Direct democracy and participatory democracy: what citizen aspirations ?

Please find enclosed a summary of the proceedings from the Lille Conference, which took place on 14–15 November 2024.
List of contributions :
1 - Sofie Marien (Univ. of Leuven)
« Meeting great expectations through democratic innovations? Insights into citizens' support for different citizens’ involvement processes »
2 - Jean-Benoît Pilet (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles)
« Public support for direct and deliberative democracy among European citizens »
3 - Mathias El Berhoumi and Antoine Herinckx (Univ. Catholique de Louvain – Saint Louis Bruxelles)
« Quand la Belgique s’essaie à la démocratie directe et délibérative : quelle effectivité ? »
4 - Patrick Taillon (Univ. de Laval )
« Quand l’échec asphyxie la demande de démocratie référendaire : le cas des référendums sur l’indépendance du Québec »
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5 - Raul Magni-Berton and Kim Graves (Institut catholique de Lille)
« The devil is in the details : legal design choices of direct democracy instruments and their effect on use »
6 - Danelciuc-Colodrovschi (Univ. d’Aix-Marseille)
"The impact of the legal regulation of participatory mechanisms on the political and citizen practices: an analysis on the basis of the Eastern countries’ experiences".
7 - Julien Talpin (Univ. de Lille)
« Do the French want more democracy ? A qualitative analysis of the relationship between citizens and politics »
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8 - Kári Ragnarsson (Univ. of Island)
«My neighborhood: participatory budgeting in Reykjavík»
9 - Laura Fabiano (Univ. of Bari Aldo Moro)
« Participatory democracy and digital technology: are the results inclusive or exclusive? »
10 - Martine Legris (Univ. de Lille)
« E-petition and mobilization dynamics: the importance of territorial anchoring in the fight against environmental inequalities »
11 - Nesa Zimmermann (Univ. de Neufchâtel)
« The combination of participatory and direct democracy in Switzerland »
12 - David Farrell and Jos Elkink (University College Dublin)
« The differing impacts of knowledge of citizens’ assemblies on referendum outcomes: The Irish experience »
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13 - Dora Pavkovic and Fran Marko Stojković (Univ. of Zagreb)
«Suppressing citizens’ voices: The approach of the Croatian governing elites to the instruments of the direct and participatory democracy»
14 - Luca Sevaracz (Univ. of Szeged)
« Hungarian political culture and direct democracy »