Publications

2026

Veri, F., & Stojanović, N. (2026, forth.). Institutional configurations and deliberative innovation: A comparative analysis of minipublic adoption across advanced democracies. European Political Science.
Stojanović, N., & Veri, F. (2026). Connecting minipublics with direct democracy: Switzerland and beyond. In L. Cordier & Y. Sintomer (Eds.), Handbook of Participatory Democracy. Edward Elgar Publishing. (PDF)
Veri, F., & Stojanović, N. (2026). Does federalism facilitate permanent minipublics? Politics and Governance, Vol. 14. (PDF)

2025

Kübler, D., Gut, R., Heimann, A., Stojanović, N. & Colombo, C. (2025). Who supports deliberative mini-publics in a context of direct democracy? The role of trust and dissatisfaction. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 91(3): 427-447. (PDF)
Veri, F. (2025). Fostering reasoning in the politically disengaged: The role of deliberative minipublics. Political Studies Review, 23(1), 254–275. (PDF)
Veri, F., & Niemeyer, S. (2025). Deliberative reason and the effect of minipublic configurations. European Political Science Review, 1-11. (PDF)

2024

Kübler, D. (2024). Citizen participation through direct legislation: a road to success? A perspective from Switzerland. Global Public Policy and Governance, 4(2), 184-196. (PDF)
Kübler, D., & Rochat, P. E. (2024). Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: Factors, reasons, and suggestions. European Political Science Review, 1–20. (PDF)
Niemeyer, S., Veri, F., Dryzek, J. S., & Bächtiger, A. (2024). How deliberation happens: enabling deliberative reason. American Political Science Review, 118(1), 345-362. (PDF)
Sanchez-Mazas, V. (2024). A Systemic Theory of Democracy: Towards the Democratic Diagnosis of Political Systems. Lausanne: EPFL Press. (link)
Van Dijk, L., Werner, H. & Marien, S. (2024). The perceived problem‐solving potential of deliberative minipublics: Evidence from a survey of Belgian citizens. European Journal of Political Research, 63(3), 862–883. (PDF)
Veri, F., & Maier, F. (2024). Migration discourses from the radical right: Mapping and testing potential for political mobilization. Political Psychology. (PDF)

2023

Geisler, A. M. (2023). Public trust in citizens’ juries when the people decide on policies: Evidence from Switzerland. Policy Studies, 44(6), 728–747. (PDF)
Heimann, A., Gut, R., Veri, F., Kübler, D., & Stojanović, N. (2023). Bürgerpanels für mehr Klimaschutz im Kanton Zürich. Schlussbericht. Aarau: Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau. (PDF)
Stojanović, N. (2023). Citizens’ assemblies and direct democracy. In M. Reuchamps, J. Vrydagh, & Y. Welp (Eds.), Handbook of Citizens’ Assemblies (pp. 185–197). Berlin: De Gruyter. (PDF)
Stojanović, N. (2023). Institutionnalisation des conflits à travers la démocratie directe. In R. Magni-Berton & L. Morel (Eds.), Démocraties directes (pp. 359–367). Bruxelles: Éditions Larcier/Bruylant. (PDF)
Veri, F. (2023). Mapping democratic innovations: A bottom-up empirical perspective. Representation, 59(2), 171–188. (PDF)
Veri, F. & Sass, J. (2023). The domestic democratic peace: How democracy constrains political violence. International political science review, 44(5), 676-693. (PDF)