Where do we go from here? To date, there have not been any crossregional,
cross-national studies that include multiple types of participatory
governance institutions. This workshop highlighted the need
for just such a research project while also illuminating the difficulties in accomplishing
this task. The purpose of a more expansive research agenda is to move
beyond our reliance on the best cases or variation across similar programs types
(e.g. participatory budgeting) to a more comprehensive understanding based on a
larger and more diverse set of cases.