Hans Asenbaum

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...

⚡ ⚡ 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

Thank you, Axel! And congrats everyone!!

Screenshot of tweet from the ARC saying they’ll announce DECRA and LIEF outcomes on Tuesday 25th Nov.

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).

🆕 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 🇳🇴

🚨 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...

🔗 "The Deliberative Democratic Turn In Human Rights", by Ron Levy and Kate Ogg: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🔗 "Mini-Public Adjudication of Human Rights Disputes: An Empirical Evaluation", by Henry Palmerlee, Ron Levy and Kate Ogg: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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

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...

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...

🤖 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...

🚀 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.

🎉 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!

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...

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...

YouTube video by Delib Dem Transforming Public Input into Policy Impact

▶️ 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...

🔎 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...

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...

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...

📣 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...

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...

🚨 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...

📢 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...

📣 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

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

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

🔎 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...

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...

📸 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/...

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...

▶️ 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