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...
by Kyle Redman in conversation with Paolo Spada and Tiago Peixoto | Aug 28, 2023 | Reflections
How representative is it really? A correspondence on sortition Are proponents of sortition overclaiming? What claims to representativeness can we really make about deliberative mini-publics? This correspondence unpicks some of the key claims and proposes ways forward...
by Nivek Thompson in conversation with Nicole Armos | May 9, 2023 | Reflections
To realise deliberative democracy’s promise, we need to go beyond inclusion This conversation unpacks the difference between equity and inclusion and how deliberative mini-publics and various forms of public engagement can truly support meaningful and equitable...
