The founder

Daniele Fanelli

I am a meta-scientist and Assistant Professor in Social Research Methods at Heriot-Watt University, in Scotland.
My research on the threats and obstacles to scientific progress has led me to develop a theory to understand and measure knowledge.
Guided by these results, I have conceived and built comCensus to help address the problem of Organisational Silence, which is spreading to all sectors of society and prevents us from tapping into our collective knowledge and intelligence.

Our mission

We help you defeat the enemies of collective intelligence.

Self-silencing

People avoid speaking up, especially when they are vulnerable and they hold unusual information and minority opinions.

Polarisation

Discussions tend to be dominated by a few, usually more powerful and radical individuals, and everyone else feels pressured to conform.

Complexity

The newer and more complicated the problem, the more and diverse the opinions shared, the harder it becomes to make sense of it all!

What we do

our methods

bring people together to explore the consensus on contentious and complex questions

our technology

supports leaders in making better informed, more inclusive and intelligent decisions

our platform

informs organizations and the public on what experts and communities actually think and know

Our principles

we believe that everyone has the right, indeed the duty, to

speak honestly about what they feel, believe, think and know,
and freely decide whether to listen or not to what others say

discover every side of a controversy, to understand how much consensus there actually is and to consider alternative viewpoints

share relevant thoughts, experiences, and information and explore any idea without fear of being judged or censored

symbol for enlightening, mind-changing posts

change opinion, and help others change theirs, free from external pressures and from any undue shame or embarrassment