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Hans Asenbaum
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Senior research fellow @ Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, Uni Canberra. He/him 🏳️‍🌈 Author of The Politics of Becoming. Open Access https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-politics-of-becoming-9780192858870?cc=us&lang=en&
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Participatory democracy and participatory research share common principles but are often treated as separate domains. Our new paper brings them together.

🙏 @sbussu.bsky.social @oliverescobar.bsky.social scobar.bsky.social @clodaghharris.bsky.social

OA 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S175...
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🆕 Digest piece!

Anna Slaviero examines the Norwegian Education Act’s systemic exclusion of Sámi knowledge from its deliberative process, & suggests steps towards #epistemicjustice in #deliberativedemocracy.

👉 www.publicdeliberation.net/epistemic-ju...

Available in Norwegian & English 🇳🇴
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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🚨 Final seminar for the year!

Emanuela Savini teams up with Olivier Schulbaum and Nadia Nadesan from Platoniq Foundation for an interactive session exploring how creative practices can open up new ways of thinking about democracy.

👉 Register here: events.humanitix.com/enhancing-de...
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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🔗 "The Deliberative Democratic Turn In Human Rights", by Ron Levy and Kate Ogg: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Deliberative Democratic Turn In Human Rights | Federal Law Review | Cambridge Core
The Deliberative Democratic Turn In Human Rights - Volume 53
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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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🔗 "Mini-Public Adjudication of Human Rights Disputes: An Empirical Evaluation", by Henry Palmerlee, Ron Levy and Kate Ogg: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Mini-Public Adjudication of Human Rights Disputes: An Empirical Evaluation | Federal Law Review | Cambridge Core
Mini-Public Adjudication of Human Rights Disputes: An Empirical Evaluation - Volume 53
www.cambridge.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Last week, our Centre seminar featured Professor Ron Levy and Professor Kate Ogg (ANU, Law), presenting their recently published articles in the Federal Law Review’s special issue on Deliberative Rights Theory.

👇 Links to their articles in comments
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Democratic innovations aim to deepen citizen engagement & improve governance, but their institutionalisation & integration into local contexts may be challenging.

📌 ICYMI: Bokyong S.’s research on participatory budgeting in South Korea 🇰🇷 engages with this theme

delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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We welcomed @mathesonrussell.bsky.social from the @aucklanduni.bsky.social.

Matheson presented part of his upcoming book examining the limits of electoral representation and exploring deliberative models as alternatives.

🔗 Learn more about Matheson’s work: profiles.auckland.ac.nz/m-russell/ab...
October 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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🤖 Robots in the Room: Should We Include AI in Democracy?

Join us for a drink to discuss how artificial intelligence might shape the future of democratic participation

17 November 2025, 7pm-8.30pm
Verity Lane Market, Louie Louie Room, Canberra
Register events.humanitix.com/robots-in-th...
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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🚀 Launched on Wednesday, you can now download our Guidebook for Deliberative Engagement: Key Features and Practical Insights 👉 researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/publicati...

We’re grateful to the NSW Government and the Australian Government for supporting the development of this Guidebook.
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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🎉 Coming soon: Something we’ve been working on for a while is nearly here 🎉

Guidebook for Deliberative Engagement: Key Features and Practical Insights - developed with the support of the New South Wales Government and the Australian Government 🙌

Stay tuned!
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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New article alert! 📌

When mini-publics are #scaled to regional or transnational levels, how do institutional #designs affect self-exclusion?

Aliénor Ballangé investigated the European Citizens’ Panels to answer this question 🧐

🖇️ delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
October 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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What is the role of #politicalideology in the adoption of deliberative #minipublics in Europe❓

ICYMI: Rodrigo Ramis Moyano, Graham Smith, Ernesto Ganuza and Thamy Pogrebinschi provide the first systematic analysis on this question 👇

www.publicdeliberation.net/does-party-i...
October 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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▶️ ICYMI: Watch our previous webinar, Transforming Public Input into Policy Impact

How can community voices be meaningfully integrated into policymaking while navigating the realities and constraints of government?

🔗 Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Jc...
Transforming Public Input into Policy Impact
YouTube video by Delib Dem
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October 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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🔎 What is deliberative reasoning and how can we measure it?

This chapter by Simon Niemeyer and Francesco Veri introduce the Deliberative Reasoning Index method for assessing how a group’s positions align with deliberative reasoning ideals.

Download it here: academic.oup.com/book/44646/c...
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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How can #policy discussions & #adaptation strategies centre #women’s voices & needs? Should they?

📍ICYMI: Check out our Dispatch from Sub-Saharan Africa
highlighting #women as important actors in the fight against #climatechange

🔖 www.publicdeliberation.net/social-capit...
September 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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What does #democraticgovernance look like in the context of emergencies? 🚨

Re-sharing Mikko Värttö's research on deliberative mini-publics organised globally in connection to the COVID-19 pandemic, looking at #democraticinnovations in emergencies👇

OPEN ACCESS: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
October 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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📣 Upcoming seminar: Democratic Innovation or Expensive Boondoggle? The value of mini-publics in theory and practice

This seminar revisits some of the key questions around the growing use of mini-publics to consider their potential and limits.

👉 Register here: events.humanitix.com/roi-for-demo...
September 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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🚨 Event alert!

Join @deldemucan.bsky.social next Tuesday for another session of their monthly seminar series. 👏

📚 Democratic Innovation or Expensive Boondoggle?
📆 October 7
⏰ 12pm-1pm AEDT
📍 Hybrid

Click the 🔗 to register! ⬇️
events.humanitix.com/roi-for-demo...
Democratic Innovation or Expensive Boondoggle? The value of mini-publics in theory and practice
Get tickets on Humanitix - Democratic Innovation or Expensive Boondoggle? The value of mini-publics in theory and practice hosted by Centre for Deliberative Democracy, University of Canberra. Ann Hard...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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📢 Have you registered for our next Strengthening Democracy webinar?

Join Distinguished Professor John Dryzek and Dr Joshua Rhee (AMPLIFY) moderated by Professor Simon Niemeyer, for a deep dive into the theory and practice of mini-publics.

Register here: events.humanitix.com/roi-for-demo...
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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📣 New Partnership!

We’re pleased to partner with Young Australians in International Affairs (YAIA) to support emerging leaders in global affairs.

As part of this, we are proud to sponsor YAIA’s 2025 Europe and Eurasia Fellow, Lachie Macfarlan. Read his latest blog here: tinyurl.com/3v668k9h
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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For #adaptation to work well, those most affected by #climatechange must be included in decisions 🌏

New article! 💡 doi.org/10.1080/0964... I explore how #civilsociety & donors influence adaptation in Vietnam, and have a role in #accountability

@environmentalpol.bsky.social @deldemucan.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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🔎 From Our Archives (open access): What is Q methodology and how can it be used to study public deliberation?

📖 Check out @lucyjparry.bsky.social chapter in our book, Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy (Oxford University Press).

👉 Download the chapter here: academic.oup.com/book/44646/c...
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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ICYMI 🚨

Marit Hammond on how #deliberativedemocracy can be understood as 'a political culture marked by a citizen-initiated consciousness and motivation toward unending democratic social critique' ✊

⬇️ delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
September 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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📸 Sharing some snapshots from the JDD’s participation at the ECPR #DemocraticInnovations Standing Group Reception!

Check out the key points from our editor @sbussu.bsky.social's speech at the event 👇

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September 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Can deliberative mini-publics reduce confirmation bias? 🤔

In JDD’s newest article, Kaisa Herne, Kimmo Grönlund, and Peter Soderlund studied a local-level mini-public on the topic of transportation policies to answer this question. 🇫🇮

⬇️ delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM