'We need to be attentive to the way far-right movements and political parties may challenge liberal democratic principles that are pivotal to our society.”

Jordan McSwiney's work featured The Mandarin

themandarin.com.au/245209-how-do-…

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.

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…

PODCAST ALERT 🎧

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

Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5XYmkn…

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

publicdeliberation.net/democracy-and-…

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

#AgainstSortition published by Imprint Academic is out now.

Check it out 👇

imprint.co.uk/product/agains…

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!

For Christian Optiz, the excessive empiricism and normativism in the research on democratic innovations can be addressed by going beyond the deliberative paradigm and employing Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory.

Read here:

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What are the deliberative dynamics in international maritime institutions?

COMING SOON 📣

Deliberation in International Institutions

Info here: taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.…

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…

And I also recommend this event 'Debating Sortition' hosted by DelDemUCan with Brett Hennig from Sortition Foundation Sonia Bussu also on @[email protected], Cristina Lafont and
Samuel Bagg.
publicdeliberation.net/debating-sorti…

I'm hiring a Research Fellow to join the INSPIRE project.
Check info on the project and role here👇 Closing date: 21st May 2024
linkedin.com/jobs/view/3913…

How could non-Western philosophies like Confucianism provide different understandings of deliberative mini-publics?

Read 'Deliberative mini-publics as a Confucian institution' here 👇

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

📣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…

Future-Proofing the Public Sphere served as 'a vibrant forum for exploring the changing dynamics of public discourse in the digital era, especially during times of political crisis and increased polarisation.'

Learn more about our collab with QUT Digital Media Research Centre

research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2024/04/2…

SEMINAR ALERT 🚨

Drivers of policy coherence and incoherence in energy transitions: Renewable Energy Zones and social equity

Featuring our very own Jonathan Pickering Business, Government & Law @ UC

📅2 May
⏲️10-11.30 am
🧑‍🦱💻 In-person and online

Info here:

centreforenvironmentalgovernance.com/post/ceg-susta…

Thanks Hans Asenbaum for joining me and colleagues from INLOGOV and CEDAR and sharing an excellent provocation on more-than-human democracy that inspired questions, ideas and dilemmas about democratic futures from non anthropocentric lenses - head spinning! DelDemUCan

Our very own Nicole Curato's seminar is the season finale of Deep Thoughts Seminar Series University College Dublin.

HAPPENING ONLINE ✨

Register here 👇

ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Business, Government & Law @ UC

SEMINAR ALERT 🌟

The next ANU School of Politics & International Relations seminar will feature our very own Adele Webb.

In Two Minds: The role of Ambivalence in Political Preferences and the ‘Democratic Dilemma’

Learn more: politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/events/two-min…