Research and Development Note Comparing participatory and deliberative democracy 21 February, 2019 Lyn Carson Research Director, The newDemocracy Foundation lyn.carson@newdemocracy.com.au Stephen Elstub Lecturer in British Politics, Newcastle University stephen.elstub@ncl.ac.uk This paper draws lessons from newDemocracy’s experiences operating various citizens’ juries in Australia including, the South Australia Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Democracy in Geelong, and Infrastructure Victoria’s 30 Year Plan. Follow these and additional works at http://www.newdemocracy.com.au * newDemocracy is an independent, non-partisan research and development organisation. We aim to discover, develop, demonstrate, and promote complementary alternatives which will restore trust in public decision making. These R&D notes are discoveries and reflections that we are documenting in order to share what we learn and stimulate further research and development.