Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance

🔔 New Book Alert 🔔

"The Sciences of the Democracies" by our colleague Jean-Paul Gagnon and over 30 contributors challenges us to rethink how we understand and study democracy.

Congratulations to all the authors!

Open access download here: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...

📢 SEMINAR TODAY!

Join us tonight (6-7pm AEST) to discuss what happens when we consider entire ecosystems in governance and facilitation.

✨ With Lakshmi Venugopal & @shrishteebajpai.bsky.social, moderated by @lucyjparry.bsky.social

🔗 Register for Zoom link: events.humanitix.com/expanding-th...

What patterns of #democraticinnovations can be observed among #digitaldemocracy innovations in #LatinAmerica during COVID-19 ?

🚩ICYMI: Valesca Lima takes us through 🇧🇷🇦🇷🇪🇨
➡️ citizen engagement
➡️ democratic resilience
➡️ e-participation

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While the conference registration and participation is free, there is no funding for travel and accommodation.

One week left to submit your abstracts to the "Democracy Reimagined: Advancing Democratic Resilience and Renewal" international conference happening in November!

More details here www.delibdem.org/new-projects... and below 👇

Citizens, States and Societies is back for Semester 2!

Convened by @hansasenbaum.bsky.social and supported by our Centre's teaching team and tutor @rajkaithwar.bsky.social, the research-driven unit provides an introduction to political sociology, delving into key debates of our time.

Join us for our next seminar "Expanding the Demos: How Do Nonhumans Have Political Agency?" where we'll explore what it means to include animals, plants, rivers, and other nonhuman entities in democratic life.

Moderated by‪ lucyjparry.bsky.social

Register here: events.humanitix.com/expanding-th...

Explore our Faculty’s new Impact Booklet 👇

researchsystem.canberra.edu.au/ws/portalfil...

It showcases stories of how our research informs and shapes real-world practice, including three powerful impact stories from our Centre.

🙌 Shout out to thoughtful editors Selen Ercan and Inga Stebbing!

We are proud to support the @Participedia.bsky.social School on Digital Democracy: Exploring New Forms of Democratic Representation, Participation, and Governance, where @hansasenbaum.bsky.social will bring his expertise on democracy in the digital era.

More info: participedia.net/participedia...

While political ideology influenced the adoption of #ParticipatoryBudgeting in Europe, this new study shows no clear ideological pattern in the early adoption of #deliberative #minipublics 👇

🔖 LATEST from the Digest: publicdeliberation.net/does-party-i...

Available in:
➡️ Spanish
➡️ English

Already feels like so long ago...hopefully it won't be another 8 years before I'm back!

More snaps and a news article from our Deliberative Democracy Summer School!

It was co-hosted this year with the University of Zurich and where our Distinguished Professor John Dryzek was one of the keynote speakers:

Read the article here: www.global.uzh.ch/en/global_un...

📸 Moritz Keller 🙏

Last week we held a deliberative workshop at the Museum of Australian Democracy exploring how young people from multicultural backgrounds experience belonging in Australian society and democracy.

Thank you to all the participants for their heartfelt and generous engagement throughout the day.

Mid-year appreciation post ❤️‍🔥

We're grateful to our amazing authors, brilliant editors, generous supporters, & supportive intellectual homes. 🙌

Without them, the JDD & Digest's commitment to fee-free, open access, high quality, & global publishing would not be possible.

📣 Call for Papers- International Conference 📣 We’re excited to announce our upcoming conference: "Democracy Reimagined: Advancing Democratic Resilience and Renewal"

🗓 17–18 November 2025
📍 University of Canberra, Australia
📥 Abstracts due by 8 August 2025

Details 👇

NEW PAPER ALERT 💫

Using #participatorycriticalrhetoric, Philip Dalton explores how attentive #listening between government officials and Black leaders in Elgin, Illinois, shaped their response to a controversy over a public mural of a lynch mob.

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Here are some photo highlights from the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School, proudly co-hosted this year with the University of Zurich!

Along with deep discussions, the time included a formalisation of our Centre's/University of Canberra research partnership with the University of Zurich.

I’m not sure what this gesture is - not the Hegel or the Foucault, maybe the inverted commas around the human? 🤓

Very thought provoking conversations from one source of our thinking.

It was a pleasure to host @anthonyburke.bsky.social from UNSW Canberra for a book talk of his latest book, The Ecology Politic (MIT Press), co-authored with @flusterbird.bsky.social, presenting bold reimagining of political life on a damaged planet.

Open access here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

#studentspotlight: Our PhD student Olivia Mendoza is presenting her work on the role of #emotions in democratic deliberation in a number of local and international events.
She will be at conferences in Melbourne, Zurich and Southampton.

For more about Olive's work: www.delibdem.org/our-research...

Great to see the Porirua Assemby on Climate - Te Tititi based, community led, inclusive of young people - being discussed in Australia. www.ngatitoa.iwi.nz/poriruaassem...

It’s been fantastic having visitors from around the world at our Centre in recent weeks!

Most recently, we were delighted to welcome Conor Twyford from the University of Canterbury, NZ. Conor’s research explores how young people’s voices can be better heard in climate decision-making.

Taina (left) and Hans (right), taken during Taina's visit to the Centre for Deliberative Democracy in 2024.

Congratulations to Centre Affiliate @meritaina.bsky.social
from @helsinki.fi on receiving the prestigious Academy Research Fellowship from the Research Council of Finland for her project “Synthetic Activism: Politics of Presence in the Age of AI”, on which we are proud to be named as collaborators.

How was the 'deliberative wave' influenced by the ideology of its commissioners?

In our latest article, #GrahamSmith, @eganuza.bsky.social, #ThamyPogrebinschi and I examine the patterns of adoption of deliberative mini-publics in Europe between 1979 and 2021.

Full text available 👇🏻

LATEST RELEASE 🔔

Using 🇰🇷 as a case study, Bokyong Shin from the University of Helsinki highlights the critical role of #mediaframing in introducing and promoting #participatorybudgeting to the public 📰 🗞️

OPEN ACCESS: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

Can, and should, the principles of deliberative democracy be applied to how global citizens’ assemblies are organised?

This week, @rikkidean.bsky.social, @melross.bsky.social and Flynn Devine tackle questions of values and practice in Research x Practice Exchange #2

➡️ glocan.org/wp-content/u...

We're excited that it is now less than a month until our symposium 'Reimagining Democratic Politics in the Contemporary'.

With a keynote from Ariana Markowitz, ‘Now you see it: Using art to practise democracy amid violence’.

You can still register for free at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cdf-sympos...

Last week we were delighted to welcome our long-time collaborator and dear friend @lucyjparry.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social ‪& @participedia.bsky.social project to our Centre & University of Canberra for a series of seminars and meetings!

Many thanks to Lucy for the inspiring time!

Our Digest editor & JDD co-editor Lucy Parry is in the house! 🎉

Captured here working hard on submissions, w/ editor @hansasenbaum.bsky.social & ed. assistant @olivemendoza.bsky.social at the @deldemucan.bsky.social 🇦🇺

We missed you @franziskamaier.bsky.social, Hannah Werner, @sbussu.bsky.social!

We had the pleasure of hosting the @auspsa.bsky.social @popgroupaus.bsky.social Workshop, where scholars from around Australia discussed timely topics.
Thank you to organisers, Dr Jordan McSwiney and @friedelm1.bsky.social, and to Faculty of BGL Dean, Prof Uwe Dulleck, for his warm opening remarks.