Uncategorized The PDD Group was awarded the PSA Specialist Group of the year Prize 2020! 28 Apr 202128 Apr 2021 Here's the full citation from the PSA judges "The Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (PDD) group is a well-established specialist group of the PSA that is, evidently, going from strength to…
Uncategorized BooK Launch: How People Talk About Politics: Brexit and Beyond 19 Apr 202119 Apr 2021 In this online event, Stephen Coleman will present his new book in conversation with Anastasia Deligiaouri and Dannica Fleuss. During the Brexit referendum campaign it became clear how easily national…
Uncategorized PSA Virtual conference 2021 – PDD Programme (29-31 March) 24 Mar 202128 Mar 2021 MONDAY 29TH MARCH 2021 Time: 9:30-11:00Panel 111: How should we research deliberative democracy? Methodological disputes, methodological pluralism, future strategies Chaired By Dr. Dannica Fleuss (Helmut Schmidt Universität) , Dr. Rod…
Uncategorized Investing in the commons? GameStop and loosely coordinated action within a rigged financial system 19 Mar 202119 Mar 2021 Nick Vlahos, University of Canberra On February 19, 2021, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services was the stage for a virtual hearing on Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses…
Uncategorized Recipes for democratic participation during the pandemic: From anti-lockdown protest to a participatory system 15 Mar 202119 Mar 2021 Lucy J. Parry, Hans Asenbaum, Selen A. Ercan, University of Canberra One of the biggest effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns on our daily lives has been the reconfiguration of spaces:…
Uncategorized Public dissatisfaction, protest and narrow opportunity structures in Russia 3 Mar 202119 Mar 2021 Anatoly Reshetnikov, Webster University and Tobias Spöri, d|part When the protests in Russia in response to Alexey Navanlny’s detention started on January 17, many hoped this could be the beginning…
Uncategorized Can participatory impeachment defend democracy from partisan justice? 19 Feb 202119 Mar 2021 Rikki Dean, Goethe University Frankfurt Why is it that, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, his co-conspirators participated as both judge and jury in the process? This would not…
Uncategorized Book Launch: Can democracy safeguard the future? 8 Feb 20219 Mar 2021 In this online event, Graham Smith will present his new book in conversation with Amanda Machin and Rikki Dean, chaired by Sonia Bussu. Our democracies repeatedly fail to safeguard the…
AGORA BLOG Some things are not up for debate: Truth, falsehood and the limits of deliberative democracy 14 Jan 202119 Mar 2021 Rod Dacombe, King's College London How should democratic theorists respond to the events of 6th January? This is an immediate and urgent question - if anything, the storming of the…
Uncategorized Book Launch: Democratic Design 14 Jan 202126 Mar 2021 Democracy faces stern tests around the world in the twenty-first century. Democratic Design argues that to respond effectively and creatively, democrats need to work with a versatile new toolkit of…
