Scenario workshops and consensus conferences: Towards more democratic decision-making

Ida-Elisabeth Andersen and Birgit Jæger

Science and Public Policy, 1999, vol. 26, issue 5, 331-340

Abstract: Consensus conferences and scenario workshops have been developed in Denmark within a democratic perspective that assumes it is both possible and necessary to establish a dialogue with citizens about technology politics. In consensus conferences, the citizens have the role of a citizen panel, which will set the agenda for the conference. In scenario workshops, a group of citizens interacts with other actors to exchange knowledge and experience, develop common visions and produce a plan of action. The focus of both methods is to create a framework for dialogue among policy-makers, experts and ordinary citizens. Both methods are also characterised by their ability to create new knowledge. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 1999
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