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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Apr 30

Civil-society-led climate assemblies keep deliberative democracy sharp. Make demands, not just recommendations. Deliberative democracy isn’t about advising power. I’s about challenging it.

Thanks for this piece @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social et al.

🔗 journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Apr 29

Global South academics are experts on the topics being investigated. How many opportunities for mutual growth have been lost if that expertise was more regularly acknowledged?

An insightful piece outlining steps for a generative North-South collaboration

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Apr 28

How can Global Citizens’ Assemblies be used to bring diverse, randomly selected citizens into deliberation on pressing global challenges?

Join our report launch hosted by @democracywb.bsky.social

Webinar on Global Citizens’ Assemblies: new study and discussion

Democracy International and Democracy Without Borders present at this event a new joint policy brief on “Global Citizens’ Assemblies: Pathways for the UN – Principles, Design, and Implementation.”…

www.democracywithoutborders.org

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Apr 25

Who gets to do research where matters. Post-colonial knowledge creation challenges persistent hierarchies. It's time the Global North listened and learned. The Global South isn't just catching up, it's leading. Knowledge should flow in all directions.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Apr 22

Postcard from #Birmingham 📬

The Global Citizens’ Assembly Network showed up strong at #PSA25 last week, featuring papers on global deliberation, Southern voices & more.

Big thanks to everyone who challenged, celebrated, and helped us think through what’s next.

@glocan.bsky.social

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Mel Ross @melross.bsky.social · Apr 23

Do I have more pics? Naturally

feat @hansasenbaum.bsky.social @dimitricourant.bsky.social @clmalkin.bsky.social @lucyjparry.bsky.social @nigriveloso.bsky.social @sbussu.bsky.social @rod-dacombe.bsky.social @rikkidean.bsky.social @nicolecurato.bsky.social @mathiaspoulsen.bsky.social and many others

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Apr 21

Marjan Ehsassi's book on citizens' assemblies uses the concept of effervescence—that emotional charge you get in collective moments.

What kills it? Not false hope that recommendations will be implemented but weak follow-up.

Check out this insightful book: www.routledge.com/Activated-Ci...

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Apr 14

📢 Public service announcement for colleagues attending #PSA25.

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Stephen Holden Bates @stephenholdenbates.bsky.social · Apr 14

Head to Centenary Square for @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference. Registration is behind the big wheel! #psa25

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Mar 13

Last month, I said goodbye to Australia & my intellectual home @deldemucan.bsky.social. More on my next adventure soon, but for now, celebrating my colleagues who shaped my thinking & supported my gin-novations.

bit.ly/4bNGdxc

Thanks, mates. I miss you already!

📸 from my office window

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Mar 11

A toast to the human rights lawyers, witnesses, and activists who ensured the butcher faces justice. We've arrested presidents before—the real challenge is ensuring they never return. The fight isn’t over.

edition.cnn.com/2025/03/10/a...

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Feb 6

JOB ALERT ⚡ Postdoc position in political theory focusing on democratic innovations. Join Manon Westphal and her team in Munich.

Crammers welcome (because the deadline is next week!) 🙂

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Global Citizens' Assembly Network @glocan.bsky.social · Feb 5

Join our founder and Co-Lead @nicolecurato.bsky.social and @lucyjparry.bsky.social as they present key findings on our favourite topic: the governance of citizens' assemblies.

With discussion by Tessa Dunlop, Damien du Preez, and Marjan Horst Ehsassi, moderated by @oliverescobar.bsky.social.

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Feb 4

The European Journal of Political Research is looking for an Editor of Open Science.

We are looking for someone to take the lead in developing a new manuscript submission type for #EJPR, Registered Reports.

@ecpr.bsky.social

Learn more about the role here:

ecpr.eu/ContentPage....

ECPR

We are the European Consortium for Political Research.

ecpr.eu

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 23

I knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry led to a world where powerful men would burn it all down. What I didn’t expect is how incredibly cringe it would all be, that the people in power would also be such huge losers.

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl

buff.ly

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 22

There are no generally accepted standards to uphold the integrity of deliberative mini-publics. To what extent can challenges in their ethics and governance be monitored and mitigated?

The TLDR version of our article is now available @policy-politics.bsky.social

How should deliberative mini-publics be governed?

by Lucy J. Parry, Nicole Curato and John S. Dryzek Proponents of deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) highlight their ability to break political deadlock, provide informed citizen input into policymaki…

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 21

It is precisely the Global Majority’s aversion to techno-legal fixes that gives rise to the creativity of its civil society. The world should take note.

https://buff.ly/3E0Dunu

@joncong.bsky.social & #GloTechLab advance a Global Majority-driven agenda on disinformation.

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 20

Sent you a DM 🔓

Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 20

Epistemic injustice is also evident in the way the Global South is sometimes exoticized by deliberative democracy research. How can we decolonize deliberative democracy?

Read the latest from @MendoncaRF x @Hans_Asenbaum

https://buff.ly/4jdhK81

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 20

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.

Feat Tessa Dunlop, DamienJ Dupreez & Marjan H. Ehsassi. Moderated by
@oliverescobar.bsky.social

https://buff.ly/4g3jeir

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 19

'My Heart is Filled to the Brim with Sparkling Light.'

Visitors get 30 seconds to marvel at Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room at the National Gallery of Victoria. Worth the hype. Feel the awe and the dread.

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 18

When sharks are spotted at the beach, seek refuge in a local distillery. Stay safe, stay spirited. Summer greetings from Australia 🦈🍸

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REGROUP @regroup-horizon.bsky.social · Jan 17

In our "Meeting with" 📹 series, @nicolecurato.bsky.social explains how deliberative democracy can depolarise views if properly designed.

Yet, reaching consensus is never the ultimate goal as it can be fruitful to crystalise & reflect on differences.

Full video: regroup-horizon.eu/video-delibe...

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 17

ICYMI: The Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance has an outpost in Melbourne! ☀️

Connect with @PhoebeRQuinn @SaviniEmanuela @madeleinebegan for collaborations on deliberative citizen engagement and co-exploration of Brunswick’s ultra-vibey brunch scene.

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 17

Just as a clandestine ecosystem of death squads is deeply embedded in the underbelly of society, so is a parallel world of resistance—connected, rooted, and quietly defying the brokenness that surrounds them.

Efforts to hold #Duterte accountable continue.

tinyurl.com/2xd5na4t

The Making of Edgar Matobato - PCIJ.org

IT IS A WONDER Edgar Matobato is still alive. A confessed assassin for the Davao Death Squad, he was the first to go public about the killings allegedly ordered by former President Rodrigo Duterte. Si...

tinyurl.com

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Dec 10

🤩 The CfP for the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School is out now 🤩

A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.

Grants available for students with limited institutional support.

www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...

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Global Citizens' Assembly Network @glocan.bsky.social · Dec 9

Our second public newsletter is going out this week.

We collate new publications and op-eds on transnational deliberation, and report on related events and initiatives.

Make sure to register at www.glocan.org !

GloCAN - Global Citizens’ Assembly Network

Global citizens’ assemblies bring together everyday people from around the world to learn, deliberate, and make judgments or recommendations on a topical issue.

www.glocan.org

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Dec 5

Anti-dialogic counterspeech disrupts harmful public discourse not by engaging in deliberation but by frustrating it. It is a respite for those excluded from the public sphere.

Brilliant article @mullymorphy.bsky.social. Must read for all
#delibdem scholars.

doi.org/10.1080/0034...

Shaming, Condemning, and Calling for Consequences: Contemporary Anti-dialogic Responses to Harmful Speakers in Public Discourse

Many now criticise the purported tendency to condemn, shame, or call for consequences for those we disagree with in public debate, suggesting these actions are the antithesis of democratic particip...

doi.org

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Dec 4

“It has never been ruled before that a crime of colonisation was a crime against humanity.”

on.ft.com/4glJNQt

Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo

Ruling overturns previous judgment and sets precedent for victims of colonial rule

on.ft.com

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Dec 2

'This is just the kind of research that needs to be done.'

Prof Jane Mansbridge on @nigriveloso.bsky.social's dissertation on the Global Assembly on the Climate and Ecological Crisis.

Catch the replay of his 'report back' session via #GloCAN's YT channel.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBai...

Stories of transformation and vulnerabilities: lessons from the world’s first Global Assembly

YouTube video by GloCAN

www.youtube.com

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