Democracy
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- What approaches will best empower rural communities to develop social, economic, and environmental interventions appropriate to their own local circumstances?
- How can local governance best be coordinated with national?
- What channels and mechanisms are best served to ensure confidence and trust in the electoral system and democracy are maintained?
- How can we ensure a stable electoral system and a democracy that works for all, that is trusted and secure, and with minimal potential for fraud?
- What does the evidence show about stability or changes in the population’s identification with local democratic institutions and the strength of their democratic engagement? How has that changed during the pandemic and how is it likely to change in the wider context over the next few years? What does the international evidence show, given the different governance structures?
- What are the direct impacts of the harms of online mis/disinformation and what types of online mis/disinformation are most harmful? How do these impact individuals, wider society and the democratic process (whether physical, psychological health, civil unrest, UK security, elections)?
- What does ‘good’ look like for engagement of citizens in the performance and accountability of their local authority? What methods and approaches work best and what can we do to improve citizen engagement?”
- What information, data and tools are required to support effective actions?
- How can we build public understanding of UK democracy and governance in a way which increases participation?
- What are the different models for encouraging wider participation, citizen empowerment, and personal and community resilience? What are the relative merits of these models?