Civil-society-led climate assemblies keep deliberative democracy sharp. Make demands, not just recommendations. Deliberative democracy isn’t about advising power. I’s about challenging it. Thanks for this piece @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social et al. 🔗 journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...

Global South academics are experts on the topics being investigated. How many opportunities for mutual growth have been lost if that expertise was more regularly acknowledged? An insightful piece outlining steps for a generative North-South collaboration www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How can Global Citizens’ Assemblies be used to bring diverse, randomly selected citizens into deliberation on pressing global challenges? Join our report launch hosted by @democracywb.bsky.social

Who gets to do research where matters. Post-colonial knowledge creation challenges persistent hierarchies. It's time the Global North listened and learned. The Global South isn't just catching up, it's leading. Knowledge should flow in all directions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Do I have more pics? Naturally feat @hansasenbaum.bsky.social @dimitricourant.bsky.social @clmalkin.bsky.social @lucyjparry.bsky.social @nigriveloso.bsky.social @sbussu.bsky.social @rod-dacombe.bsky.social @rikkidean.bsky.social @nicolecurato.bsky.social @mathiaspoulsen.bsky.social and many others

ICYMI: GloCAN was present in full force last week at the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Annual Conference in Birmingham. Want to learn more about our ongoing research? Make sure to register for our newsletter 📝 GloCAN.org Spoiler alert: it’s coming out tomorrow!

Postcard from #Birmingham 📬 The Global Citizens’ Assembly Network showed up strong at #PSA25 last week, featuring papers on global deliberation, Southern voices & more. Big thanks to everyone who challenged, celebrated, and helped us think through what’s next. @glocan.bsky.social

Marjan Ehsassi's book on citizens' assemblies uses the concept of effervescence—that emotional charge you get in collective moments. What kills it? Not false hope that recommendations will be implemented but weak follow-up. Check out this insightful book: www.routledge.com/Activated-Ci...

Head to Centenary Square for @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference. Registration is behind the big wheel! #psa25

📢 Public service announcement for colleagues attending #PSA25. #Birmingham excels in liquid scholarship esp emancipatory gin consumption. Check out: 🔹 Roundhouse Gin. Grapefruit G&T 🍊 🔹 40 St Pauls. Prize-winning 🏆 🔹 Botanist. Reliable spritzes. Close to New Street 🚆 #SharingIsCaring

Last month, I said goodbye to Australia & my intellectual home @deldemucan.bsky.social. More on my next adventure soon, but for now, celebrating my colleagues who shaped my thinking & supported my gin-novations. bit.ly/4bNGdxc Thanks, mates. I miss you already! 📸 from my office window

A toast to the human rights lawyers, witnesses, and activists who ensured the butcher faces justice. We've arrested presidents before—the real challenge is ensuring they never return. The fight isn’t over. edition.cnn.com/2025/03/10/a...

JOB ALERT ⚡ Postdoc position in political theory focusing on democratic innovations. Join Manon Westphal and her team in Munich. Crammers welcome (because the deadline is next week!) 🙂

Join our founder and Co-Lead @nicolecurato.bsky.social and @lucyjparry.bsky.social as they present key findings on our favourite topic: the governance of citizens' assemblies. With discussion by Tessa Dunlop, Damien du Preez, and Marjan Horst Ehsassi, moderated by @oliverescobar.bsky.social.

The European Journal of Political Research is looking for an Editor of Open Science. We are looking for someone to take the lead in developing a new manuscript submission type for #EJPR, Registered Reports. @ecpr.bsky.social Learn more about the role here: ecpr.eu/ContentPage....

I knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry led to a world where powerful men would burn it all down. What I didn’t expect is how incredibly cringe it would all be, that the people in power would also be such huge losers.

There are no generally accepted standards to uphold the integrity of deliberative mini-publics. To what extent can challenges in their ethics and governance be monitored and mitigated? The TLDR version of our article is now available @policy-politics.bsky.social

It is precisely the Global Majority’s aversion to techno-legal fixes that gives rise to the creativity of its civil society. The world should take note. https://buff.ly/3E0Dunu @joncong.bsky.social & #GloTechLab advance a Global Majority-driven agenda on disinformation.

Epistemic injustice is also evident in the way the Global South is sometimes exoticized by deliberative democracy research. How can we decolonize deliberative democracy? Read the latest from @MendoncaRF x @Hans_Asenbaum https://buff.ly/4jdhK81

What risks threaten the integrity of deliberative mini-publics? Join me & Lucy J Parry in our report launch based on 3 years of research funded by @arc_gov_au. Feat Tessa Dunlop, DamienJ Dupreez & Marjan H. Ehsassi. Moderated by @oliverescobar.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4g3jeir

'My Heart is Filled to the Brim with Sparkling Light.' Visitors get 30 seconds to marvel at Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room at the National Gallery of Victoria. Worth the hype. Feel the awe and the dread.

When sharks are spotted at the beach, seek refuge in a local distillery. Stay safe, stay spirited. Summer greetings from Australia 🦈🍸

In our "Meeting with" 📹 series, @nicolecurato.bsky.social explains how deliberative democracy can depolarise views if properly designed. Yet, reaching consensus is never the ultimate goal as it can be fruitful to crystalise & reflect on differences. Full video: regroup-horizon.eu/video-delibe...

ICYMI: The Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance has an outpost in Melbourne! ☀️ Connect with @PhoebeRQuinn @SaviniEmanuela @madeleinebegan for collaborations on deliberative citizen engagement and co-exploration of Brunswick’s ultra-vibey brunch scene.

Just as a clandestine ecosystem of death squads is deeply embedded in the underbelly of society, so is a parallel world of resistance—connected, rooted, and quietly defying the brokenness that surrounds them. Efforts to hold #Duterte accountable continue. tinyurl.com/2xd5na4t

🤩 The CfP for the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School is out now 🤩 A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school. Grants available for students with limited institutional support. www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...

Our second public newsletter is going out this week. We collate new publications and op-eds on transnational deliberation, and report on related events and initiatives. Make sure to register at www.glocan.org !

Anti-dialogic counterspeech disrupts harmful public discourse not by engaging in deliberation but by frustrating it. It is a respite for those excluded from the public sphere. Brilliant article @mullymorphy.bsky.social. Must read for all #delibdem scholars. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

“It has never been ruled before that a crime of colonisation was a crime against humanity.” on.ft.com/4glJNQt

'This is just the kind of research that needs to be done.' Prof Jane Mansbridge on @nigriveloso.bsky.social's dissertation on the Global Assembly on the Climate and Ecological Crisis. Catch the replay of his 'report back' session via #GloCAN's YT channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBai...

Democracies are left to the self-serving ‘broligarchies’. @nicolecurato.bsky.social in today’s #AusPSA2024 keynote address, channeling vibes from @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social technofuedalism.

Is the purpose of the choir to sing to the infidels or inspire the faithful? What happens if the faithful stop doing the work? Good read to make sense of Bluesky bubble. harpers.org/archive/2017...

A toast to blue cocktails and new beginnings 👋