officials, organisations and citizens on democratic risks, trends and innovations.