PD Dr Dannica Fleuss

7 hour block seminars about #socialist, #deliberative, #particicipatory alternatives to #liberal #democracy with tough & determined students @uniheidelberg.bsky.social require some preparation. Last but not least: #coffee & #cigaretttes 😉

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Q methodology and environmental social science: adapting Q for complexity and inclusion in environmental justice research This paper details an application of Q methodology for a global environmental justice project, a novel use in terms of the scale and complexity of our research agenda. We provide a rationale for ou...

For my #Qmethod friends - new article by @dschlosberg.bsky.social and colleagues on methodological adaptations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Prof Debbie Ging

DCU's Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social said that masculinity influencers “target men and boys by manipulating anxieties about their physical appearance, about financial insecurity and about loneliness or mental health issues”.
Read in @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4dnNJjb

Marriage equality 10 years on: A boy sees us hold hands and says ‘I f***ing hate gay people’ I miss the optimism and unforgettable beauty of that time, whatever ugliness came before or after

It’s so sad to read that @unamullally.bsky.social & her wife still face bigotry in Ireland. It’s awful that our long alphabet of progress (abortion, contraception, divorce, gay marriage) has ground to a hault. This govt seriously lacks ambition in this space.

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

For local democracy.
Try it making yourselves for more trust?

🔧 Prototype for local online polling:
Anonymous, checkable, open-source.
Vote by code, change it once, verify it’s counted.
Free to copy/use under #CC0
Details here:
#DelibWave #OpenDemocracyTools

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Smaller colleges ‘more at risk’ as Trump’s investigations expand Increase in antisemitism probes targeting smaller colleges leaves institutions lacking the heft of Harvard exposed

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/smaller...

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Well, #ElonMusk… as much as I aspire to be empathetic and “see the other side”: really cannot say that I’m feeling sorry for you—interesting take in
@newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Always good to know where the priorities are while the planet 🌎 is (oftentimes literally) on fire 🔥 😢
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thomas Friedman has a fever, and the only cure is more billionaires

Best advice I ever received (even made it into the Acknowledgment section of one of my monographs): “Honestly, Dannica, relax. Some things in life are really not about political theory. They are just about football” 😂😂

Democracy, Paris-style… How assemblies are changing laws 5 min read: In a new essay, Claudia Chwalisz unpacks the permanent Paris Citizens’ Assembly’s unique approach to transforming recommendations into law

Last year, the Paris City Council passed an important democratic milestone by adopting the first bill drafted by its permanent #CitizensAssembly.

In a new essay, @cchwalisz.bsky.social lays out the pioneering collaborative approach that brings citizens, politicians, and administrators together.

Psyched to be invited to #APSA2025 —looking forward to speak at the roundtable about our (by then!) freshly published new book - THE SCIENCES OF THE DEMOCRACIES
✊🏽Let’s re-imagine democracy!!(uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...) with J-P Gagnon, B Abrams et al @apsa.bsky.social @hansasenbaum.bsky.social

British meanings of “I'm fine”

1. I am actually fine, don’t worry
2. I’ll be fine in a minute, but please go away because you’re not helping
3. I've never been so cross
4. I think I’ve just broken my leg
5. My whole life has collapsed

Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda Organizers call for 11 million people to march and rally in this weekend’s effort to ‘protect democracy’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#50501
#democracy #normalcontestation
@scripts-berlin.eu

Alternatives: Sage Journals

The SI is devoted to a critical assessment of existing (Eco-) #Environmental #Peacebuilding Models & developing #alternatives. Proud to feature contributions from all over the 🌎 —from #Africa to #Australia, #Europe, #America,… Cheers to the editors of “Alternatives”🙏🏽 journals.sagepub.com/home/ALT

(PDF) Rethinking Peacebuilding Strategies with Deliberative Ideals to be published in Alternatives, special issue, in print PDF | Many peacebuilding approaches strongly focus on vertical or “top-down” processes instigated by states and international actors. At the same time,... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

How can #grassroots movements & #deliberation contribute to interstate #peacebuilding?
Have a look at the preprint of our article (w/ J. Todd), w/illustrative cases from #Ireland & #Somaliland ➡️ tinyurl.com/h682sj9b
Our SI in #Alternatives (coedited w/ F. Onditi & A. Bah forthcoming soon!)

More riders of the deliberative wave

Thnx 🙏🏽—Yeah, I’m back on social after needing a break from Twitter/X and deciding to boycott #ElonMusk 😂

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(PDF) Rethinking Peacebuilding Strategies with Deliberative Ideals to be published in Alternatives, special issue, in print PDF | Many peacebuilding approaches strongly focus on vertical or “top-down” processes instigated by states and international actors. At the same time,... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

How can #grassroots movements & #deliberation contribute to interstate #peacebuilding?
Have a look at the preprint of our article (w/ J. Todd), w/illustrative cases from #Ireland & #Somaliland ➡️ tinyurl.com/h682sj9b
Our SI in #Alternatives (coedited w/ F. Onditi & A. Bah forthcoming soon!)

Utterly disturbing! 🤯 Spelling errors aside: IF you’re #privileged enough to “disappear” for 1 month—let’s think: #ladies (& #gentlemen), the world is literally on fire (genocides, wars, famine, racism, sexism,...)
AND: WHO wants #women to #DISAPPEAR at all & WHY?
All of this for “face yoga”? 🥴✊🏽

AOC: Donald Trump is a criminal. He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud, found liable for sexual abuse. If he wants to find the rapists and criminals in this country, he should look in the mirror

📢Registrations are open for our upcoming Masterclass: Deliberative Democracy in Action on 14-16 May!

🎙Speakers have recently been announced, including some of our very own along with Janette Hartz-Karp and Nicole Hunter.

📅To find out more and register, head to www.delibdem.org/new-projects...

Grateful to @spsr.bsky.social for publishing latest article:

Fleuß & Deppe: “Transmissions, Decisions, Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)”

Now online: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@dannicafleuss.bsky.social

🚨New Publication!🚨
Thrilled to share our latest article co-authored with @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
"Transmissions, Decisions, #Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)"
@spsr.bsky.social 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

#PSA25 is our 75th International Annual Conference. It has been generously supported by @sagepub.com @unibirmingham @AstonUniversity and @bjpols.bsky.social buff.ly/yqzLliD

Cheers André Baechtiger, @johndryzek.bsky.social, @sbussu.bsky.social, Lala Muradova, Jane Suiter, @oliverescobar.bsky.social, workshop participants at @ecpr.bsky.social JS, @psapdd.bsky.social & @deldemucan.bsky.social for feedback & support with what over time became our “toddler paper” 😉🙏🏽