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What kinds of recruitment methods reach which kinds of people?

Related Goals

There are cheap and efficient ways of recruiting participants that can account for differences in response rates to different types of invitation methods (mail phone door-knocking etc).

Related Capabilities

Reach participants

Urgent Representativeness

Ability to reach potential participants (e.g., to mitigate biases around self-selection, who is reachable, etc.).

Related Existing Resources

Experimental Practice

SORT-EU Network

A collaborative coalition coordinated by Sortition Europe bringing together more than 30 organizations across EU member states to advance democratic participation through sortition-based methods. Partners handle in-country recruitment and communication within their respective member states, maint...

Global Assembly Selection and Recruitment Workshop

Workshop examining recruitment methodologies for Global Citizens’ Assemblies, exploring tensions between sortition and inclusive representation, and proposing adaptive approaches like purposive boosts and iterative review. The workshop identified concerns that random selection may exclude margina...