ICYMI 🚨 Marit Hammond on how #deliberativedemocracy can be understood as 'a political culture marked by a citizen-initiated consciousness and motivation toward unending democratic social critique' ✊ ⬇️ delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

📸 Sharing some snapshots from the JDD’s participation at the ECPR #DemocraticInnovations Standing Group Reception! Check out the key points from our editor @sbussu.bsky.social's speech at the event 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Can deliberative mini-publics reduce confirmation bias? 🤔 In JDD’s newest article, Kaisa Herne, Kimmo Grönlund, and Peter Soderlund studied a local-level mini-public on the topic of transportation policies to answer this question. 🇫🇮 ⬇️ delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

▶️ ICYMI: Watch the latest seminar from our Strengthening Democracy: A Research-Practice Exchange series, Expanding the Demos: How Do Nonhumans Have Political Agency? with Lakshmi Venugopal and @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social 📺 Watch the recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=eM9H3LzkpUw&feature=youtu.be

🔔New Centre Publication (open access) Building on the 2021 Global Assembly on the Climate and Ecological Crisis, John Dryzek and co-authors explore how citizen deliberation can play a bigger, even institutionalised, role in global climate governance. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are delighted to celebrate two of our PhD students who recently earned their Doctor titles and will graduate at the upcoming University of Canberra graduation ceremony. 👩‍🎓Dr Friedel Marquardt and 👨‍🎓Dr Mohammad Abdul-Hwas Read more about their PhDs on our LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...

Check out this open access resource by MosaicLab Co: "Facilitating Deliberation: A Practical Guide" It offers insights to design and facilitate constructive conversations with step-by-step approaches, useful tips, and lessons from the field. Download a copy here: www.mosaiclab.com.au/the-big-book

Yesterday was international #democracyday! Democracy grows when people come together to talk, listen, exchange ideas, test arguments, & imagine new futures. We thank our community of students, staff, associates & partners for their key work in keeping the democratic conversation alive, every day.

Newest JDD article available now! ⬇️ Young Jee Kim analysed transcripts of online deliberations to examine whether #socialstatus translates into #deliberativeadvantage regarding how individuals deliberate and how opinions form. 💬 👉🏽 delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

Upcoming Event in Victoria: The Big Deliberative Debrief | 27 August Dr Emanuela Savini will represent the Centre at this event where the effectiveness of deliberative engagement as required by the Victorian Local Government Act 2020 is considered. Register: events.humanitix.com/the-big-deli...

🛎️ New Centre Publication (open access) 🛎️ Congratulations to our Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Hali Aprimadya, on his new publication! His work offers a fresh perspective on policy implementation, grounded in the rich tradition of interpretive research. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

🔔 New Centre Publication (open access) Latest publication by our PhD student @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social and co-authors, including Centre associates Pierrick Chalaye & Emerson M. Sanchez in the new book by @oliverescobar.bsky.social & Stephen Elstub 🙌 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

This week our PhD student Dakila Yee gave his confirmation seminar titled “Tipping Green? Discourses of Low-Carbon Transitions in the Philippines under a Populist Regime”, which examines how environmental governance and climate policies form under populist leadership in the Philippines.

Last week, two @participedia.bsky.social Schools were held in China and Japan, with @hansasenbaum.bsky.social representing the Centre. Hans explored how digital tools and AI can make democracy more deliberative and engaging. 👏 Congratulations to Participedia for this innovative teaching journey!

Newest Digest out now! 🚨 Melisa Ross, Kalypso Nicolaidis & Camille Dobler reflect on three #innovations introduced in the Democratic Odyssey’s process design: 1️⃣ iterative composition 2️⃣ open consultation on the remit 3️⃣ centring lived experience 🔗 www.publicdeliberation.net/the-democrat...

Upcoming seminar in our Strengthening Democracy seminar series! 📢 Transforming Public Input into Policy Impact 📅 Tuesday 2 September, 12pm-1pm 📍 Hybrid: Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra & Zoom 🔗 Register via events.humanitix.com/challenge-ac...

🔔 New open access article in Political Studies from Selen Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick and @andreafelicetti.bsky.social! The paper examines two forms of democratic resilience in the public sphere and the role of political leaders in each. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...

🔔 New Centre Publication [open access] In Political Studies Review, a new article by Dr Jordan McSwiney from our Building Democratic Resilience research cluster and ARC project, the paper focuses on Australia's response to the 2002 Bali Bombings. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

citizen deliberation🤝climate research decision-making DISPATCH from 🇳🇱 Remco Van der Stoep & co share insights from the project Climate Research in Dialogue, which aimed to bring Dutch residents into the conversation about #climateresearch priorities www.publicdeliberation.net/democratisin...

🌎☀️ Vamos lá! Acompanhe de 27 a 31 de julho para saber tudo sobre a programação da escola! Obrigado a todos que tornaram isso possível!

Landed in Rio some days ago for the @participedia.bsky.social School on Democratic Innovations with Traditional and Indigenous Communities. We are hosting two public roundtables next week, on decolonising knowledge production, and on intersectional leadership. Come by if you’re around!

☀️ Vol 17:3 Bridging the gap between #ParticipatoryDemocracy & #ParticipatoryResearch, the authors (🧵⬇️) ask what they can learn from each other, offering a critical reflection on how shared commitments of both fields can be realised. 🤔 #OpenAccess #PoliSky

Want to work on the frontiers of dem theory with v. smart and lovely people @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, @lucyjparry.bsky.social & Graham Smith? They're recruiting a part-time research associate for a new project on non-human representation and participation vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/hrvacancies/...

What patterns of #democraticinnovations can be observed among #digitaldemocracy innovations in #LatinAmerica during COVID-19 ? 🚩ICYMI: Valesca Lima takes us through 🇧🇷🇦🇷🇪🇨 ➡️ citizen engagement ➡️ democratic resilience ➡️ e-participation delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

One week left to submit your abstracts to the "Democracy Reimagined: Advancing Democratic Resilience and Renewal" international conference happening in November! More details here www.delibdem.org/new-projects... and below 👇

Join us for our next seminar "Expanding the Demos: How Do Nonhumans Have Political Agency?" where we'll explore what it means to include animals, plants, rivers, and other nonhuman entities in democratic life. Moderated by‪ lucyjparry.bsky.social Register here: events.humanitix.com/expanding-th...

What's the relationship between care & other #democratic practices such as #deliberation or protests? 📌 ICYMI: Building on feminist care ethics, Markus Holdo considers questions of constructing more radically different spaces as questions of #care 👉 delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

Citizens, States and Societies is back for Semester 2! Convened by @hansasenbaum.bsky.social and supported by our Centre's teaching team and tutor @rajkaithwar.bsky.social, the research-driven unit provides an introduction to political sociology, delving into key debates of our time.

Democracy research meets #assemblage theory - an absolute must-read special issue of @theoriasa.bsky.social @sbussu.bsky.social @hansasenbaum.bsky.social @cchwalisz.bsky.social #deliberativedemocracy #posthuman www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

The latest OPEN ACCESS issue of Theoria is live! View the TOC and more for this special issue, "Democratic Assemblage: Experiencing Democracy Beyond Systems and Design" here: mailchi.mp/berghahnbook... Guest Edited by @hansasenbaum.bsky.social and @sbussu.bsky.social

What are the opportunities & challenges of introducing #Participatory Policy-making instruments at the local level? NEW ARTICLE: Florian Roth & co investigates ✅ stakeholder workshops ✅ Delphi surveys ✅ focus groups ✅ citizen panels in 🇧🇬🇬🇷🇪🇸🇨🇭 from 2021-2023 👉 delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

Explore our Faculty’s new Impact Booklet 👇 researchsystem.canberra.edu.au/ws/portalfil... It showcases stories of how our research informs and shapes real-world practice, including three powerful impact stories from our Centre. 🙌 Shout out to thoughtful editors Selen Ercan and Inga Stebbing!

We are proud to support the @Participedia.bsky.social School on Digital Democracy: Exploring New Forms of Democratic Representation, Participation, and Governance, where @hansasenbaum.bsky.social will bring his expertise on democracy in the digital era. More info: participedia.net/participedia...

Already feels like so long ago...hopefully it won't be another 8 years before I'm back!

More snaps and a news article from our Deliberative Democracy Summer School! It was co-hosted this year with the University of Zurich and where our Distinguished Professor John Dryzek was one of the keynote speakers: Read the article here: www.global.uzh.ch/en/global_un... 📸 Moritz Keller 🙏

While political ideology influenced the adoption of #ParticipatoryBudgeting in Europe, this new study shows no clear ideological pattern in the early adoption of #deliberative #minipublics 👇 🔖 LATEST from the Digest: publicdeliberation.net/does-party-i... Available in: ➡️ Spanish ➡️ English

Last week we held a deliberative workshop at the Museum of Australian Democracy exploring how young people from multicultural backgrounds experience belonging in Australian society and democracy. Thank you to all the participants for their heartfelt and generous engagement throughout the day.

Mid-year appreciation post ❤️‍🔥 We're grateful to our amazing authors, brilliant editors, generous supporters, & supportive intellectual homes. 🙌 Without them, the JDD & Digest's commitment to fee-free, open access, high quality, & global publishing would not be possible.

📣 Call for Papers- International Conference 📣 We’re excited to announce our upcoming conference: "Democracy Reimagined: Advancing Democratic Resilience and Renewal" 🗓 17–18 November 2025 📍 University of Canberra, Australia 📥 Abstracts due by 8 August 2025 Details 👇

Here are some photo highlights from the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School, proudly co-hosted this year with the University of Zurich! Along with deep discussions, the time included a formalisation of our Centre's/University of Canberra research partnership with the University of Zurich.

NEW PAPER ALERT 💫 Using #participatorycriticalrhetoric, Philip Dalton explores how attentive #listening between government officials and Black leaders in Elgin, Illinois, shaped their response to a controversy over a public mural of a lynch mob. ⬇️ delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

The Ecology Politic is available to download thanks to MIT Press’ Direct to Open Initiative. Thanks, @mitpress.bsky.social, for all your support. 📚💙💚 Link below ⬇️

I’m not sure what this gesture is - not the Hegel or the Foucault, maybe the inverted commas around the human? 🤓 Very thought provoking conversations from one source of our thinking.

It was a pleasure to host @anthonyburke.bsky.social from UNSW Canberra for a book talk of his latest book, The Ecology Politic (MIT Press), co-authored with @flusterbird.bsky.social, presenting bold reimagining of political life on a damaged planet. Open access here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

Great to see the Porirua Assemby on Climate - Te Tititi based, community led, inclusive of young people - being discussed in Australia. www.ngatitoa.iwi.nz/poriruaassem...

#studentspotlight: Our PhD student Olivia Mendoza is presenting her work on the role of #emotions in democratic deliberation in a number of local and international events. She will be at conferences in Melbourne, Zurich and Southampton. For more about Olive's work: www.delibdem.org/our-research...

It’s been fantastic having visitors from around the world at our Centre in recent weeks! Most recently, we were delighted to welcome Conor Twyford from the University of Canterbury, NZ. Conor’s research explores how young people’s voices can be better heard in climate decision-making.