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Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director


Thought Piece | On Conference Diplomacy: The Elusive Impact of Bringing People Together
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Group Yesterday morning I found myself up on a rather intimidating stage confronted with a...
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Sep 30, 20237 min read


Thought Piece | Can Democracies Afford Incompetent Leaders? The Case for Training Politicians
Geoff Mulgan, University College London In this article, Sir Geoff Mulgan CBE, Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and...
Geoff Mulgan
Aug 15, 20234 min read


Interview | APROPOS X PartyParty: Process is Political
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS The APROPOS Group is a non-profit, politically neutral think tank. They operate out of...
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Jul 30, 20238 min read


Join Our Team | We're Hiring a Program and Grants Coordinator
APROPOS Team Join our team! APROPOS is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Program and Grants...
APROPOS team
Jul 30, 20233 min read


Thought Piece | Humanizing Our Political Spaces
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Group The stigma around the political profession makes it comfortable for us to overlook the...
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Jul 28, 20231 min read


Update | 'Process Design for Impact' Capacity-Building Training
APROPOS team The APROPOS team is thrilled to have delivered its first intensive 1-day capacity-building training on "Process Design for...
APROPOS team
Jul 27, 20231 min read


Update | APROPOS X Smarter Together: Creating Safe Policy Dialogue Spaces
APROPOS team In the context of the promotion for The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance,...
APROPOS team
Jul 26, 20231 min read


Call for Proposals | Best-Practice Marketplace: Making Use of Tech in Politics
We are looking for best-practices across Europe for the innovative use of technology in politics, policies, or social impact projects.
APROPOS team
Jul 20, 20231 min read


Thought Piece | Process Design 101: A 5-Step Framework to Achieve Purpose Clarity
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Group Whether you are designing a strategy meeting, a policy workshop or a political...
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Jul 19, 20234 min read


Thought Piece | Political Process Design: Why We Believe It Matters, Today More Than Ever
APROPOS Team Over the past weeks, we've been in conversations with quite a few people from across the political sector, who have been...
APROPOS team
Jul 3, 20235 min read


Update | APROPOS X Think Tank School
APROPOS team For the third year, APROPOS is proud to have contributed to the curriculum of the Think Tank Lab's Think Tank School. The...
APROPOS team
Jun 29, 20231 min read


Update | APROPOS X WonkComms: Building Dialogues for Policy Change
APROPOS team WonkComms Breakfast Clubs are a series of informal events bringing together think tank comms professionals to discuss issues...
APROPOS team
Jun 28, 20231 min read


Podcast | Meet The Influectuals: Political Process Design
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Our Co-Founder and Executive Director, Chiara Rosselli is interviewed by John Schwartz and...
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Jun 22, 20231 min read


Thought Piece | Process Design 101: A Lesson on Purpose by Lewis Carroll
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Group The other day, I dedicated an afternoon to a friend in need and designed a Purpose...
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Jun 5, 20234 min read


Update | APROPOS X Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance
APROPOS Team "None of this century's hardest problems will be solved by a single stroke of genius - rather we can only make progress by...
APROPOS team
May 31, 20232 min read


Update | APROPOS X On Think Tanks Conference
APROPOS team In the context of the 2023 edition of the On Think Tanks Conference, taking place at Chatham House on the 10-11 May 2023,...
APROPOS team
May 25, 20231 min read


Policy Brief | The Elusive Root Cause of Political Discontent
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Group There is a richness of competing theories today which attempt to explain the palpable...
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
May 3, 20231 min read


Join Our Team | APROPOS is Hiring!
Join our team! APROPOS is currently seeking to fill two internship positions. Are you the person we need? Find out whether you are a fit...
APROPOS team
Apr 28, 20233 min read


Thought Piece | The Post-it Revolution That Set Out to Change Politics
APROPOS Team This is the story of our team’s quest to change political conversations, one post-it at a time. In 2015, the financial and...
APROPOS team
Apr 12, 20239 min read


Expert Spotlight | Rebecca Farulli, Associate and R&D Lead
Knowledge management for policymaking and political innovation. Researching how we build ecosystems for collective action; prototyping and t
APROPOS team
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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