Civil-society-led climate assemblies keep deliberative democracy sharp. Make demands, not just recommendations. Deliberative democracy isn’t about advising power. I’s about challenging it.

Thanks for this piece @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social et al.

🔗 journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...

Global South academics are experts on the topics being investigated. How many opportunities for mutual growth have been lost if that expertise was more regularly acknowledged?

An insightful piece outlining steps for a generative North-South collaboration

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Who gets to do research where matters. Post-colonial knowledge creation challenges persistent hierarchies. It's time the Global North listened and learned. The Global South isn't just catching up, it's leading. Knowledge should flow in all directions.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Postcard from #Birmingham 📬

The Global Citizens’ Assembly Network showed up strong at #PSA25 last week, featuring papers on global deliberation, Southern voices & more.

Big thanks to everyone who challenged, celebrated, and helped us think through what’s next.

@glocan.bsky.social

Marjan Ehsassi's book on citizens' assemblies uses the concept of effervescence—that emotional charge you get in collective moments.

What kills it? Not false hope that recommendations will be implemented but weak follow-up.

Check out this insightful book: www.routledge.com/Activated-Ci...

📢 Public service announcement for colleagues attending #PSA25.

#Birmingham excels in liquid scholarship esp emancipatory gin consumption. Check out:

🔹 Roundhouse Gin. Grapefruit G&T 🍊
🔹 40 St Pauls. Prize-winning 🏆
🔹 Botanist. Reliable spritzes. Close to New Street 🚆

#SharingIsCaring

Last month, I said goodbye to Australia & my intellectual home @deldemucan.bsky.social. More on my next adventure soon, but for now, celebrating my colleagues who shaped my thinking & supported my gin-novations.

bit.ly/4bNGdxc

Thanks, mates. I miss you already!

📸 from my office window

A toast to the human rights lawyers, witnesses, and activists who ensured the butcher faces justice. We've arrested presidents before—the real challenge is ensuring they never return. The fight isn’t over.

edition.cnn.com/2025/03/10/a...

JOB ALERT ⚡ Postdoc position in political theory focusing on democratic innovations. Join Manon Westphal and her team in Munich.

Crammers welcome (because the deadline is next week!) 🙂

It is precisely the Global Majority’s aversion to techno-legal fixes that gives rise to the creativity of its civil society. The world should take note.

https://buff.ly/3E0Dunu

@joncong.bsky.social & #GloTechLab advance a Global Majority-driven agenda on disinformation.

Epistemic injustice is also evident in the way the Global South is sometimes exoticized by deliberative democracy research. How can we decolonize deliberative democracy?

Read the latest from @MendoncaRF x @Hans_Asenbaum

https://buff.ly/4jdhK81

What risks threaten the integrity of deliberative mini-publics?

Join me & Lucy J Parry in our report launch based on 3 years of research funded by @arc_gov_au.

Feat Tessa Dunlop, DamienJ Dupreez & Marjan H. Ehsassi. Moderated by
@oliverescobar.bsky.social

https://buff.ly/4g3jeir

'My Heart is Filled to the Brim with Sparkling Light.'

Visitors get 30 seconds to marvel at Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room at the National Gallery of Victoria. Worth the hype. Feel the awe and the dread.

When sharks are spotted at the beach, seek refuge in a local distillery. Stay safe, stay spirited. Summer greetings from Australia 🦈🍸

ICYMI: The Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance has an outpost in Melbourne! ☀️

Connect with @PhoebeRQuinn @SaviniEmanuela @madeleinebegan for collaborations on deliberative citizen engagement and co-exploration of Brunswick’s ultra-vibey brunch scene.

🤩 The CfP for the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School is out now 🤩

A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.

Grants available for students with limited institutional support.

www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...

A toast to blue cocktails and new beginnings 👋