Tim Hughes

Tim is Democracy and Participation Lead at the Open Government Partnership, leading on deepening OGP’s work around strengthening and reimagining democracy through open government and especially through innovative approaches to participation.

Tim is a specialist in citizen participation and democracy, with over a decade of experience in practice, research, and capacity building on participatory and deliberative democracy. Prior to joining OGP, he was director of Involve – the UK’s leading public participation civil society organization – for five years. During this time, he advised national, devolved, and local governments across the UK on designing and facilitating effective participatory processes; oversaw, led, and facilitated 20+ citizens’ assemblies, juries, and panels; wrote guidance and standards for good engagement practice; and, oversaw the development of peer-support networks to develop and support participatory and deliberative democracy.