Industry focus: Public Affairs & Political Communication
Political communication explains what is at stake
Anyone who wants to communicate societal change has to withstand tension and make mutual understanding possible. As a public affairs agency focused on political communication, Ellery Studio supports ministries, NGOs, associations, civil society actors and research institutions on issues where stakeholder communication, civic education and citizen participation meet societal negotiation.
Where we come in
Challenges in civic education & stakeholder communication
Political debates stay abstract
The Supply Chain Act, the debt brake, electoral law reform. Political communication often fails because relevance is not conveyed. Communication with stakeholders has to build bridges.
Democracy needs better ways in
Civic education must not stop at terminology. It needs formats that get people thinking, talking and helping to shape outcomes.
The future needs co-creation
Climate neutrality by 2045, AI regulation, demographic change. Many questions about the future are being decided today, yet remain hard to grasp for large parts of society.
Participation needs trust
When it stays unclear what is still open and what has long been decided, citizen participation quickly tips into frustration. Good dialogue formats make the room for maneuver visible.
Negotiation needs structure
Gender equality, climate protection, migration, inclusion. Many topics are contentious but important. Without good communication between stakeholders, differences quickly harden into battle lines.
How we work
Between political communication, participation and societal impact
Democratic participation
Participation and dialogue formats that are taken seriously
Citizen participation is part of democratic quality. We design and facilitate formats in which different groups truly start talking with one another, whether in municipal processes, future workshops, gallery walks or multi-stakeholder dialogues. Our goal is mutual understanding, digital or analog.
Political communication
Civic education for complex societal issues
Many societally relevant topics fail not because of their content but because of how they are conveyed. In political communication, we combine analysis, storytelling and design to turn hard-to-access content into concise visual formats: infographics, campaign modules, publications, exhibitions or engagement materials that reach people without smoothing over complexity.
Societal negotiation
Stakeholder communication & future visions for political decisions
When conditions change fundamentally, linear projections are often no longer enough. Together with organizations, administrations and networks, we develop target visions and narrative future spaces that make societal developments tangible. This creates perspectives for political decisions, strategic discussions and citizen participation.
Regional transformation
Scenarios for structural change and social innovation
What comes after coal mining? A future scenario like that cannot be worked out at a desk. It takes the people on the ground: local politics and agriculture, students and business. We facilitate participatory scenario processes with PESTEL analyses, focus groups and future workshops, and condense the results into narrative scenarios that serve as a compass for political decisions.
A look into our project world
Initiatives and communication for democracy, participation and civic education
Our services
Communication, participation and design for societal impact
We help political, societal and public-interest stakeholders put complex topics into context, develop narratives that hold up and turn them into formats with public impact.
Civic education & learning materials
Toolkits, publications, workshop materials, infographics and digital formats that make democratic processes, societal topics and political decisions accessible.
Public affairs consulting & NGO communication
Narratives, messages and communication architectures for organizations, initiatives and institutions that want to convey societal change in an understandable and credible way.
Dialogue formats and public participation
Workshops, participation processes, trialogues and multi-stakeholder formats that bring different perspectives together productively and do not leave mutual understanding to chance.
Foresight, scenarios & political future visions
Forward-looking policymaking, scenarios and visual depictions of desired futures that make societal developments tangible and put decisions on a firmer footing.
Campaigns and political communication
Strategic communication measures that bring societal topics into public discourse and make debates accessible and effective.
Publications and visual knowledge formats
Reports, books, infographics, exhibitions and knowledge platforms that present complex political and societal topics in a way that is understandable, attractive and substantively sound.
Who we work with
As a public affairs agency, we build bridges between society and political stakeholders
Ministries & the public sector
For government communication that makes political initiatives understandable and can mediate between administration, expertise and the public.
Foundations & political initiatives
For political communication and citizen participation that make societal topics accessible and invite people to think along, join the conversation and help shape the outcome.
Municipalities & regional networks
For processes and communication tools that make local transformation visible and bring different interests into productive exchange.
Associations & NGOs
For strategic NGO communication and public affairs consulting that bring complex concerns into public discourse.
Civil society stakeholders
For citizen participation, civic education and narratives that foster participation and democratic engagement.
Politics & society team
Experts in societal transformation, political analysis and storytelling
Societal change is a team sport for people with stamina. With more than ten years of experience in research, design and transformation work, we shape strategies, content and formats with passion and support societal projects from the first idea to long-term implementation.
Bernd Riedel
Executive Creative Director
Dodo Vögler
Executive Creative Director
Eugen Litwinow
Managing Director
Andreas Lohner
Infographics & Editorial
