Group proximity and mutual understanding: measuring onsite impact of a citizens’ summit

To better understand the impact of deliberations during participatory policymaking events, we introduce and explore the concept of group proximity . An example of such events is citizens’ summits, during which many parallel groups deliberate on solutions for a policy issue. At the summit that was studied, each group followed a value deliberation process with the aim to increase mutual understanding among participants. They were asked to rank the...