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ALT In this Newsletter: New Open Access Book - Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World KNOCA Learning Call: The Norwegian Future Panel New Open Access Book: The Sciences of the Democracies People Powered: AI for Digital Democracy – A Global Conversation Democratic Innovation for Change: A Participatory Corrective to Deliberative Hegemony Latest Issue of the Concept Journal Job Opportunity: Research Fellow on Community Wealth Building Job Opportunity: Research Associate in the Evaluation of Community Wealth Building Job Opportunity: Director for the Study of Democracy at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center
ALT In this Newsletter: Summer Webinar Series from Social Enterprise Scotland Power to the People: A Voice for All of Us CDF Symposium: Reimagining Democratic Politics Online Event: Power to the People – Shaping a People’s Charter Community Development Alliance Scotland Annual National Conference 2025 Report on Harnessing Innovation in Online Deliberation Practical Guidelines: Evaluating Citizen Engagement in Policymaking New Paper: Five Dimensions of Scaling Democratic Deliberation – With and Beyond AI Research Fund: Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) Commissioning Fund
ALT We are undergoing an unprecedented global democratic recession, but also a period of democratic innovation. What is at the heart of this apparent contradiction? Can democracy evolve to improve the prospect of desirable futures for people and planet? The world faces social, political, economic and ecological crises, and there is doubt that traditional forms of democratic governance can cope or even survive. In this context, what can the field of democratic innovation offer to the task of sociopolitical reimagining and change? The field is advancing globally, based on the premise that the challenges of our time require mobilising the collective intelligence and capabilities of citizens and communities. In this inaugural lecture, Oliver Escobar will offer a critical but optimistic take on democratic innovation. He will argue that the next decade will be crucial for the future of democracy and for the democracy of the future. And that we all have a role to play.
ALT Engaging with Policy and Practice - 'Engaging Academic Diplomacy to Advance the Concept of the Pacific as an Ocean of Peace.' featuring Professor Sue Farran and five other individuals dressed in matching blue shirts,
ALT "Engaging with Policy & Practice - Innovating Democracy in Scotland," featuring Professor Stephen Elstub
ALT 'Engaging with Policy & Practice.' Developing of the Beaver Population Simulation App. Features screenshots of the app interface and a map, with text crediting Zelda van der Waal, Mark Shirley, and Aileen Mill.
ALT Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world? We are delighted to invite you to the celebration of Oliver Escobar's professorship at his inaugural lecture this spring. Wednesday 2nd of April 2025 5.15pm-6.30pm: Lecture in Lecture Theatre G.05 in 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LH. Followed by a reception in the Chrystal Macmillan Building foyer (15a George Square) until 7.30pm.
ALT Aerial view of Newcastle University, featuring classic redbrick buildings and lush greenery. Overlay text highlights the university's ranking in the top 100 for various subjects including Anatomy and Physiology, Archaeology, and more, according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.
ALT Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world? We are delighted to invite you to the celebration of Oliver Escobar's professorship at his inaugural lecture this spring. Wednesday 2nd of April 2025 5.15pm-6.30pm: Lecture in Lecture Theatre G.05 in 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LH. Followed by a reception in the Chrystal Macmillan Building foyer (15a George Square) until 7.30pm.
