by Katy Rubin and Stuart Dunne | Dec 16, 2024 | Reflections
Building meaningful collaborations with young people in participatory democracy There are increasing efforts to involve young people in participatory research and governance, but meaningful, impactful collaboration is often constrained by institutional and structural...
by Sarah Castell and Stephen Elstub | Nov 11, 2024 | Reflections
Mini-publics and the public: challenges and opportunities The broader public being aware of and engaged with the work of deliberative mini-publics is central to their democratic value. Yet, how to generate this engagement in practice remains relatively underexplored....
by Rosa Zubizarreta and Oliver Escobar | Jul 1, 2024 | Reflections
Read in Spanish Opening the black box: facilitation in a changing world Facilitation is central to many forms of deliberation, but has received surprisingly little attention in the study of deliberative democracy. Rosa Zubizarreta and Oliver Escobar came together to...
by Rosa Zubizarreta and Oliver Escobar | Jul 1, 2024 | Reflections
Leer en inglés Abriendo la caja negra: la facilitación en un mundo cambiante La facilitación es fundamental en muchas formas de deliberación, pero ha recibido sorprendentemente poca atención en el estudio de la democracia deliberativa. Rosa Zubizarreta y Óliver...
by Nardine Alnemr and Rob Weymouth | Apr 23, 2024 | Reflections
Democracy and Artificial Intelligence: old problems, new solutions? Does Artificial Intelligence hold the potential to remedy our contemporary democratic ills, or further foment them? In the first of this two-part series, Nardine Alnemr and Rob Weymouth discuss how...
by Damir Kapidžić and Yves Dejaeghere | Feb 15, 2024 | Reflections
Read in Bosnian/Croatian Inclusive topic selection: reflections on Mostar’s first citizens’ assembly The topic for deliberation in a citizens’ assembly is often predetermined. But in Mostar, this process was opened up to the city’s residents. In this conversation, two...