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📸 Sharing some snapshots from the JDD’s participation at the ECPR #DemocraticInnovations Standing Group Reception!

Check out the key points from our editor @sbussu.bsky.social's speech at the event 👇

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Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Amen

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The latest OPEN ACCESS issue of Theoria is live!

View the TOC and more for this special issue, "Democratic Assemblage: Experiencing Democracy Beyond Systems and Design" here: mailchi.mp/berghahnbook...

Guest Edited by @hansasenbaum.bsky.social and @sbussu.bsky.social

Democracy research meets #assemblage theory - an absolute must-read special issue of @theoriasa.bsky.social
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#deliberativedemocracy #posthuman
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We're set up at #LGAConf25 - please pop over to stand A24 to say hello!

This year we're focussing on citizen engagement, updated 21st Century Councillor and Public Servant research, and the last chance to levy-fund our Senior Leader apprenticeship.

The problem with AI is of course capitalism. This is from 'Empire of AI' by Karen Hao

Our Digest editor & JDD co-editor Lucy Parry is in the house! 🎉

Captured here working hard on submissions, w/ editor @hansasenbaum.bsky.social & ed. assistant @olivemendoza.bsky.social at the @deldemucan.bsky.social 🇦🇺

We missed you @franziskamaier.bsky.social, Hannah Werner, @sbussu.bsky.social!

La llei que Catalunya té pendent En temps de desconfiança envers les institucions, parlar de participació ciutadana pot semblar una aposta arriscada. Però precisament per això cal més que mai disposar d’eines que enforteixin la democ...

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Catalunya té una assignatura pendent: aprovar la seva llei de participació ciutadana. www.ara.cat/opinio/llei-...
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Don't miss our expert panel discussion on creativity, play and democracy on Thursday, May 29th at 1pm GMT. Watch the video to see the full line-up and register here: t.co/yjvq7XgaIN

Participatory democracy and participatory research share common principles but are often treated as separate domains. Our new paper brings them together.

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The Will of the People -Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America An event organised by the research group Publics & Power at the Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Birmingham

💥Join us for this online event to talk about populism and citizen participation in Latin America.
🎤 Chair: @sbussu.bsky.social
🗓️ Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
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Meet Sonia Bussu, one of the experts presenting at our upcoming webinar on May 29th. Sonia offers a sneak peek of what to expect in this short clip. Register here: tinyurl.com/INSPIREdemoc... #InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion @sbussu.bsky.social

Is it time to rethink democracy to consider more than just humans?

That is the though-provoking topic of the latest People, Power, Politics Podcast

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A great start to your weekend ...

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We obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green? | Gaby Hinsliff Desire for a politics that cares about global and local injustice is sharpening the political gender divide, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

More young women are voting Green than young men sympathising with Reform. 'It pays to listen to people sitting quietly at the back, not just the ones screaming in your face'
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@alicekoubova.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social this might be of interest

This morning at #psa2025 @rikkidean.bsky.social @nicolinakirby @nigriveloso.bsky.social @alicekoubova.bsky.social - join us to talk about democratic resilience and resistance @psapdd.bsky.social

🥳OUT NOW #OA:“TRANSMISSIONS, DECISIONS, DISCOURSES” (w/ C. Deppe)
proposes a #conceptual & #methodological framework for assessing “communicative flows” in democratic systems: How to study diverse forms of (diverse) #demminnos’ #impact(s) on policymaking (over time)?
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PDD Panel 1 - Paper 4

"The Field of Participation: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Participatory Democracy"

@adrianbua.bsky.social (@uab.cat ), Sadiya Akram, @sbussu.bsky.social (@unibirmingham.bsky.social), Patricia Garcia Espin (U Granada)

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#PSA2025 first panel of @psapdd.bsky.social "Frontiers of Deliberative and Participatory Theory".
With William Smith, Imogen Bayfield, Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social , Sadiya Akram, Sonia Bussu @sbussu.bsky.social , & Lucas Veloso @nigriveloso.bsky.social .
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Attending PSA25 - the conference schedule and programme are now online to view. The Delegate Guide and conference app will be shared with attendees soon.

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Cheers André Baechtiger, @johndryzek.bsky.social, @sbussu.bsky.social, Lala Muradova, Jane Suiter, @oliverescobar.bsky.social, workshop participants at @ecpr.bsky.social JS, @psapdd.bsky.social & @deldemucan.bsky.social for feedback & support with what over time became our “toddler paper” 😉🙏🏽

My copy arrived! 🎉 Thrilled to have co-written a chapter in this new book from Bloomsbury on Performance and Social Justice, with Malaika Cunningham and Sarah Woods. Let's 'disrupt the tone of voice within deliberative democracy' - more radical fun! 🔥

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Politics early view: Asenbaum on "A multiperspectival approach to democratic theory: Five lessons for democratic innovations." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
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Wonderful day in Birmingham with these two 🔥 facilitators: rehearsal for @horizon-inspire.bsky.social Legislative Theatre proj. w/West Midlands Combined Authority, on equity in employment opportunities! RSVP for the event on 24 March at @unibirmingham.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/InspireLT

Moreover, paying men to kill or be killed appears to use them as mere machines and tools in the hands of another (the nation), which is inconsistent with the rights of humanity.

And since the costs related to maintaining peace will in this way finally become greater than those of a short war, standing armies are the cause of wars of aggression that are intended to end burdensome expenditures.

[Standing armies] constantly threaten other nations with war by giving the appearance that they are prepared for it, which goads nations into competing with one another in the number of men under arms, and this practice knows no bounds.

This is a hard choice. We believe in foreign aid – but we have to make cuts. We must keep the UK safe | David Lammy Putin’s Russia is a threat to all Europe, including the UK. Vital aid work will be hit as we spend more on defence, but we must deal with the world as it is, says foreign secretary David Lammy

You should read Immanuel Kant's Perpetual Peace, David Lammy
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