The Demo Lab is a laboratory of Democracy, created to fight against apathy and conformity, which they consider to be the main antagonists of a healthy and dynamic democracy. Their intention is to listen and make visible the needs and values ​​of citizens through experiments. With the results of these experiments, the Demo Lab intends to design prototypes of channels and mechanisms for citizen participation and collaborative governance, which allow maintaining the health of the social contract for the Costa Rica of the 21st century.

Contact details

Address:
N/A

Country:
Costa Rica

Sub-region:
Central America

Areas of focus

Geographics of focus
Costa Rica
Operating languages
English , Spanish

Organisation details

Business model
Other
Institutional affiliations
Other affiliation
Founded by
Founders: N/A
Founder gender: N/A
Leadership
Leader(s) (2024): Dr. Álvaro Salas-Castro
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2023): Dr. Álvaro Salas-Castro
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2022): Dr. Álvaro Salas-Castro
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2024
The Democracy Lab
 8
Costa Rica average
 16
Global average
 79
2023
The Democracy Lab
 9
% Female staff
2024
The Democracy Lab
 50%
Costa Rica average
 55%
Global average
 58%
2023
The Democracy Lab
 55%

Organisational performance

Publications
2022
The Democracy Lab
 1
Costa Rica average
 119
Global average
 49

Social

Likes (2023)
The Democracy Lab
 6,200
Costa Rica average
 16,293
Global average
 26,972
Likes (2021)
The Democracy Lab
 437
Likes (2019)
The Democracy Lab
 794
Followers (2024)
The Democracy Lab
 640
Costa Rica average
 4,442
Global average
 21,295
Subscribers (2024)
The Democracy Lab
 2,000
Costa Rica average
 394
Global average
 7,722
Subscribers (2023)
The Democracy Lab
 17,800
Followers (2024)
The Democracy Lab
 2,826
Costa Rica average
 1,076
Global average
 12,430
Followers (2023)
The Democracy Lab
 2,606
Followers (2024)
The Democracy Lab
 357
Costa Rica average
 1,368
Global average
 14,586
Followers (2023)
The Democracy Lab
 228

Data notes

Last updated: 24/06/2024
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
Have we got something wrong?: Contact us to update this record. There is more information in the database, you can download it here.