The Direct Democracy Navigator is an international research project on the procedures and practices of modern direct democracy worldwide. It is the world's largest online database for democracy currently documenting around 2.000 instruments of direct democracy in more than 100 countries on the national, regional and local leves.
Over the past decade, it has developed from a small crowd-sourced instrument to a full-fledged database and research project. The Direct Democracy Navigator's four main activities pillars are dataset, research, communication and networking. The two founding organisations, the Swiss Democracy Foundation and Democracy International e.V, are joined by Clara Egger, Assistant Professor of Global Governance, and Raul Magni-Berton, Professor of Political Science.
Basic research and expert knowledge on direct democracy contribute to the further development of democratic co-determination in a comprehensible and transparent way. Democracy knowledge is provided for with the claim not to conduct science only for science, but to be publicly accessible and comprehensible. With its open access strategy and independent expertise on the topic of direct democracy, the Direct Democracy Navigator addresses actors from civil society and the media.
Link to the project website
The 2024 Global State of Direct Democracy Report
The new yearly publication on the global state of direct democracy around the globe by Clara Egger and Raul Magni-Berton.
The Global State of Direct Democracy Report by Clara Egger and Raul Magni Berton gathers legal provisions, held referendums, short-term trends in the use of direct democracy institutions, reforms and academic publications. The Report provides comments to create a comprehensive picture of the current state of direct democracy.
Direct link to the draft of the new report: THE GLOBAL STATE OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY 2024
To cite this paper: Egger, Clara; Magni-Berton, Raul (2024), The State of Direct Democracy 2024, Cologne: Direct Democracy Navigator and Democracy International