What the public say: public engagement in national decision-making

The paper written by Involve on behalf of Sciencewise-ERC provides an evaluation of the experiences of citizens who have taken part in public dialogue processes, and puts forward a number of recommendations in response.

Talking for a Change

Involve's new pamphlet "Talking for a Change" explores how the latest thinking on how citizen engagement can help tackle some of the biggest issues facing democracies in the 21st century. The most obvious of these are climate change and the strains that our ageing society will place on our economic and social structures.

Understanding participation: A literature review

The review covers the key issues for the project and is a sound basis for further research.

Armchair Involvement playing cards

These playing cards are designed to provide inspiration into the types of technologies that might be suitable for engaging people in service improvement

Citizen Power in Recession? The case for public engagement in local government

This report presents the insights and shared learning from a joint Involve, Local Government Information Unit and Department for Communities and Local Government seminar on Empowerment and the Economy.

Participatory Budgeting and the Arts

Involve and the Participatory Budgeting Unit were commissioned by the Arts Council to explore the impacts of participatory budgeting on the arts.

Say&Play

A report and toolkit for improving Local Government consultation

Better Together

Better together: improving consultation with the third sector

Deliberative Public Engagement - Nine Principles

Deliberative Public Engagement - Nine Principles

Everybody Needs Good Neighbours?

A study of the link between public participation and community cohesion

Armchair Involvement practical technology for improving engagement

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and Involve have been exploring how new technologies can be applied to old problems in order dramatically improve services. The report seeks a clearer idea of the opportunities for public and staff involvement in the NHS through multimedia technologies.

Teleparticipation

Participation Nation

Reconnecting citizens to the public realm

Healthy Democracy

The future of involvement in health and social care

Democratic Technologies?

The final report of the Nanotechnology Engagement Group

Making a Difference

A guide to evaluating public participation in central government

Activating Empowerment: Empowering Britain from the bottom up

Activating Empowerment: Empowering Britain from the bottom up

World Wide Views UK Policy Report

World Wide Views UK Policy Report

Looking Beyond Copenhagen: citizens' views of climate change

Looking Beyond Copenhagen: citizens' views of climate change

Post Party Politics

Can participation reconnect people and government?

Engage for Change

The role of public engagement in climate control policy

People and Participation

How to put citizens at the heart of decision-making

The True Costs of Public Participation

The aim of this research has been to take a step forward in our understanding of the costs and benefits of public participation.

Pathways through Participation: Progress report and four new briefing papers

Pathways through Participation has just released the latest progress report. ‘Situated practice: Initial reflections on the organisation of participation'.

Pathways through Participation: Using participatory mapping to explore participation in three communities

Pathways through Participation has just released the latest report: Using participatory mapping to explore participation in three communities