National narratives shape how a country talks about itself. The study entitled “Heimat neu erzählen – Narrative der Schweiz im Wandel” (“A new definition of home – narratives of a changing Switzerland”) shows that despite political differences, key narratives about Switzerland meet with broad approval. And yet it is clear that these narratives are also divisive.

In “LOS jetzt!”, young former citizen assembly members from Switzerland, Germany and Austria are developing proposals for how lottery-based participation formats can strengthen democratic involvement in municipal politics and existing participation structures.

In the “Companies for Democracy” network, participating businesses live up to their shared responsibility for a functioning Swiss democracy. They do so, among other things, through workshops for their apprentices.