André Bächtiger is Professor of Political Theory and Empirical Democracy Research at the University of Stuttgart. His research focuses on the challenges of mapping and measuring deliberation, the role of deliberative innovations in democratic systems and the design of future democracy. His ongoing ERC Advanced Grant “DDME – Designing Democracy on Mars and Earth” focuses on how to design future democracy by taking a citizen-centered perspective. His research has been published by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press as well has appeared in journals such as Science, American Political Science Review or British Journal of Political Science.