Populytics provides the Wevaluate platform, an online participatory tool that uses the scientifically validated Participatory Value Evaluation (PWE) method to gather structured, quantitative and qualitative input from a large, demographically diverse citizen pool. The system lets participants experience policy dilemmas, make choices, and provide reasoning, delivering policymakers a comprehensive view of societal values, preferences, and trade‑offs at a low cost and national scale.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Policymakers and organizations often need to make decisions that affect large, diverse populations, but lack reliable, inclusive insight into citizens’ values, preferences, and trade‑offs. Traditional surveys and public meetings are costly, time‑consuming, and tend to capture only the most vocal participants, leaving the “silent middle” underrepresented.
Solution
Populytics offers an online participatory platform, Wevaluate, that implements the scientifically validated Participatory Value Evaluation (PWE) method. The platform engages a broad, demographically diverse group of citizens in realistic decision‑making scenarios, allowing them to experience policy dilemmas, weigh options, and provide structured advice. Results combine quantitative choice‑experiment data with qualitative reasoning, delivering policymakers a comprehensive picture of societal values, preferences, and potential impacts. The system is flexible for both pure participation exercises and policy‑option evaluations, scalable to national‑level samples, and can be complemented with offline facilitation when needed.
Target Audience
Primary customers are government agencies, public‑sector bodies, and large organisations that need evidence‑based citizen input for policy design, regulatory decisions, or product‑related preference studies.
Features
- Online, gamified interface that guides participants through policy dilemmas and records their choices in real time
- Built‑in PWE methodology delivering both discrete choice experiment (DCE) statistics and qualitative feedback
- Scalable architecture capable of reaching thousands of respondents across the Netherlands within 20‑30 minutes per participant
- Cost‑effective execution at a few euros per respondent, with optional offline support for mixed‑mode deployments
- Automated analysis pipeline that quantifies societal value trade‑offs, estimates economic impacts, and links preferences to demographic attributes
- Multi‑language support and mobile‑friendly design for inclusive access
- Secure data handling and compliance with privacy regulations