Journal articles

Megan Mattes and Joanna Massie. 2024. “Failure to launch: Tracing the trajectory of democratic innovation adoption in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 57 (4): 769–90. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423924000325

Megan Mattes and Edana Beauvais. 2024. “La question récurrente de la participation civique et de ses effets pernicieux sur les principes de justice [The ongoing question of justice in participatory democracy].” Lien social et politique 92. https://doi.org/10.7202/1112817ar

Policy Reports

Megan Mattes. 2025. “Advancing climate action through participatory democracy: Innovative approaches for public engagement at the local level.” Climate Reality Canada. English: bit.ly/ClimateDemocracyReport French: bit.ly/DémocratieClimatique

Book reviews

Megan Mattes. 2023. Review of the Handbook of Democratic Innovations and Governance, Eds. Stephen Elstub & Oliver Escobar. Critical Policy Studies 17(1): 175-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2022.2078987

Op-eds

Megan Mattes and Joanna Massie. 2025. “Why Canada needs to embrace innovations in democracy.” The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-canada-needs-to-embrace-innovations-in-democracy-246618

Megan Mattes. 2020. “Time to put some heat on Trudeau to advance electoral reform.” The Hill Times. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2020/12/02/274094/268209

Réal Lavergne and Megan Mattes. 2020. “Breaking through on climate action and electoral reform.” Policy Options. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2020/breaking-through-on-climate-action-and-electoral-reform/

Megan Mattes. 2019. “Leveraging the ratchet mechanism: Why 2020 is our chance to globally strengthen national climate policy.” The Governance Post. https://www.thegovernancepost.org/2019/12/leveraging-the-ratchet-mechanism/