CAPTEL & DDW

In March 2003, DDW Director, Professor Beth Simone Noveck visited with the Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law and Policy in Singapore with the support of a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant.  DDW and CAPTEL will be collaborating on an international conference and publication and on other projects.  Check back here for more details....

The DDW strives to strengthen democratic practice and civic engagement in the digital age.  It is a laboratory dedicated to fostering innovation and research in support of participative and deliberative capability in governmental, civic and business organizations.  The Workshop aims to be a meetinghouse for thinkers and practitioners who, through research, education, network-building and the design of cutting-edge democratic tools, explore how to use two-way, Internet technology to strengthen democracy on-line and off.  The Workshop will address the growing need for strong theory and innovative practices in a world where interactive technology increasingly promises -- but is not yet delivering -- democratic solutions to contemporary challenges. The DDW’s goal is to use technology to enable democracy understood, not as political ideology, but as a way of life where diverse citizens pursue self-governance through deliberative and informed participation and the exchange of reasoned ideas across domains.

To learn more about the DDW click here.