Fabulous and really energising discussions on Day 2 of #INSPIREDemos in Barcelona! Roots, branch, leaves and ongoing discussions about impact and engagement!

Plus the food wasn't too shabby...

Our last conference of the semester here at Yale ISPS. We will explore the place of the irrational (passions, emotions, identities) in political judgment & #deliberativedemocracy . H/T to Theophile Penigaud who is the mastermind behind this.

How is the relationship between #AI and deliberative democracy currently framed? Is this framing helpful or harmful to our scholarly discourse?

Read the latest at Journal of Deliberative Democracy

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PODCAST ALERT 🎧

Felipe Rey Salamanca of iDeemos and #GloCAN tells Foreign Policy how citizens' assemblies can encourage greater civic participation in policymaking.

Listen here:
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Personal accountability ought to be an essential part of any process of deliberation, argues Zohreh Khoban and Markus Holdo in their latest piece.

Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

✨ Call for papers ✨

Digital Democracy Workshop
University of Zurich, 24-25 October 2024
Submission deadline: 2 June 2024

Pls share widely!

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Postdoctoral Researcher #ECPRMemberJobs
🌎 Project on Digitalization in the Global South
📲 Research on the impact of digitalisation in one or more regions of the Global South, with a focus on digital policymaking
🇳🇱 Tilburg University
⌛ Wednesday 15 May
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Developing a tree of agreements between the team for how our new Horizon project, INSPIRE, will work together. Looking forward to putting these principles into action over the next three years.

'The methodological openness of the book enables a reach across methodological divides, and connects theory with empirics.'

Thank you for your thoughtful review of our book Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy Franziska Maier ✨

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My new article 'Citizens’ preferences and the future of Europe: a case for the ‘five scenarios’ as deliberative entry-points in mini-publics' now published (open access) in JCES

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🏛️ Democratic innovations like citizens' assemblies involve citizens in political decision-making

This new 🔓 OPEN ACCESS #ECPRPress volume, eds Vincent Jacquet, Matt Ryan & @ramonvanderdoes, helps us better understand the impacts of such innovations bit.ly/3J9JvNI

This is going to be INTERESTING!
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🇪🇺friendly time 🤗

NEXT WEEK

14 May 🗓️ 9 am Edinburgh ⏲️ 6 pm Canberra

Distinguished Professor John Dryzek in conversation with Prof Citizen Participation - [email protected]

Does deliberative democracy stand a chance in neoliberal times?

ALL WELCOME.

Register here:

deldem.ticketleap.com/does-deliberat…

📣What does the future hold for far-right politics in Australia?

To #Canberra -based friends and colleagues 🌟

A public event featuring own Jordan McSwiney in conversation with Dr Kristy Campion

All welcome.

Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/between-elec…

Big Question 4⃣ in our 🔟part anniversary series

Does deliberative democracy stand in neoliberal times?

Featuring John Dryzek - author of Democracy in Capitalist Times - in conversation with Citizen Participation - [email protected].

14 May (Tue)
9 am - Edinburgh
6 pm - Canberra

deldem.ticketleap.com/does-deliberat…

What are the consequences of #sortition in terms of representation and deliberation?

#AgainstSortition published by Imprint Academic is out now.

Check it out 👇

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It was a pleasure to join @KimBrunhuber on CNN International this morning, to talk about why Palestinian solidarity protests are ramping up amid harsh crackdowns on college campuses.

In short: campus crackdowns have broadened what's at stake to include both Palestine and…

One of the perks of being in a research centre with some of the most prominent scholars in the field is the unli chance to borrow from their treasure trove of books that my graduate student budget could never afford. Yay to less reading on the screen!

Assistant Professor #ECPRMemberJobs
👥 European Politics and Society
🌍 European politics in a Global Perspective
🇳🇱 University of Groningen
⌛ Friday 31 May
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I'm hiring a Research Fellow to join the INSPIRE project.
Check info on the project and role here👇 Closing date: 21st May 2024
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