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We listen carefully at scale - building open tools and processes for meaningful participation. http://crown-shy.com
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We're leaders in deliberative democracy, civic tech, and data science. Between us, we've shaped pioneering platforms and processes such as Polis, vTaiwan, Zooniverse, and Citizens' Assemblies. Together, we're CrownShy! Meet our core team crown-shy.com/blog/crownsh...
Meet the CrownShy team driving Civic Tech Innovation
Meet our core team of international leaders in deliberative democracy, civic tech, and data science. Between us, we’ve shaped pioneering platforms and processes such as Polis, vTaiwan, Zooniverse, and...
crown-shy.com
We're excited to be present at two upcoming democracy conferences:

The Digital Democracy conference, The Hague ddth25.polisnl.org/en

And Democracy R&D conference Brussels www.drd2025.org

@andypaice.bsky.social will be at both, representing us. Do come and say hello! 👋
Digital Democracy - The Hague
ddth25.polisnl.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We're leaders in deliberative democracy, civic tech, and data science. Between us, we've shaped pioneering platforms and processes such as Polis, vTaiwan, Zooniverse, and Citizens' Assemblies. Together, we're CrownShy! Meet our core team crown-shy.com/blog/crownsh...
Meet the CrownShy team driving Civic Tech Innovation
Meet our core team of international leaders in deliberative democracy, civic tech, and data science. Between us, we’ve shaped pioneering platforms and processes such as Polis, vTaiwan, Zooniverse, and...
crown-shy.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Long before the internet and civic tech, on a tiny island in Loch Leven, feuding clan members were sent to work out their differences, with nothing but whisky, oatcakes and time. That spirit of contained, meaningful discussion lives on in "Comhairle" crown-shy.com/blog/a-tiny-...
A tiny Scottish island, a digital participation platform: the spirit of Comhairle
Long before online platforms and civic tech, there was a tiny island in Loch Leven where clan members were sent to work out their differences, with nothing but whisky, oatcakes and time. That spirit o...
crown-shy.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Hello Bluesky! We're CrownShy! We won the 2025 Civtech challenge 10.7 to partner with @scotgov
and we're developing a platform to scale quality public participation, integrating open source tools into our 'Comhairle' platform. Find out about our journey here crown-shy.com/blog/our-civ...
CrownShy’s CivTech challenge journey: from explorer to government partner!
Discover CrownShy's journey with CivTech Challenge 10.7 and the Scottish Government, developing Comhairle to enhance public participation and build trust in government decision-making with digital too...
crown-shy.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM