<b>Policy Brief. </b><b>Defending Democracy with Deliberative Technology</b>

<p dir="ltr">Deliberative technologies offer policymakers, think tanks, tech companies, and civil society new paths to stem the tide of democratic backsliding. This brief recommends using deliberative technologies to:</p><ol><li>Foster more robust civic engagement</li><li>Build trust in public institutions by aligning governance with public will</li><li>Improve understanding of policy issues</li><li>Synthesize large qualitative inputs</li><li>Depolarize policy debates and bridge polarized publics</li><li>Generate new policy options offering opportunities for collective intelligence</li><li>Transform the polarizing qualities of social media conversations.</li></ol><p dir="ltr"><b>Recommended Citation</b>: Schirch, Lisa. <i>Defending Democracy with Deliberative Technologies</i>. Keough School Policy Brief Series. Notre Dame, IN: Keough School of Global Affairs, 2024. https://doi.org/10.7274/25338103</p>