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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 26/02/2026

#OpenAccess from @epsjournal.bsky.social - The trajectory of democratic innovations in Australia: Between democratic creativity and institutional stubbornness - cup.org/4s0MXih - Adele Webb, @lucyjparry.bsky.social, Selen A Ercan, @hansasenbaum.bsky.social & Justin McCaul #FirstView

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Wissensnetzwerk Rechtsextremismusforschung @wi-rex.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Wie vorgetäuschte (und häufig übersehene) queere Männlichkeit und unechte Subversion eher zum Erhalt patriarchaler Strukturen beitragen, zeigen @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, Renato Duarte Caetano & @mendoncarf.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Katja Reuter @katja-reuter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Gemeinsam mit @lena-ulbricht.bsky.social, Manon Westphal und Caner Doğan planen wir ein Panel mit dem Titel "Reclaiming the Digital Sphere". Es geht um Gegenöffentlichkeit(en), Wissensproduktion und Demokratische Innovationen im digitalen Raum. Mehr Infos: www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/do...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

⚡ ⚡ Big congratulations to our colleague @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, who has been awarded a DECRA for his project, Smart Democracy: Fostering Democratic Agency in the Age of AI ⚡ ⚡ You can view the project here: buff.ly/uBqXfM1

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

ARC says they’ll announce DECRA and LIEF outcomes tomorrow (Tuesday 25th Nov). In recent times these announcements have been around 11am Canberra time. With 2 schemes on the same day, I assume they’ll announce one of them later in the day (probably DECRA first).

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

🆕 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 🇳🇴

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🚨 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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🤖 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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🚀 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.

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🎉 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!

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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...

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

▶️ 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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🔎 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...

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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...

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

📣 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...

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Participedia @participedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🚨 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...

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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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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

📢 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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

📣 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

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Wendy Conway-Lamb @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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

First page of article 'Influencing climate change adaptation in authoritarian states: a deliberative systems analysis in Vietnam' by Wendy Conway-Lamb

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🔎 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...

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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...

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

📸 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 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

▶️ ICYMI: Watch the latest seminar from our Strengthening Democracy: A Research-Practice Exchange series, Expanding the Demos: How Do Nonhumans Have Political Agency? with Lakshmi Venugopal and @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social 📺 Watch the recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=eM9H3LzkpUw&feature=youtu.be

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🔔New Centre Publication (open access) Building on the 2021 Global Assembly on the Climate and Ecological Crisis, John Dryzek and co-authors explore how citizen deliberation can play a bigger, even institutionalised, role in global climate governance. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We are delighted to celebrate two of our PhD students who recently earned their Doctor titles and will graduate at the upcoming University of Canberra graduation ceremony. 👩‍🎓Dr Friedel Marquardt and 👨‍🎓Dr Mohammad Abdul-Hwas Read more about their PhDs on our LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/centre...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Check out this open access resource by MosaicLab Co: "Facilitating Deliberation: A Practical Guide" It offers insights to design and facilitate constructive conversations with step-by-step approaches, useful tips, and lessons from the field. Download a copy here: www.mosaiclab.com.au/the-big-book

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Yesterday was international #democracyday! Democracy grows when people come together to talk, listen, exchange ideas, test arguments, & imagine new futures. We thank our community of students, staff, associates & partners for their key work in keeping the democratic conversation alive, every day.

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Newest JDD article available now! ⬇️ Young Jee Kim analysed transcripts of online deliberations to examine whether #socialstatus translates into #deliberativeadvantage regarding how individuals deliberate and how opinions form. 💬 👉🏽 delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Upcoming Event in Victoria: The Big Deliberative Debrief | 27 August Dr Emanuela Savini will represent the Centre at this event where the effectiveness of deliberative engagement as required by the Victorian Local Government Act 2020 is considered. Register: events.humanitix.com/the-big-deli...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🛎️ New Centre Publication (open access) 🛎️ Congratulations to our Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Hali Aprimadya, on his new publication! His work offers a fresh perspective on policy implementation, grounded in the rich tradition of interpretive research. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

🔔 New Centre Publication (open access) Latest publication by our PhD student @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social and co-authors, including Centre associates Pierrick Chalaye & Emerson M. Sanchez in the new book by @oliverescobar.bsky.social & Stephen Elstub 🙌 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This week our PhD student Dakila Yee gave his confirmation seminar titled “Tipping Green? Discourses of Low-Carbon Transitions in the Philippines under a Populist Regime”, which examines how environmental governance and climate policies form under populist leadership in the Philippines.

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Last week, two @participedia.bsky.social Schools were held in China and Japan, with @hansasenbaum.bsky.social representing the Centre. Hans explored how digital tools and AI can make democracy more deliberative and engaging. 👏 Congratulations to Participedia for this innovative teaching journey!

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Newest Digest out now! 🚨 Melisa Ross, Kalypso Nicolaidis & Camille Dobler reflect on three #innovations introduced in the Democratic Odyssey’s process design: 1️⃣ iterative composition 2️⃣ open consultation on the remit 3️⃣ centring lived experience 🔗 www.publicdeliberation.net/the-democrat...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Upcoming seminar in our Strengthening Democracy seminar series! 📢 Transforming Public Input into Policy Impact 📅 Tuesday 2 September, 12pm-1pm 📍 Hybrid: Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra & Zoom 🔗 Register via events.humanitix.com/challenge-ac...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

🔔 New open access article in Political Studies from Selen Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick and @andreafelicetti.bsky.social! The paper examines two forms of democratic resilience in the public sphere and the role of political leaders in each. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🔔 New Centre Publication [open access] In Political Studies Review, a new article by Dr Jordan McSwiney from our Building Democratic Resilience research cluster and ARC project, the paper focuses on Australia's response to the 2002 Bali Bombings. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

citizen deliberation🤝climate research decision-making DISPATCH from 🇳🇱 Remco Van der Stoep & co share insights from the project Climate Research in Dialogue, which aimed to bring Dutch residents into the conversation about #climateresearch priorities www.publicdeliberation.net/democratisin...

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Participedia @participedia.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

🌎☀️ Vamos lá! Acompanhe de 27 a 31 de julho para saber tudo sobre a programação da escola! Obrigado a todos que tornaram isso possível!

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