We extend the recently introduced framework of metric distortion to multiwinner voting. In this
framework, n agents and m alternatives are located in an underlying metric space. The exact …

Citizens' assemblies are groups of randomly selected constituents who are tasked with
providing recommendations on policy questions. Assembly members form their …

We introduce Flexible Representative Democracy (FRD), a novel hybrid of Representative
Democracy (RD) and Direct Democracy (DD) in which voters can alter the issue-dependent …

Recent works have studied the design of algorithms for selecting representative sortition
panels. However, the most central question remains unaddressed: Do these panels reflect …

We propose a new system of democratic representation. Any voter can choose any legislator
as her representative; thus, different legislators can represent different numbers of voters …

We study elections where voters are faced with the challenge of expressing preferences
over an extreme number of issues under consideration. This is largely motivated by …

We study low sample complexity mechanisms in participatory budgeting (PB), where each
voter votes for a preferred allocation of funds to various projects, subject to project costs and …

A population of identical individuals must choose one of two alternatives under uncertainty
about the state of the world. Individuals can acquire different levels of costly information and …

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are sovereign digital communities that are
owned by their members and that are algorithmically-controlled, usually by encoding their …

We study a model of proxy voting where the candidates, voters, and proxies are all located
on the real line, and instead of voting directly, each voter delegates its vote to the closest …