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Centre for Democratic Futures
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The Centre for Democratic Futures is an interdisciplinary research network collaborating internationally from the University of Southampton

email us: cdf@soton.ac.uk

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-democratic-futures
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clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social
Great opportunity for musculoskeletal researchers!! Help us grow more inclusive research across regenerative medicine, prosthetics, epidemiology, preclinical research, clinical trials & global health 🦴🏃‍♂️🌎 Grow your profile, networks & have real impact! Apply now 👇 #Dsxhe #datascience #FortisNet
Help Shape Inclusive Musculoskeletal (MSK) Research: Volunteer Resource Curator Wanted
Bring data scientists and interdisciplinary musculoskeletal experts together to tackle health inequity for the benefit of the wider community.As people live longer, musculoskeletal (MSK) disease and i...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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drvcardo.bsky.social
Super excited to share the launch of a new book series: Contemporary Debates on Gender and Media with @uexeterpress.bsky.social which I am coediting with @krossings.bsky.social
Details here: www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/...
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
We are very excited to be part of #Pride 🏳️‍🌈 this weekend @SouthamptonGuildhall Sat 23rd Sun 24th August! Learn all about our #sotonbeans 🫘🫛 ☀️research @unisouthampton.bsky.social @rsb.org.uk Have fun play games & take a plant home 🌿 #citizenscience sign up below 2 👇 #sotonpride #scienceforall
Soton beans project with Professor Mark Chapman
August 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social
Fantastic day yesterday first in series of #inyourbones workshops coproducing policy info & educational resources 4 skeletal health with local communities. Part science 🔬🧑‍🔬 part art 🎭 🎨 @artcareuk.bsky.social
Gr8 timing with call 4 evidence in mens health now open 👇 👇🎉
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June 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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glocan.bsky.social
Can, and should, the principles of deliberative democracy be applied to how global citizens’ assemblies are organised?

This week, @rikkidean.bsky.social, @melross.bsky.social and Flynn Devine tackle questions of values and practice in Research x Practice Exchange #2

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June 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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artsofdenial.bsky.social
Helpful new GlobCit report on the global state of citizenship: globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/global-state...
Global State of Citizenship Report - Global Governance Programme
globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu
June 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
*PSA EVENT* 🚨 Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social.
📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton.
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Women and Politics | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st CenturyPSA Women and Politics Conference, June 17th/18th 2025Hosted by the Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at the University of Southampton…
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June 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
cdfuos.bsky.social
We're excited that it is now less than a month until our symposium 'Reimagining Democratic Politics in the Contemporary'.

With a keynote from Ariana Markowitz, ‘Now you see it: Using art to practise democracy amid violence’.

You can still register for free at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cdf-sympos...
CDF Symposium: Reimagining Democratic Politics
Two-Day Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on Democratic Thought and Practice. 3rd and 4th of July, 2025.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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dgnlab.bsky.social
“Prioritizing inclusivity in research will broaden our understanding of AD/ADRD, leading to greater awareness, earlier and more accurate diagnosis, and ultimately to equitable treatments and interventions that benefit all communities” I say BRAVO to this, refreshing to see this clarity&commitment
June 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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rikkidean.bsky.social
Join us at @cdfuos.bsky.social for a two-day conference on Reimagining Democratic Politics in the Contemporary, 3-4 July.

Free to register. Just sign up here: www.southampton.ac.uk/cdf/news/eve...
Symposium on Reimagining Democratic Politics in the Contemporary
At a time of growing concern over democratic backsliding, authoritarian tendencies, and the erosion of civic imagination, this two-day symposium brings together scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines to explore how democratic life can be rethought, enacted, and sustained.
www.southampton.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social
Next #DSxHE MSK seminar #FortisNet 7th July 4pm GMT
Dr Lucy Gates and Awa Touray @unisouthampton.bsky.social - Equitable Fracture Care Pathways in The Gambia #healthequity #fracture 🦴 🇬🇲
Register now! 👇

www.datascienceforhealthequity.com/event-detail...
Musculoskeletal Health Theme Webinar: Dr Lucy Gates and Ms Awa Touray | DSxHE
Integrating traditional healing with modern health care for more equitable fracture care pathways in The Gambia
www.datascienceforhealthequity.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social
PhD opportunity 👇Precision Wearables for Female Forces: Advancing Performance to Address MSK health inequity @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social & Prof Kai Yang @winchesterschoolofart @unisouthampton.bsky.social Apply now ✍️ rolling deadline start Oct 25
cidns-cdt.ac.uk

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Precision Wearables for Female Forces: Advancing Performance to Address MSK Health inequity at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Precision Wearables for Female Forces: Advancing Performance to Address MSK Health inequity at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
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May 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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sotonpolitics.bsky.social
You can join us for:

🧠 Mixed methods training
📝 Qualitative training
📊 Quantitative training

See how 👇
May 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
cdfuos.bsky.social
Check out this qualitative methods workshop from our colleagues @polethnography.bsky.social. Get your proposals in by 30 May.

#polisky @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
polethnography.bsky.social Centre for Political Ethnography @polethnography.bsky.social · May 8
🗓️🔔 CfP for CPE's upcoming workshop on "Doing Ethnography in Political Contexts or Doing Politics via Ethnography?" July 2nd!
If you want feedback on working papers&projects, and use qualitative methodologies, this workshop is for you. Some bursaries are available. Please share! More info below:
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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robjohns75.bsky.social
Tomorrow there's a big White Paper on immigration (www.gov.uk/government/n...). Whatever else it does, it's bound to refuel Labour’s internal debate about net migration -- a debate full of assumptions about public opinion. Strap in for a long thread about a survey testing some of those assumptions.
Radical reforms to reduce migration
Britain's failed immigration system will be radically reformed so the system is controlled, managed and fair under a landmark White Paper.
www.gov.uk
May 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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scotvoting.bsky.social
This year's Scottish Election Study Annual Lecture, delivered by our outstanding colleague and @britishelectionstudy.com Co-Director @profjanegreen.bsky.social, will take place a week on Monday in Edinburgh! 👩🏼‍🏫

Details and sign up below 🔽

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-e...
Scottish Election Study annual lecture 2025
We welcome Professor Jane Green to give the annual lecture for the Scottish Election Study
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May 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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katsamenis.bsky.social
First post on an initiative that means a lot to our team!

We’re proud to be part of #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek 2025 at @uhsft.bsky.social

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@uosmedia.bsky.social @biu-em.bsky.social @hospiceuk.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Dying Matters 2025 | μ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre (muvis)
We’re proud to be part of #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek 2025 at University Hospital Southampton NHS FT. On 6 May, our 3D X-ray Histology team, and the Biomedical Imaging Unit will be joining forces wit...
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April 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
cdfuos.bsky.social
Come and join us for a free summer school 🌞🌞🌞
sotonpolitics.bsky.social Politics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · Apr 15
❗ FREE Summer School on 'Declining democratic health: Methods for diagnosis, treatment, and recovery' with us!

🗓️ June 23-24

📍 Southampton

More details: www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci/news/...
April 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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seejenspeak.bsky.social
very much looking forward to this (virtual!) event with @hertieschool.bsky.social and Columbia World Projects, where i'll be talking how to design & govern digital platforms to promote democratic practice, incl. new thoughts on things like decentralized platforms/protocols & crowdsourced moderation!
newpublic.org New_ Public @newpublic.org · Apr 23
@seejenspeak.bsky.social writes about how like physical spaces, democratic digital spaces must be clearly bounded, durable and flexible to engage citizens and sustain communities.

Join Jennifer & Jon Nash
April 30 at 10 AM EST

columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rBy35ii0QHyjYa0vhradkw
Digital Governance for Democratic Renewal: Jennifer Forestal on Rethinking Democratic Design
April 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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rikkidean.bsky.social
Just a few days left to apply for this postdoc position and come and join me at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social & @cdfuos.bsky.social.

*The deadline is the 28th*
(not the 30th as I wrongly stated in the original post).
April 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
cdfuos.bsky.social
Rebooting Democracy welcomed international guests and collaborators to a project workshop last week in Southampton. Sessions focused on climate democracy, using AI in deliberation, political behaviour, co-production, and democratic oversight of emerging technologies.
www.rebootingdemocracy.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
cdfuos.bsky.social
Join us for the launch of Lala Muradova's (@lalamur.bsky.social) new book in the Cambridge Elements series, Empathy and Political Reasoning.

With star discussants Florian Foos, Tereza Capellos and Konstantinos Katsikopoulous.

7 May, 12pm UK.

Register at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
On the left is the book cover for Empathy and Political Reasoning. On the right is headshots of Lala Muradova and the three discussants and date and time of the event.
April 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
cdfuos.bsky.social
Now that you are finishing up your teaching it is time to start dreaming about the exciting summer conferences.

We have extended the deadline for abstracts for Reimagining Democratic Politics in the Contemporary until 18th April.
cdfuos.bsky.social Centre for Democratic Futures @cdfuos.bsky.social · Mar 13
CfP: Reimagining Democratic Politics in the Contemporary.

Join us 3-5 July for a symposium to discuss:
- Fugitivity & the politics of refusal
- Anticolonial imaginaries
- Artistic practice & performance
- Democratic innovations

Deadline for abstracts: 4 April
www.southampton.ac.uk/cdf/news/eve...
Call for Papers Reimagining Democratic Politics in the Contemporary
Democratic politics today faces an acute global crisis. Whether couched in terms of democratic backsliding, the rise of right-wing anti-democratic movements, or a transformation of the paradigms of liberal-democracy towards democratic authoritarianism, democratic institutions, political projects and forms of life are under attack. On the one hand, rapidly accelerating ecological collapse driven by neoliberal logics of exploitation and accumulation intensify and exacerbate this crisis. On the other, routinised procedures of politics ‘as usual’ - couched within the paradigm of liberal-democracy – prove inadequate for countering these threats to democratic politics. The concern is, therefore, as much an impoverishment of democratic politics as it is an impoverishment of democratic imagination.
www.southampton.ac.uk
April 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social
Time for #Fortisnet 2025!🥳 Advancing Inclusive MSK Research First Social Factors in MSK from osteoporosis with Sarah Jarvis MBE🦴, then to lower limb conditions in Nepal and Adventures in prosthetics and orthotic design 🦿 #healthequity #inclusiveresearch @cdfuos.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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mbarnfield.bsky.social
My article with @robjohns75.bsky.social, "Hope, Optimism, and Expectations for the Political Future", is now out open access at @polbehavior.bsky.social.

It's about the psychology of expecting good things to happen in politics.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hope, Optimism, and Expectations for the Political Future - Political Behavior
Expectations of what the future holds are a significant driver of political behavior. It is therefore important to understand the sources of those expectations. In this paper, we explore the psycholog...
link.springer.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM