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Joanna Massie

@joannacm.bsky.social

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PhD Candidate, deliberative mini publics and public opinion @ McMaster University, Canada. London expat. She/Her. Current: Vox Pop Labs | Former: MASS LBP, The RSA

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Dec 19

Delighted to announce a new (open access) paper the wonderful @meganmattes.bsky.social and me - Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada #polsky #demoinno

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Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core

Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada

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Alan Renwick @alanrenwick.bsky.social · May 21

Do you know any PhD students who would like to help teach British Politics at UCL for a term next year?

If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Apr 1

Australian friends! We're pleased to announce that the 2025 Vote Compass is now live: votecompass.abc.net.au

Explore how your views compare to parties and candidates, and what the parties/candidates are saying on the issues.

🗳️🦘🇦🇺

From @voxpoplabs.bsky.social

Vote Compass Australia 2025 - Australia Votes - ABC News

See how your views align with Australian parties using Vote Compass. Use the Vote Compass website and make an informed choice in the 2025 Federal Election.

www.abc.net.au

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Anwar Sheluchin @sheluchin.bsky.social · Mar 25

Vox Pop Labs (@voxpoplabs.bsky.social) has launched the 2025 Canadian Federal Election Vote Compass! 🗳️🇨🇦

Vote Compass is an interactive tool designed to help you see how your views align with those of the major parties.

If you’re curious about where you stand, give it a try!

votecompass.cbc.ca

Vote Compass - 2025 Canadian Federal Election

Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.

votecompass.cbc.ca

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Mar 21

For the most recent Ontario election, we organized an advance polling location on @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social's campus, staffed entirely by students.

Read the summary here:
dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/you...

#Cdnpoli

'Young people care about democracy'

During advanced voting for the 2025 provincial election, McMaster’s first student-run polling station got out the youth vote.

dailynews.mcmaster.ca

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Erik Severson @eseverso33.bsky.social · Mar 19

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is really scary. Legitimacy requires criticism.

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

www.theguardian.com

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Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social · Mar 7

Why use #deliberative processes? What are some challenges in organising mini-publics? How can we incorporate more voices from the Majority World? 🤔

ICYMI: @joannacm.bsky.social reviewed 6️⃣ handbooks on deliberative processes

🔓https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1603/

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · Mar 1

How the Toronto Region Board of Trade got lost in traffic. My Toronto Star column on their terrible congestion task force report & how they’ve lost their way of late. $billions on a 401 tunnel? Where’s the rational business people now?

www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

Shawn Micallef: How the Toronto Region Board of Trade got lost in traffic

The only thing that will make getting around Toronto better is fewer cars and more people taking public transit, cycling or walking. There is no other way.

www.thestar.com

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Feb 27

Tom Toro's excellent cartoon, as relevant now as it was when it was first published.

Cartoon of people around a campfire. The text says "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."

Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Feb 27

This story just sums up the state of the world in 2025.

BP announced it's cutting renewable energy investmnets, instead focusing on increasing oil and gas production - because some investors are unhappy its profits and share price are lower than rivals.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas - BBC News

The energy giant has announced its strategy after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.

www.bbc.com

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · Feb 25

EPSR early view: Kübler and Rochat on "Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions

www.cambridge.org

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Feb 23

This whole article is bleak, but the figure is especially shocking. Excellent stuff from @thelocal.to

thelocal.to/ontario-post...

#onpoli

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Feb 19

Exciting post delivery! Looking forward to getting stuck into the articles, inc from @pspada.bsky.social @alexmgeisler.bsky.social and others.

Thank you @imprintacademic.bsky.social // find out more at imprint.co.uk/product/jos

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Feb 13

One thing I love about @criterion.bsky.social: you can watch the full credits. There’s no “if you liked that, you may also like…” immediate pop-up ad as soon as the credits hit.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · Feb 12

NEW POST: Anti-DEI activists believe a 'neutral,' merit-based status quo was disrupted by 'wokeness'. It never existed.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/anti-dei-a...

Anti-DEI activists believe a 'neutral,' merit-based status quo was disrupted by 'wokeness'. It never existed.

Donald Trump’s authoritarian regime did not take long to impose 1984-style thought policing and overt censorship on scientists and government agencies, forcing the removal of what amounts to thousands...

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Jan 28

Great article from @sheluchin.bsky.social on meme coins, campaign financing, and potential impact on 🇨🇦

"While these coins may seem like a joke or a new way to engage with politics, the absence of proper regulations could leave political supporters vulnerable to exploitation for financial gain."

$Trump and $Melania crypto tokens illustrate the risks posed by trendy meme coins

Donald Trump’s launch of his meme coin — coupled with low public understanding of crypto assets — could lead to financial losses from risky and speculative investments.

theconversation.com

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Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · Jan 28

Just a few days left to apply for this. Deadline is Friday 31 January...

Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · Dec 20

If all you want for Christmas is a new job, then I have just the thing.

Come work with me on the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact project. Join a great dept at Southampton, and an international team researching the European wave of climate assemblies.

jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow, Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i)

We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i) project, an international collaboration to examine the variety...

jobs.soton.ac.uk

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Jan 23

Paper is open access. Authors @fabioellger.bsky.social @hannohilbig.bsky.social @riazsascha.bsky.social and Philipp Tillmann.

Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Jan 23

💡 Great article in @bjpols.bsky.social on local newspapers & political polarization:

... "we demonstrate that local newspaper exits increase electoral polarization. [...] following local news exits, consumers substitute local news with national tabloid news."

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Local Newspaper Decline and Political Polarization – Evidence from a Multi-Party Setting | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Local Newspaper Decline and Political Polarization – Evidence from a Multi-Party Setting - Volume 54 Issue 4

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Participedia @participedia.bsky.social · Jan 22

✨ ICYMI ✨

🤓 Our January Newsletter dropped this morning! This month, we talk about the launch of #ParticipediaSchool2025, our next #TeachingCafé, recent publications, and more.

Click the 🔗 to give it a read: mailchi.mp/participedia...

📧 And don’t forget to subscribe! Happy reading! 📰

Latest updates and events from Participedia

Community updates including Participedia School 2025, an upcoming Teaching Café, open-access articles, and more!

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Jan 21

With one clarification: abortions are sometimes needed for reasons other than saving a life, and that is also valid

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jan 21

Vaccines work.
Masks work.
Lockdowns are sometimes necessary.
Access to affordable healthcare/medicines is a human right.
Immigrants are generally an asset.
Equality/Diversity/Inclusion policies are a good idea.
Abortion is sometimes needed to save life.
Keep saying these things. Truth is important.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jan 14

Important question: when and which political parties lie?

This new publication is pretty clear in its findings: radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation.

Based on an analysis of 32 million tweets in 26 countries.

doi.org/10.1177/1940...

When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries - Petter Törnberg, Juliana Chueri, 2025

The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of mi...

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Megan Mattes @meganmattes.bsky.social · Jan 14

For more on trends in democratic innovation in Canada - and the areas where we could improve - check out our full article here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core

Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada

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Megan Mattes @meganmattes.bsky.social · Jan 14

Fresh from @joannacm.bsky.social and me: a look at how setting up embedded, ongoing democratic innovations - rather than just occasionally dipping our toes into the waters of innovation - could help better connect policy makers and the public, incorporating findings from our recent article in CJPS.

The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · Jan 14

Why Canada needs to embrace innovations in democracy

Canadians want policies that address their needs but instead are served political gimmicks. To reconnect public interest with public policy, we need to develop new democratic practices.

theconversation.com

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · Jan 14

Encouraging politicians to act on climate: A field experiment with local officials in six countries.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Local governments play an important role in addressing the climate crisis. However, despite public support for climate action, local policy responses have been limited. We argue that (1) biased belie...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Joanna Massie @joannacm.bsky.social · Jan 13

(6) newDemocracy Foundation & UN Democracy Fund: Enabling National Initiatives to Take Democracy Beyond Elections. www.newdemocracy.com.au/wp-content/u...