Public deliberation and policy design

What role can deliberative democracy mechanisms perform in relation to policy design? This article reports findings from an experiment which was conducted answer that question. The brought together a random sample of the public who debated questions online and face-to-face. Three key emerged. First, are different more typical participatory design tools because they offer something dynamic than ‘snapshot’ opinion. Second, deliberation contribute evidence analysis processes is considered it emerges process citizen sensemaking. Finally, unique forms relevant data be produced by analyzing justifications citizens use convince others during deliberations. These suggest allowing “talk policy” through produce knowledge.