In September, there will be a premiere for a new form of lunch event at Lindholmen Science Park. It's the Media & democracy project International Youth Think Tank that initiates the Lindholmen Democracy Talks. – The beating heart of democracy is found in open and equal encounters, says Urban Strandberg, founder and director of IYTT.
3 September,
12.00-13.00
Power to the People?
Reinventing Democracy in Citizens’ Assemblies
Citizens are increasingly disengaged with democracy. Some see politicians not as representatives of the people, but rather as a distant, self-sustaining elite. Can randomly selected groups of people breathe new life into democratic institutions?