Swiss Citizens Vote Yes to a Net-zero Climate Law
In a landmark referendum on June 18, 2023, Swiss voters supported a new climate bill aimed at reducing fossil fuel ...
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Cuba Legalises Same-Sex Marriage, but Is There Still a Cloud Over the Rainbow?
Cuba saw a landslide vote in favour of legalising same-sex marriage, alongside a slew of other changes to the constitutional ...
The Move to Decriminalise Recreational Marijuana in Italy
In just one week, half a million Italians united under the ReferendumCannabis ballot campaign to decriminalise recreational marijuana. Under Italian ...
Redefining the Will of the People
We must always respect the will of the people - a people which debates, deliberates, and changes its mind. I ...
The Last European Tour…before Brexit!
Brexit means Brexit. We hear this phrase uttered ad nauseam by Brexit supporters, and yet, two-and-half years on from the ...
IMPAKTER ESSAY: Brexit, the Colombian Peace Plebiscite, and Trump – A Behavioral Approach
The goal here is to highlight the fallibility of our individual ideas and choices in the crafting of collective actions. ...
Impakter Essay: Why A Referendum is a Bad Idea
...and a modest proposal to fix it. The first lesson from Brexit, the UK vote to leave the European Union, ...
