Global Deliberative Democracy
Project Name: Global Deliberative Democracy
Summary: The Internet Governance Project (IGP) working on a strategy to better understand the formation of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which emerged out of the final phase of the WSIS. This research focuses on developing a collaborative action research design to study the design, implementation, iterative redesign, and impact of a suite of collaborative tools on the deliberative democratic practices of the emerging IGF. The research builds on the substantial research and pilot studies already conducted in this area, including several IGP Web conferences (in Geneva, Switzerland, Syracuse, Tunis, and Washington, D.C.). This project is supported by Syracuse University and the Ford Foundation.
Project Purpose: Focussing on developing a collaborative action research design to study the design, implementation, iterative redesign, and impact of a suite of collaborative tools on the deliberative democratic practices of the emerging IGF.
Team Members: Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn