Democracy needs a digital shakeup to solve today's problems

Democracy needs a digital shakeup to solve today's problems
Geoff Mulgan (left) with the Public Service Commission's Hannah Cameron, fellow UK expert James Plunkett and ANZSOG practice fellow Sally Washington. (Image: ANZSOG)
Greg Hurrell
Democracy needs to be dragged out of the 19th century and into the digital age if countries are to solve the 21st-century problems beating at their doors, a visiting UK academic says.Geoff Mulgan isn’t just talking about the need for change. He recently founded an institute to try to do something about it.Mulgan is an author and professor of collective intelligence, public policy and social innovation at University College London and was knighted in 2020.He has held many prominent roles, including head of policy in the UK prime minister&#...

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