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Citizen Participation
@oliverescobar.bsky.social
Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation | University of Edinburgh | Working on #democracy #participation #deliberation #commons #governance #power #research | RT≠ endorse | Own views | Profile: https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/oliver-escobar
📍December newsletter, Citizen Participation Network 🗞️ packed with events, resources, publications and more ✅ #democracy. Available here 👉🏻 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📢 third day of strike at the University of Edinburgh against unjustified redundancies‼️ #StopStaffCutsAtUoE Picket at the School of Social and Political Science still going strong 💪🏼 And now to the 1pm rally at the Scottish Parliament, if you’re around you’re very welcome to join! 🙏🏼
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🌐 Online book launch (open access) 📚 'Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World' - Everyone welcome of this online event, which will feature editors, authors and discussion. Organised by DemFutures #Democracy. Free registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-as...
October 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🗓️ 🗞️ October newsletter from the Citizen Participation Network, including a book launch event, webinars, awards, a demonstration, an invitation to tender and opportunities to learn & share your work on #Democracy #DemocraticInnovation #Participation

📌 Available 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
September 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🗓️ 🗞️ September newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network including events, publications, resources and jobs across the fields of participatory governance, deliberative #democracy and democratic innovation. Available here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
September 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📚 new open access book: "Climate Assemblies - New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World" 🌍

✅ 25 co-authors examine the state of the field and the reasons behind the growing hope and hype about climate assemblies

✅Free PDF available here 👉🏼 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
August 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📌 Next week is the European Consortium for Political Research Annual Conference at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki @ecpr.bsky.social #ECPR. We have a bunch of new projects and publications to present on #democracy #DemocraticInnovation. Here are some sessions where we can meet / discuss 👇
August 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🗓️July newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network 🗞️, with a selection of webinars, projects, conferences, publications and funding from colleagues and partners working across research, policy and practice on #democracy Available here 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🆕🗞️ June newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network 🔆 with publications, events and other resources for folk interested in participatory and deliberative #democracy, democratic innovation and the shared governance of public and common goods. Available 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
June 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
📺 The video of my inaugural lecture is now available 👉🏼 www.sps.ed.ac.uk/inaugural-le...

We had some laughs and brightness, as well as some heavier/darker moments, as befits a lecture about #democracy in troubled times.

Thanks to everyone who made the occasion and the professorship possible 🙏🏼
May 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🗓️April newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network, with events, publications, training and more #democracy Available 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
March 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🗓️"Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world?"
Delighted to invite you to my inaugural lecture at Univ of Edinburgh this spring @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
Information and registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...
Everyone welcome!
February 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🗞️🧐 the February newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network is out, collating events, workshops, publications, resources etc on #democracy #participation #deliberation #coproduction #commons Available here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
February 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🗓️Event: join the launch of landmark report on Deliberative Integrity | ONLINE Tuesday 11 Feb 12pm-1pm GMT | Organised by CDDGG with Lucy J Parry, Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social, Tessa Dunlop, Damien du Preez, Marjan H. Ehsassi #democracy Info & ticket 👉 events.humanitix.com/deliberative...
January 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🗓️🗞️ January newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network - including a summer school, events, funding and open access publications 📝 #democracy Summary below 👇 and link here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
January 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🗓️ The December newsletter from the Citizen Participation Network is now out 🗞️ Including articles, reports, events, a guide, a podcast and a video across the fields of participatory and deliberative #democracy. As ever, open access and available here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
December 2, 2024 at 9:47 AM
📝Call for papers - The Political Economy of Democratic Innovations. Join us next summer at the European Consortium of Political Research 📎 We're organising a panel for the Standing Group on Democratic Innovations #demoinno #democracy @edinburghpir.bsky.social
Info 👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/lucy-j...
November 12, 2024 at 7:54 AM
👋🏽Just out - November newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network 🗞️ with events, resources, conferences, webinars and publications on participatory & deliberative #democracy #demopart #demoinno 🌐 Available here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
October 30, 2024 at 10:20 AM
📣 "We Are It: Community Power in Our Time" 26 Nov - 6pm panel at #Edinburgh #RadicalBookFair 📚 with @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social and Prof Kate Pickett
Join us in-person or online, tickets here 👉 lighthousebookshop.com/events/we-ar...
Part of the festival organised by @lighthousebks.bsky.social
October 22, 2024 at 12:02 PM
🗞️ Just out: October newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network, including events, publications, training and a research vacancy 📆 #democracy Available here 👉🏽 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
October 7, 2024 at 11:42 AM
📚We just published 'Reviving the commons? A scoping review of urban and digital commoning'. A study supported by Data Civics Observatory @allartmarkets.bsky.social at Edinburgh Futures Institute to explore the potential of the #commons to mend our troubled worlds 👉🏽 efi.ed.ac.uk/reviving-the...
September 17, 2024 at 9:19 AM
📰 🌐 September newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network now available, including news, events, publications, videos, resources, etc on participatory and deliberative #democracy. Available open access here 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
September 2, 2024 at 8:31 AM
🗞️June newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network, including theatre, webinars, new publications and funding #democracy #demopart Available here 👉https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=PPN-CITIZEN-PARTICIPATION-GROUP;9ca6e6e8.2406p
June 12, 2024 at 8:34 AM
📣New #job: Research Fellow in the Political Economy of Public Participation.
Open to applications until 31 May ⏳
Join me and many colleagues at the INSPIRE project across Europe #democracy #research
More information and application 👉 elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
May 14, 2024 at 2:02 PM
🌎Last week's online panel on 'Environmental Education & Civic Engagement' hosted by Alex Kudryavtsev for North American Association for Environmental Education & Cornell University is available to watch 📺 alongside short essays covering key ideas. All available here 👉 eepro.naaee.org/community/bl...
May 9, 2024 at 8:03 AM