Josh Lerner
economist, Ph.D. Harvard University 1991
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Josh Lerner is a participatory budgeting practitioner-scholar and economist with a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He works with the Participatory Budgeting Project to design civic engagement processes and has authored or edited 40 books on democracy and public decision-making.
Facilitators and event designers should engage with Lerner’s work to understand structured approaches to participatory budgeting and democracy innovation. His established methods provide frameworks for inclusive transparent community deliberation and resource allocation.
Lerner is associated with Participatory Budgeting and PB design methods focusing on civic empowerment through democratic decision-making processes.
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