🌝🌝I'm over the moon to join the Democracy Research University Stuttgart' cosmic research project 'Designing Democracy on Mars and Earth' as a postdoctoral researcher and to be part of its stellar team with Franziska Maier Vanessa Schwaiger Anja Rieker André Bächtiger 👨‍🚀✨🪐

From our #minipublics special issues is this paper on integrating deliberative mini-publics in collaborative governance through the perspectives of citizens and stakeholders by Julien Vrydagh and Sophie Devillers & Min Reuchamps UCLouvain #representation tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What happens when ordinary citizens are given the power to deliberate alongside members of parliament? Find out some answers in our dispatch on the institutionalized deliberative committees in #Brussels 👉👉publicdeliberation.net/fusing-represe

📢 Thrilled to announce the launch of our handbook of Citizens' Assemblies Book launch on 0⃣6⃣➖0⃣6⃣➖2⃣3⃣ Registration👉rb.gy/mbyh3 And even happier that the book will be #openacess 🥳 Available on 0⃣5⃣➖0⃣6⃣ here 👇 degruyter.com/document/isbn/…

📢📢 Join us online tomorrow for the launch of Thamy Pogrebinschi's exciting book : "Innovating Democracy? The Means and Ends of Citizen Participation in Latin America" With the one and only Mark Warren as stellar discussant 🌟 Register here 👉shorturl.at/jzNQW

The book launch starts in five minutes ⏲️ You can still register here 👉 shorturl.at/jzNQW Hope to see you in a bit !

There's still time to register for the launch of the Handbook of Citizens' Assemblies. Let's celebrate with editors Min Reuchamps Julien Vrydagh & Yanina Welp. Co-hosted with Democracy Research University Stuttgart. Info here: eventbrite.com.au/e/handbook-cit…

What are the potential pathways to #impact for #ClimateAssemblies and how do we evaluate them? This is the core question at our next #KNOCA #workshop: 🗓️ Mon, June 12 ⏰ 14:30-17:00 CET 📌 Online Read more and find the sign up link in this 🧵 1/10

Excited to see that my first paper out of my dissertation "Democratic politics and hope: An Arendtian perspective" is now available online with European Journal of Political Theory!

Coming up in the Participedia x Democracy Research University Stuttgart seminar series: A seminar that illustrates the power of comparative regional studies in understanding democratic innovations. Featuring Paolo Spada x Marco Meloni chaired by Julien Vrydagh. eventbrite.ca/e/paper-talk-p…

What are the political and democratic roles of minipublics in democratic systems? There is still time to register for this Participedia seminar featuring Seraphine Arnold & André Bächtiger. eventbrite.ca/e/participator…

Join us this afternoon for the exciting seminar by Seraphine Arnold & André Bächtiger about the political impact of deliberative minipublics. Register here for the link: eventbrite.ca/e/participator…

JOB OPENING: PhD position with Jan Boon on his new Redesigning Democracy Project. Two weeks left to apply... uhasselt.be/en/about-hasse…

We are hiring! Come join our POLI department. We have an opening for a post-doctoral researcher (50% teaching + 50% research, 1 + after positive evaluation, 2 years) 👇 Deadline May 2nd! 👇 jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Sen… #JobAlert #postdoc

What do young people want from democracy? In EJPR journal we find that they are generally status quo democrats. However, support for the representative system comes with conditions: expert input, slow and considerate processes, and a final referendum 👇🧵 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Want to spend the next three years researching and teaching democratic innovations? Then come join us as a postdoctoral fellow. Details here: rikkidean.com/diru-postdoc/ Deadline is 30 June. If you have any questions, then contact Brigitte Geissel at [email protected].

📢We are looking for a PhD candidate! Four-year full-time funded project on Democratic Commitment and Political Support GASPAR. Friendly colleagues, beautiful city and the opportunity to develop your own project. Come and join us! ugent.be/en/work/scient… ⏰01.08.2024.