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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 6d

🌐 Online book launch (open access) 📚 'Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World' - Everyone welcome of this online event, which will feature editors, authors and discussion. Organised by DemFutures #Democracy. Free registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-as...

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Pat Kane @patkane.bsky.social · 4d

As one myself, I enjoyed #TheHack’s story of heroic journalists revealing their own profession’s phone hacking. But what of the widespread resentment & powerlessness that produces the appetite/demand for these star-toppling stories? My @ScotNational col www.thenational.scot/comment/2551...

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 5d

muchas gracias por venir!

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Jaime Garcia Iglesias @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social · 5d

What a pleasure to listen to @oliverescobar.bsky.social and Nuria Capdevila-Argüelles today talk about the future of Spanish democracy at the Spanish Film Festival in Edinburgh!

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 6d

Discussing 50 years of Spanish democracy featuring @edinburghpir.bsky.social’s @oliverescobar.bsky.social! Really interesting themes around change and continuity

In the foreground an audience watching and listening to a discussion on a stage with three people. In the background a large image with lots of hands in different colours and the letters “esff”

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 6d

🌐 Online book launch (open access) 📚 'Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World' - Everyone welcome of this online event, which will feature editors, authors and discussion. Organised by DemFutures #Democracy. Free registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-as...

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 8d

🗓️ 🗞️ October newsletter from the Citizen Participation Network, including a book launch event, webinars, awards, a demonstration, an invitation to tender and opportunities to learn & share your work on #Democracy #DemocraticInnovation #Participation

📌 Available 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

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University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science @uoe-sps.bsky.social · 8d

Book Launch
Friday 24th October
1pm-2.30pm
Online

Join us for the launch of
Climate Assemblies
New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World
Edited by Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub

Info and booking:
edin.ac/4nKszjT

Pile of copies of book 'Climate Assemblies'. Text reads: Book Launch. Climate Assemblies. New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World. Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub. ‘Climate Assemblies’ brings together 25 authors to offer novel perspectives, critical insights and practical reflections based on original research about paradigmatic cases at local, national, transnational and global levels.

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 8d

🗓️ 🗞️ October newsletter from the Citizen Participation Network, including a book launch event, webinars, awards, a demonstration, an invitation to tender and opportunities to learn & share your work on #Democracy #DemocraticInnovation #Participation

📌 Available 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 8d

🗓️ "50 Years of Democracy in Spain: Perils and Possibilities for a Changing Future" Roundtable at the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival this Thursday evening, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Spain in Edinburgh. Info and free registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/50-years-o...

50 Years of Democracy in Spain

50 Years of Democracy in Spain: Perils and Possibilities for a Changing Future, guided by Prof Nuria Capdevila and Prof Oliver Escobar

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 8d

🗓️ "50 Years of Democracy in Spain: Perils and Possibilities for a Changing Future" Roundtable at the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival this Thursday evening, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Spain in Edinburgh. Info and free registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/50-years-o...

50 Years of Democracy in Spain

50 Years of Democracy in Spain: Perils and Possibilities for a Changing Future, guided by Prof Nuria Capdevila and Prof Oliver Escobar

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Stefan Roch @stefan2710.bsky.social · 16d

Brilliant podcast by David Runciman and @cchwalisz.bsky.social asking all the right questions on deliberation, random selection and citizen assemblies. Best enjoyed in combination with @oliverescobar.bsky.social insightful paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 17d

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

David talks to @cchwalisz.bsky.social, founder & CEO of Democracy Next, about how citizens’ assemblies could help fix what’s wrong with democracy. Where does the idea of a jury of citizens chosen at random to answer political questions come from?

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Sep 4

🗓️ 🗞️ September newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network including events, publications, resources and jobs across the fields of participatory governance, deliberative #democracy and democratic innovation. Available here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Sep 4

🗓️ 🗞️ September newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network including events, publications, resources and jobs across the fields of participatory governance, deliberative #democracy and democratic innovation. Available here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

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Centre for Deliberative Democracy @deldemucan.bsky.social · Aug 27

🔔 New Centre Publication (open access)

Latest publication by our PhD student @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social and co-authors, including Centre associates Pierrick Chalaye & Emerson M. Sanchez in the new book by @oliverescobar.bsky.social & Stephen Elstub 🙌

🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Aug 25

thank you!!!

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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · Aug 25

Woohoo! Just in time to go on my reading list. Congratulations on another important body of work from the stable of @oliverescobar.bsky.social and @stephene.bsky.social

Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Aug 25

📚 new open access book: "Climate Assemblies - New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World" 🌍

✅ 25 co-authors examine the state of the field and the reasons behind the growing hope and hype about climate assemblies

✅Free PDF available here 👉🏼 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Climate Assemblies - New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World
Edited by Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub
Published by Fe Gruyter

Book cover depicts the globe, with people gathering around it
Colours: yellow, black an d blue

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Aug 25

📚 new open access book: "Climate Assemblies - New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World" 🌍

✅ 25 co-authors examine the state of the field and the reasons behind the growing hope and hype about climate assemblies

✅Free PDF available here 👉🏼 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Aug 25

📚 new open access book: "Climate Assemblies - New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World" 🌍

✅ 25 co-authors examine the state of the field and the reasons behind the growing hope and hype about climate assemblies

✅Free PDF available here 👉🏼 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Kate Long @katelong.bsky.social · Aug 24

My first paper is out in @bjpir.bsky.social ! 🎉 It looks at a novel dataset of local climate mini-publics in the UK, and how organisers justify their implementation. Full paper: journals-sagepub-com.libproxy.york.ac.uk/doi/epub/10....

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Aug 21

📌 Next week is the European Consortium for Political Research Annual Conference at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki @ecpr.bsky.social #ECPR. We have a bunch of new projects and publications to present on #democracy #DemocraticInnovation. Here are some sessions where we can meet / discuss 👇

🗓️ Wednesday 27th:

📍 10.45am | Panel 482: The Political Economy of Democratic Innovation |
I'm organising this panel with Lucy J Parry and Adrian Bua. It features 5 papers, including 'The Field of Democratic Innovation in Europe: Key Practices and Trends', sharing our ongoing work with INSPIRE.

📍 3.45pm | Panel 071: Climate Assemblies and Climate Justice: Building Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World |
I'm organising this panel with Stephen Elstub. It features contributions from our two new collections 📚 :

>> 📗 Open Access Edited Book 'Climate Assemblies: Building Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World' 🌍 (available for free PDF download very soon). This will be the 'academic' launch of the book. We will host a public online event to launch it more broadly this autumn. See what the book is about here: https://lnkd.in/ef-Nqy5N

>> 📑 Special issue of Environmental Science and Policy on ‘Citizens’ Assemblies in Climate Governance: An Analysis of Barriers and Enablers for Change’ 🌍 which will be out as a collection in the next few months. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/ebJqGZ8b

📍 6.30pm | New Books Celebration 🎉 (after the Business Meeting of the Standing Group on Democratic Innovations) |
Stephen Elstub and I will introduce 2 new books:

>> 📕 Pre-launch of the 2nd Edition of the Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance, with 7 new chapters and 21 revised and updated. The book is in pre-production but we're excited to share a preview, including the new section: Frontiers of Democratic Innovation

>> 📗 Open Access Edited Book 'Climate Assemblies: Building Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World' (as above)

🗓️ Thursday 28th:

📍 3.45pm | Innovation as Sites for Justice?
This panel organised by Jayne Carrick will present innovative approaches for creating sites to address issues of climate justice. It features 4 papers and I look forward to engaging with them as 'discussant'.

I also recommend two other panels from our partners at INSPIRE:

> P260 Intersectional Approaches to Democratic Innovations: Building Inclusive, Embedded and Equitable Participatory Spaces (Thursday 10.45am)

> P446 Studying Activism and Advocacy Intersectionally: Advancing Research Methodologies for Inclusive Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (Thursday 3.45pm)

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Aug 21

2 links from the image:

Open access book 'Climate Assemblies New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World' www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

Special Issue 'Citizens’ Assemblies in Climate Governance: An Analysis of Barriers and Enablers for Change' www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Aug 21

📌 Next week is the European Consortium for Political Research Annual Conference at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki @ecpr.bsky.social #ECPR. We have a bunch of new projects and publications to present on #democracy #DemocraticInnovation. Here are some sessions where we can meet / discuss 👇

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · Aug 19

great to see the paper out! 👏

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks to everyone who has already read and engaged with mine and @haylesben.bsky.social new paper ‘Lived experience as evidence in anti-poverty policy making: a governance-driven perspective’ Thought I'd give a summary of the paper here, I've found it useful when others have done this, so here goes

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