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Research project

Ryan - Participedia Phase Two: Strengthening democracy by mobilizing knowledge of democratic innovations SSHRC - Canada Stage 2

  • Lead researcher:
  • Other researchers:
  • Research funder:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  • Status:
    Active

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Matt Ryan

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Democracy
  • Social Research Methods
  • Web Science
Other researchers

Dr Paolo Spada

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Dr. Spada research explores the diffusion and impact of governance and social innovations aimed at deepening democracy in Public Administration, Parties and Organizations (Democratic Innovations). Combining large surveys, field experiments, quantitative and qualitative analysis in a comparative perspective, he has examined cases ranging from Brazil, the United States, Cameroon, Iceland, Canada, the UK, Italy, Portugal, Germany and the Czech Republic.
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