‘Scots deliberate’: Watch it (again)!

11 Sep 201431 Oct 2014

The PDD Hangout on Scotland's #indyref was a fantastic discussion. Those of you who missed it can view it below (and those who enjoyed it can view it again). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB1wA40DkfE Thanks…

How to watch “Scotland Deliberates”

4 Sep 201412 Sep 2014

Scotland Deliberates, the pilot of our new online discussion panel format, happens on Thursday  and the You Tube channel is ready and waiting. The panel will be talking about the…

Public Question Time: towards the practicalities

4 Sep 20143 Jun 2015

In this third post on our series on the Public Question Time idea, Dr Amy Pollard of Involve floats ideas for the practical detail, answering questions like who would get…

Public Question Time – join the debate

21 Aug 201431 Oct 2014

Should members of the public be able to question politicians, even the Prime Minister, publicly, in the chamber of the House of Commons? Here, Dr Amy Pollard of Involve likes…

Why I support Public Question Time

13 Aug 201413 Aug 2014

Public Question Time: Nice idea, but how to actually do it?

12 Aug 201412 Aug 2014

Dr Amy Pollard, Deputy Director of Involve, writes about Public Question Time, an idea raised by the Labour Party last week. This is an edited version of a post that…

A Deliberative ‘Super Jury’ to Guard Future Generations

22 Apr 2013

By Dr. Rupert Read. Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia and Green Party Councillor, Norwich City Council I have been researching for the past few years an idea, drawn…

Can Democratic Innovation Help us Overcome the Crisis?

1 Mar 20131 Jul 2013

By Adrian Bua, University of East Anglia The economic crisis presented a fundamental challenge to established orthodoxy but our political and economic institutions remain more or less intact.  One way…

How to Achieve a Deliberative System? Give us your thoughts on a forthcoming paper by PDD group members

15 May 20121 Mar 2013

By Stephen Elstub, PDD Group Convenor- The editors of Political Studies Review have contacted the convenors of all the specialist groups about a publishing opportunity. They plan to include a…