Ian O'Flynn
@delibnet.bsky.social
Promoting work on deliberative democracy
Well worth watching.
Russian influence in UK elections should be something that all deliberative democrats worry about. The point is to undermine the informed citizen.
Russian influence in UK elections should be something that all deliberative democrats worry about. The point is to undermine the informed citizen.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Well worth watching.
Russian influence in UK elections should be something that all deliberative democrats worry about. The point is to undermine the informed citizen.
Russian influence in UK elections should be something that all deliberative democrats worry about. The point is to undermine the informed citizen.
Reposted by Ian O'Flynn
IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
JoP early view: Beausoleil et al. on "Solidarity and Deliberation After Extremist Attacks: Exploring a Complex Interplay." www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Solidarity and Deliberation After Extremist Attacks: Exploring a Complex Interplay | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
JoP early view: Beausoleil et al. on "Solidarity and Deliberation After Extremist Attacks: Exploring a Complex Interplay." www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by Ian O'Flynn
On 17 November, @internationalidea.bsky.social, @deliberabrasil.bsky.social & @afd-france.bsky.social launched the case study report “Amazonian Climate Deliberation: Insights from Three Citizen Assemblies on Climate Finance Held Ahead of COP30”, at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
On 17 November, @internationalidea.bsky.social, @deliberabrasil.bsky.social & @afd-france.bsky.social launched the case study report “Amazonian Climate Deliberation: Insights from Three Citizen Assemblies on Climate Finance Held Ahead of COP30”, at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Interesting -- exploring the links between deliberation and democratic resilience. Great topic.
www.idea.int/news/interna...
www.idea.int/news/interna...
International IDEA champions dialogue and resilience at IPU-UNDP Conference
www.idea.int
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Interesting -- exploring the links between deliberation and democratic resilience. Great topic.
www.idea.int/news/interna...
www.idea.int/news/interna...
"Insubordinate"? In Saudi, it might well be. But in a representative democracy? He really is an abomination.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"Insubordinate"? In Saudi, it might well be. But in a representative democracy? He really is an abomination.
PS: Political Science & Politics early view: Gherghina on "Political Parties and Democratic Deliberation: An Introduction" (Symposium). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Political Parties and Democratic Deliberation: An Introduction | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Political Parties and Democratic Deliberation: An Introduction
www.cambridge.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
PS: Political Science & Politics early view: Gherghina on "Political Parties and Democratic Deliberation: An Introduction" (Symposium). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A must-read for anyone interested in deliberative democracy and climate change.
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A must-read for anyone interested in deliberative democracy and climate change.
A provocative (catchy? misleading?) title, but looks a really interesting paper: wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/19...
Deliberative democracy without deliberation - WRAP: Warwick Research Archive Portal
wrap.warwick.ac.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A provocative (catchy? misleading?) title, but looks a really interesting paper: wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/19...
Australian Journal of Political Science early view: Genon and Curato on "Get ready with me: the peacebuilding publics of TikTok." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Get ready with me: the peacebuilding publics of TikTok
This paper explores the emergence of ‘peacebuilding publics' by examining how peacebuilding is enacted through intimate, creative, and connective practices on TikTok. It asks: how are peacebuilding...
www.tandfonline.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Australian Journal of Political Science early view: Genon and Curato on "Get ready with me: the peacebuilding publics of TikTok." www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by Ian O'Flynn
The worst news service except for all the others.
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The worst news service except for all the others.
CJPS/RCSP early view: Afsahi on "Deliberative Campaigns." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Deliberative Campaigns | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core
Deliberative Campaigns
www.cambridge.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
CJPS/RCSP early view: Afsahi on "Deliberative Campaigns." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
They should have done so ages ago.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
They should have done so ages ago.
Reposted by Ian O'Flynn
Which can of deliberative Minipublics are preferred by political representatives? My colleagues show that they care more about of sits on the table than about being or not binding www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@rodrigoramis.bsky.social
@rodrigoramis.bsky.social
Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design
www.cambridge.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Which can of deliberative Minipublics are preferred by political representatives? My colleagues show that they care more about of sits on the table than about being or not binding www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@rodrigoramis.bsky.social
@rodrigoramis.bsky.social
This looks great: www.delibdem.org/new-projects...
Democracy Reimagined: Advancing Democratic Resilience and Renewal
Centre for Deliberative Democracy
www.delibdem.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This looks great: www.delibdem.org/new-projects...
You can't have a sensible, mature democracy without an independent press. And you certainly can't have a mature deliberative democracy.
I don't think I've ever seen a paper on deliberative democracy and press freedom. Mind you, that's hardly surprising.
I don't think I've ever seen a paper on deliberative democracy and press freedom. Mind you, that's hardly surprising.
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
You can't have a sensible, mature democracy without an independent press. And you certainly can't have a mature deliberative democracy.
I don't think I've ever seen a paper on deliberative democracy and press freedom. Mind you, that's hardly surprising.
I don't think I've ever seen a paper on deliberative democracy and press freedom. Mind you, that's hardly surprising.
This isn't a case of whataboutery -- there's little real equivalence here. But what is at stake in the core deliberative concept of an informed citizenry -- with all that that entails for democratic legitimacy.
As Alan Rusbridger points out, the cabal of "news" organisations attacking the BBC have far greater shortcomings and are already delighted to skew our information environment:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This isn't a case of whataboutery -- there's little real equivalence here. But what is at stake in the core deliberative concept of an informed citizenry -- with all that that entails for democratic legitimacy.
An absolutely massive moment for Britain's deliberative democracy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Katie Razzall: A seismic moment that shows rift at top of BBC
There may be more to this than meets the eye, says the BBC's culture and media editor.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
An absolutely massive moment for Britain's deliberative democracy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Latest BJPolS: Kramon on "Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Latest BJPolS: Kramon on "Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PolCom early view: Forestal on "How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory
Despite agreement that political communication research should move beyond single-platform studies, there is no existing consensus on precisely how to do so. What does it mean to study social media...
www.tandfonline.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
PolCom early view: Forestal on "How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New Routledge edited book: Public Deliberation in the Digital Age: Platforms, Participation and Legitimacy, ed. Emilien Paulis, Raphaël Kies and Alina Östling www.routledge.com/Public-Delib...
Public Deliberation in the Digital Age: Platforms, Participation, and Legitimacy
This book provides a comprehensive examination of how digital platforms shape deliberative processes and democratic engagement, combining theoretical insights with empirical evidence.
It draws on typo...
www.routledge.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New Routledge edited book: Public Deliberation in the Digital Age: Platforms, Participation and Legitimacy, ed. Emilien Paulis, Raphaël Kies and Alina Östling www.routledge.com/Public-Delib...
Reposted by Ian O'Flynn
Looking for postdoc funding? Markus Häggrot has put together this very useful database of opportunities: pt-postdoc-funding.com
It is aimed at political theorists, but lots of the schemes are open to other disciplines, so helpful for others too. #polisky
It is aimed at political theorists, but lots of the schemes are open to other disciplines, so helpful for others too. #polisky
Political Theory Postdoc Funding: Grants & Fellowships for Early Career Researchers
Grant and fellowship schemes for early-career researchers in political theory. Browse a comprehensive database of international funding sources for your postdoc in political philosophy. Grant applicat...
pt-postdoc-funding.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Looking for postdoc funding? Markus Häggrot has put together this very useful database of opportunities: pt-postdoc-funding.com
It is aimed at political theorists, but lots of the schemes are open to other disciplines, so helpful for others too. #polisky
It is aimed at political theorists, but lots of the schemes are open to other disciplines, so helpful for others too. #polisky
A nice piece. Wether AV works well when there are only three candidates and one really has no chance is debatable. AV can also produce results that are highly disproportionate. But it's great to see some work on deliberation and electoral systems.
theconversation.com/how-zohran-m...
theconversation.com/how-zohran-m...
How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ spurred him to victory in the New York mayoral election
Zohran Mamdani has become New York City’s first Muslim mayor, after securing more than 50% of the vote.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A nice piece. Wether AV works well when there are only three candidates and one really has no chance is debatable. AV can also produce results that are highly disproportionate. But it's great to see some work on deliberation and electoral systems.
theconversation.com/how-zohran-m...
theconversation.com/how-zohran-m...
