Publications

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“The prospect of mass automated deliberation is at hand.”

Fishkin, J. ., Bolotnyy, . V. ., Lerner, . J. ., Siu, A. ., & Bradburn, . N. . (2025). Scaling Dialogue for Democracy: Can Automated Deliberation Create More Deliberative Voters?. Perspectives on Politics, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592724001749

“After having acquired more knowledge about the concrete use cases, participants were overall more supportive of using AI in the decision processes.”

Arnesen, S. ., Broderstad, T. ., Fishkin, . J. ., Johannesson, M. ., & Siu, A. . (2024). Knowledge and support for AI in the public sector: a deliberative poll experiment. AI & SOCIETY . https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-02104-w

“Does deliberation produce any lasting effects?”

Fishkin, J., Bolotnyy, V., Lerner, J., Siu, A., & Bradburn, N. (2024, February 6). Can Deliberation Have Lasting Effects?. American Political Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055423001363

"Using this platform reduces the logistical overhead that would apply to an in-person deliberation and removes the need to hire and train human moderators."

Gelauff, L., Nikolenko, L., Sakshuwong, S., Fishkin, J., Goel, A., Munagala, K., & Siu, A. (2023). Achieving Parity with Human Moderators. The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003215929-15

“Group polarization, while a very worrisome phenomenon, can be avoided with the right precautionary measures.”

Khan, Y. ., & Siu, A. (2023). How College Students Can Depolarize: Evidence for Political Moderation Within Homogeneous Groups. 29(2). https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3998/mjcsl.5140

“Deliberative Polling, even among like-minded individuals can depolarize.”

Winograd, W., & Siu, A. (2022). Depolarizing Through Deliberation in Civics Education: A Case Study of Like-Minded High School Students . The Good Society, 31(1), 86-106.

"The deliberators showed large, depolarizing changes in their policy attitudes and large decreases in affective polarization."

Fishkin, J., Siu, A., Diamond, L. ., & Bradburn, N. (2021). Is Deliberation an Antidote to Extreme Partisan Polarization? Reflections on “America in One Room”. American Political Science Review, 115(4), 1464-1481. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421000642

"Our framework is tested and applied to a case study of a national deliberative poll on energy held in Japan in 2012."

Mah, D., Cheung, D., Lam, V., Siu, A., Sone, Y., & Li, K.- yan. (2021). Trust gaps in energy transitions: Japan’s National Deliberative Poll after Fukushima. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 39, 249-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.03.002

Research topics

Deliberative Democracy

Exploring methods to enhance public participation and informed decision-making in democratic processes.

K-12 Civic and Deliberation Skills

Teaching students democratic dialogue, critical thinking, and informed decision-making through civic education.

Social Influence in Decision-Making

Investigating how social dynamics and group interactions shape opinions and policy preferences.

Policy Impact of Deliberation

Examining the effects of deliberative methods on policy outcomes and public governance.

Civic Engagement

Promoting active citizen involvement in public affairs through innovative democratic practices.

Technology and Democracy

Utilizing digital tools and platforms to facilitate inclusive and effective democratic deliberation.