Legitimult: Making democracy crisis-proof IV

This is the fourth and final episode in a podcast series featuring LEGITIMULT a project that examines how measures taken during the Covid-19 crisis by international, national, and subnational governments have affected multilevel institutions and intergovernmental relations.The aim of the research is to develop a model of legitimate crisis governance. 

In this episode, we focus on the citizen juries on crisis management in Europe, convened as part of the project following extensive research. The aim was to connect the project’s findings with real-world practice and engage with diverse segments of society. These juries brought the project’s academic work into a practical context, helping to explore what legitimate crisis governance means for citizens. By bridging academia and practice, the initiative sought to close the gap between science, policymakers, and the public on crisis governance. The juries also provided a platform for citizens to share how they perceive crises and to take part in shaping how societies should respond. 

The episode shares key insights from these discussions and takes you behind the scenes of organizing citizen juries—an evolving innovation in democratic engagement. 

Joining the conversation are LEGITIMULT team members who played a leading role in designing and facilitating these juries: Greta Klotz, Post-Doc-Researcher and Project Manager, Institute for Comparative Federalism, Eurac Research. Chiara Salati, Post-Doc-Researcher, Institute for Comparative Federalism, Eurac Research. Jakob Frateur, PhD researcher at the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp. 

LEGITIMULT is funded through Horizon Europe and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).