A living lab for public participation

TIAS lab is a living laboratory for public participation. We design, run and study real-world participation processes to learn how participation actually works.

What we do

Research clusters

The families of participation processes we design and run. Open one to read more and explore its actions.

What we study

Research lines

The cross-cutting questions that run through everything we do, whatever the cluster.

Our approach

Plurality, experimentation and transformation

For us, participation is not about adding voices to a closed process. It is an open loop where perspectives, knowledge and public action interweave. We treat the real world as a living laboratory: we don't just run participation processes, we observe, test and study what works and why.

Our themes sit at the edge of social science and sustainability: postgrowth innovation, the right to repair, democracy, feminism and ecological limits. The goal is participation that is meaningful for people and rigorous for research.

More about the lab
Plurality
Diverse people, experiences and ways of understanding a shared problem.
Experimentation
A space for dialogue, research, deliberation, testing and shared learning.
Transformation
The capacity to produce public, institutional and social change.

Want to take part?

Whether you are a citizen, a researcher, an institution or a journalist, there is a way to get involved with TIAS lab.

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