Arild Ohren

Congratulations! Looking forward to reading it :)

New book share. UCL Press published our Sciences of the Democracies last week in open access PDF.

Link: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...

A core implication of the book is that it seeks to revive basic descriptive research to lay the groundwork for stronger and more inclusive theories of democracy.

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Democratic innovation for change: A participatory corrective to deliberative hegemony - Oliver Escobar, Adrian Bua, 2025 The world faces social, political, economic, and ecological crises, and there is doubt that democratic governance can cope. Democracies rely on a narrow set of ...

🤔 What's the point of democratic innovation? Can it address crurrent crises and build democracies for the future?
💡In this new article @adrianbua.bsky.social and I argue that the field needs to strengthen its change-making orientation and capacity. Open access 👉🏼 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Ah sad that I missed this one! Is there a recording available?

First physical meeting of the Citizens’ Assembly for Norway’s Future (www.framtidspanelet.no). Here observing as part of the advisory board.

66 citizens gathered to discuss the small topic of how Norway can use its wealth to benefit the world, ourselves, and future generations.

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.

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