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Isotta Ricci Bitti, Managing Director

APROPOS team
May 31, 20232 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...
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APROPOS team
May 25, 20231 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,...
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Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
May 3, 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...
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APROPOS team
Apr 28, 20233 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...
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APROPOS team
Apr 12, 20239 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...
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APROPOS team
Apr 6, 20231 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
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APROPOS team
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Update | APROPOS X Think Tank Toolbox
APROPOS team In the context of the Think Tank Toolbox Launch event, Rebecca Farulli, APROPOS Associate, was invited to share her...
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APROPOS team
Mar 29, 20234 min read
Thought Piece | I Have a Dream for European Democracy…
Ieva Česnulaitytė, Founding Head of Research and Learning at DemocracyNext Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director of APROPOS Lisa Witter,...
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Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Mar 29, 20234 min read
Political Dialogue Stories | How Europe's Politicians Are Handling the Ongoing Conflict in Ukraine
Stories from the Open European Dialogue Chiara Rosselli, Head of the Open European Dialogue, Executive Director, APROPOS Disclaimer: The...
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Rebecca Farulli, Associate
Mar 22, 20235 min read
Thought Piece | We Need to Talk: Why and How Think Tanks Need to Rethink Dialogue and Convening
Rebecca Farulli, Associate, APROPOS Group Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Group This piece was originally published on the...
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Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Feb 15, 20231 min read
Policy Paper | Avoiding System Failure: How Process Design Can Help Fix Politics
In this in depth Policy Paper, Chiara Rosselli explores how outdated political infrastructures may be edging us towards a democratic system
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APROPOS team
Feb 15, 20231 min read
Update | APROPOS X DGAP Methods Breakfast
APROPOS team The APROPOS team was invited by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) to host a Methods Breakfast for its staff on...
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Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Thought Piece | How Do We Begin To Change Our Relationship With Politics (And Politicians?)
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Group Two hours ago I was in a call with a colleague. We were throwing around ideas on how...
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APROPOS team
Jan 10, 20231 min read
Expert Spotlight | Davide Albeggiani, Associate
Associate at APROPOS and Program Manager at the Open European Dialogue. Fostering cross-border innovation in the public sector and creating
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Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director
Oct 12, 20226 min read
Highlight│7 Lessons from OED7: What Our Largest Political Dialogue Taught Me About European Politics
Chiara Rosselli, Executive Director, APROPOS Group A reflection on our Seventh Annual Policymakers Dialogue by Chiara Rosselli, Head of...
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APROPOS team
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Expert Spotlight | Chiara Rosselli, Co-Founder and Executive Director
Leading efforts to innovate the way we think of political dialogue spaces and collaboration tools in the think tank space and beyond since 2
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Adriano Rodari, Fellow
Aug 31, 20221 min read
Policy Brief│Dialogue Methods: how we designed an honest exchange between politicians and citizens
Adriano Rodari, Fellow, APROPOS Group Within the context of the FACTS project, the Open European Dialogue Team designed a dialogue...
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APROPOS team
Oct 7, 20211 min read
Expert Spotlight | Isotta Ricci Bitti, Co-Founder and Managing Director
Creator of new spaces for dialogue and collaboration across political ideologies and borders. Co-lead of strategic planning processes at the
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APROPOS team
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Report | How Can Parliaments Better Oversee Executive Action During Crisis?
APROPOS Team Follow the APROPOS Team and a cohort of European policymakers and democracy experts in their journey through the execution...
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Caspar Kolster, Advisory Board
Nov 15, 202013 min read
Policy Brief | Is European Politics Polarizing - If So, What's the Impact on the Democratic Process?
Helena Wittrich, German Marshall Fund and Caspar Kolster, Advisory Board, APROPOS Introduction Currently, insults and denigration form...
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