Transnational Democratic Innovations

In partnership with McMaster University, Memorial University, the Coady Institute, Memorial University, Politics and Urban Governance (PUG) Research, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Missions Publiques, Democracy International, and Innovation for Policy Foundation, Participedia School on Transnational Democratic Innovations (June 10-15, 2024) was hosted simultaneously by Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. With two decentralized sites, this transnational event brought together more than 110 students, faculty, practitioners, researchers, and facilitators to share, listen, design with, and learn from, one another. Together, we created a global ecosystem of learning to explore the transnational involvement of individuals or groups from multiple countries in political processes, decision-making, design, or advocacy that transcend national borders and issues. New innovations, theories, movements, policies, and successes are happening around the world, and Participedia School 2024 explored these transnational participatory processes, methods, and tools seeing uptake. Centering intersectional and interdisciplinary exchange, we came together to co-design transnational democratic innovations and the theory and practice of democracy across borders.