Carys Hughes

Carys Hughes is a freelance researcher for civil society organisations and independent researcher. Her work explores the relationships between different constitutional and institutional forms and public consciousness.

After Corbynism, where next?

We’re launching Citizens for a Democratic Society, to demand radical democracy – here’s how to get involved.

By Dan Hind, Sam Coates and Carys Hughes

/ 30 Nov 2020

Constitutions that build citizen power and joy

As we rebuild from the wreckage, let's consider how the structures of the state have fatally limited what feels possible. Constitutional experiments in Latin America suggest a way to organise the state which can liberate society’s potential.

By Carys Hughes

/ 20 May 2020

Constitutions that build citizen power and joy

Inventing the citizen – what would a 'left governmentality' look like?

The first part in a new openDemocracy mini-series on how the left needs to think about governmentality, managing public services, and subjectivity.

By Carys Hughes and Jim Cranshaw

/ 15 May 2019

Inventing the citizen – what would a 'left governmentality' look like?