Robert Bjarnason about the Citizens Foundation and how technology supports participatory democracy
Ep. 16

Robert Bjarnason about the Citizens Foundation and how technology supports participatory democracy

Episode description

Robert Bjarnason is an early Internet entrepreneur and is co-founder of the Citizens Foundation in Iceland 2008. This was at a time when the financial crisis hit the world and trust in the parliament of Iceland was at a historical low. The idea was to start a civic tech non-profit to help create technology that enables better decision-making in society.