AGM: Rod Dacombe and Hans Asenbaum elected PDD co-convenors

3 Apr 20184 Apr 2018

At the Annual General Meeting 2018 of the Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group in Cardiff Rod Dr Rod Dacombe and Hans Asenbaum were unanimously elected PDD co-convenors. Rod and…

Weekly democracy roundup, March 11

11 Mar 2016

Here’s our weekly round-up of news, events, publications and so on that have emerged on themes surrounding participatory and deliberative democracy.  In the news… A couple from the reliably interesting…

The PDD weekly wrap on all things democratic, Feb 19

19 Feb 201619 Feb 2016

Back again for another instalment. Remember to reblog, retweet etc and to get in touch to alert us to anything important for future round-ups. News/Blogs Important note on the open…

The PDD weekly wrap on all things democratic, Feb 12

12 Feb 2016

News/Blogs MP Richard Burgon has an interesting blog post on Democratic Audit bemoaning proposed changes to archiving Cabinet papers. What happened to open government? Read here: http://www.democraticaudit.com/?p=19509 On the topic…

The week in participation/deliberation, Feb 5

5 Feb 2016

This is our new weekly round-up of news, events, publications and so on that have emerged on themes surrounding participatory and deliberative democracy. If anything is missing, or you would…

Coproduction workshop in London, 29 July

20 Jul 201520 Jul 2015

The London Coproduction Practitioners Network is holding a workshop on the afternoon of Wednesday 29 July to discuss the theory and the practice of "evidencing the impact of coproduction". Hosted by…

Call for papers for PSA 2016 in Brighton

15 Jul 201515 Jul 2015

The call for papers for the 2016 PSA Conference (21-23 March 2013, Hilton Metropole Brighton) has just been released, so it’s time for Group members to start thinking about panel ideas - and we  particularly…

Ireland’s Marriage Referendum: A great day for equality and deliberation

3 Jun 201521 Feb 2018

Last week we republished a piece highlighting the deliberative, participatory elements of the Irish marriage equality referendum from John Parkinson. This week, PDD member Clodagh Harris fills in the detail of…

‘Participation Week’ –Impressive programme hosted by @scotgov’s Directorate for Local Government and Communities

12 May 201515 Jul 2015

We are reposting this fascinating piece from PDD member Oliver Escobar's blog, the Citizen Participation Network. It's an example of some great democratic innovation work going on in Scotland, showing…

Upcoming call: Deliberative systems and comparative democratisation in conversation at ECPR Joint Sessions 2016

28 Apr 201528 Apr 2015

We are delighted to be able to announce that we and our friends in the Democratic Innovations group of the ECPR have had a workshop proposal accepted for the ECPR Joint…