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That is all form the latest issue of European Political Science Research!

Find papers 📰 covering #MiniPublics, #Trust, #Attitudes and more #OpenAccess now!

We continue our Citizen Action for Democracy (CitiDem) series with our 7th webinar on Mini-publics, citizen washing & AI.

Registration link: shorturl.at/Vl8vf

#CitiDem #CitizenActionForDemocracy #MiniPublics #DemocraticInnovation #AI #EUDemocracy

Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design - Volume 18 Issue 1

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Who's there?! 👀 🔍️

Rodrigo Ramis-Moyano of @ecprsgpp.bsky.social, Emma Lancha-Hernández & Sara Pasadas-del-Amo look at conjoin evidence across 5 countries to see which #MiniPublics are favoured, showing preferences for mixed deliberation and concerns about scaling up

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European Political Science Review: Volume 18 - Issue 1 | Cambridge Core Cambridge Core - European Political Science Review - Volume 18 - Issue 1

The latest issue of European Political Science Research is out now!

With work from our authors covering #MiniPublics, #Trust, #Attitudes and more!

Keep an eye out 👀 for more of 18.1💡

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Tom Atlee’s Ecosystem of Collective Sensemaking
#minipublics #civictech #participation #democracy #wisdom #broadlistening #groundupvoices
www.weco.io/p/29163

@audreyt.org @glenweyl.bsky.social @radxchange.bsky.social

What is the role of #politicalideology in the adoption of deliberative #minipublics in Europe❓

ICYMI: Rodrigo Ramis Moyano, Graham Smith, Ernesto Ganuza and Thamy Pogrebinschi provide the first systematic analysis on this question 👇

www.publicdeliberation.net/does-party-i...

Deliberative reason and the effect of minipublic configurations | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Deliberative reason and the effect of minipublic configurations - Volume 17 Issue 3

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How to improve discussions in #MiniPublics? 🤝

Francesco Veri & Simon Niemeyer look at the impact that common #Democratic tools had across 22 mini-publics, noting that these elements can weaken the quality of discussion.

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Do the origins of climate assemblies shape public reactions? Examining the impact of partisanship ANTHONY KEVINS, JOSHUA ROBISON

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Governments implement public input with deliberative #MiniPublics

@avkevins.bsky.social & J.Robison investigate whether people see these groups as legitimate using surveys in 🇬🇧 to understand public support for #ClimareAssemblies

🔗https://buff.ly/iggUFJM

While political ideology influenced the adoption of #ParticipatoryBudgeting in Europe, this new study shows no clear ideological pattern in the early adoption of #deliberative #minipublics 👇

🔖 LATEST from the Digest: publicdeliberation.net/does-party-i...

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Fair Enough? Mini-Public Composition and Outcome Acceptance from the Maxi Public <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d603199e95">One hope associated with the spread of deliberative mini-publics in established democracies ...

'Fair Enough? Mini-Public Composition and Outcome Acceptance from the Maxi Public' - an @delibdemjournal.bsky.social article published by @uniwestpress.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen:

🔗 www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...

#PoliticalScience #Deliberation #MiniPublics #DeliberativeDemocracy

Video #10 | Meeting with... Piero Tortola - REGROUP Piero Tortola, Associate Professor at the University of Groningen and scientific coordinator of the REGROUP project, presents his latest research, conducted together with Benjamin Leruth, on the polit...

🎥 Our “Meeting with...” video series continues: This time with our very own scientific coordinator, Piero Tortola, @facultyofartsug.bsky.social!

What do the outcomes of our #minipublics reveal about political expertise during the #pandemic?💡

Watch the video here: regroup-horizon.eu/video-expert...

New article alert‼️

Mikko Värttö analyzed #deliberative #minipublics organized globally in connection to the COVID-19 pandemic, showing #publicparticipation’s adaptability and creativity in addressing crisis situations

⬇️https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1660/

Does it Matter if You’re Left or Right? Studying Left- and Right-Wing Populist Citizens’ Support for Deliberative Mini-Publics Populist citizens have a remarkable democratic profile: they are democratic idealists that are dissatisfied with how democracy works in practice. It stands to reason that they would be supportive o...

NEW ARTICLE! Does it matter if you're left or right?

@KindtRosa explores left- and right-wing populist citizen support for deliberative mini-publics
@radboudpol.bsky.social

#populism #minipublics #politics #representation

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Mini-Publics and Party Ideology: Who Commissioned the Deliberative Wave in Europe? The increasing implementation of deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) such as Citizens’ Assemblies and Citizens’ Juries led the OECD to identify a ‘deliberative wave’. The burgeoning scholarship on DMPs h...

Could the 'deliberative wave' be a product of ideological orientation?

Researchers explore the influence of #party #ideology on the actual commissioning of #deliberative #minipublics using OECD database in the last 4 decades.

#deliberativedemocracy

#OpenAccess: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

Could the 'deliberative wave' be a product of ideological orientation?

Rodrigo Ramis-Moyano & co explore the influence of party ideology on the actual commissioning of #deliberative #minipublics using OECD database in the last 4️⃣ decades

⬇️ delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

IN NEW ISSUE: Empowered Mini-Publics: Zhichao Tong discusses both Confucian democratic & meritocratic cases, & argues a Confucian democrat may be more open to empowering #minipublics than traditional Western democrats: buff.ly/o9voAbX

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky

Deliberative democracy holds a lot of potential for including citizens' voices and reforming political institutions, as
@nicolecurato.bsky.social argues.

Find the results of our #minipublics in our research paper: regroup-horizon.eu/publications...

Full video: regroup-horizon.eu/video-delibe...

IN NEW ISSUE: Empowered Mini-Publics: Zhichao Tong discusses both Confucian democratic & meritocratic cases, & argues a Confucian democrat may be more open to empowering #minipublics than traditional Western democrats: https://buff.ly/4icvWgb

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

🚨New article alert🚨

Are political parties with particular ideological affiliations more involved in the commissioning of #deliberative #minipublics? 🤔

Rodrigo Ramis-Moyano & colleagues investigate👇

delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

Central to the #democratic value of #minipublics is public engagement. Yet, how to generate this engagement in practice remains underexplored.

🔔ICYMI: The latest from @scastell.bsky.social & Stephen Elstub

www.publicdeliberation.net/mini-publics...

Cover of the report: Citizen engagement in evidence-informed policy-making: A guide to mini-publics World Health Organization

Contents About this guide Who this guide is for How to use this guide When to use this guide The structure of this guide Chapter 1 Introduction to mini-publics What is evidence-informed policy-making? What is citizen engagement in evidence-informed policy-making? What are mini-publics? Types of mini-public When to use mini-publics Context and power inequalities The stages of a mini-public Chapter 2 Inception: building foundations Step 1. Assess the viability of a mini-public Step 2. Form a Project Team Step 3. Mobilize institutional support Step 4. Develop a wider Project Network Step 5. Hold a stakeholder workshop to develop a shared understanding of the public health issues Step 6. Map the institutional landscape and wider socio-political context Step 7. Decide on the type of mini-public Step 8. Decide on key principles to guide your practice Step 9. Generate a Project Brief Chapter 3 Preparation: getting ready Step 1. Form the Stewarding Board

Step 2. Define the task of the mini-public 37 Step 3. Prepare a Communication Plan and Impact Strategy 38 Step 4. Recruit participants for the mini-public 40 Step 5. Provide support for participants 44 Step 6. Prepare the research evidence 47 Step 7. Consolidate the Action Plan 52 Chapter 4 Deliberation: running the mini-public 56 Step 1. Prepare participants, speakers and observers 57 Step 2. Explore the evidence through learning sessions 60 Step 3. Deliberate and generate policy considerations 63 Step 4. Draft the Mini-public Report 65 Chapter 5 Influence: wrapping up the mini-public 66 Process 1. Promoting the influence of the Mini-public Report 67 Process 2. Evaluating the mini-public 68 Coda: developing, embedding and institutionalizing citizen engagement via mini-publics 71 References 75 Annexes 83 Annex 1. Methodology 83 Annex 2. Glossary 85 Annex 3. Examples of plans, handbooks and briefings 87 Annex 4. Resources 87

Acknowledgements This guidance was produced by the WHO Research for Health Department, Science Division, under the leadership of the Director, Dr John Reeder and the supervision of Tanja Kuchenmüller (Unit Head, Evidence to Policy and Impact Unit).WHO extends thanks all those who participated in the guide’s development. Main contributors The principal authors were Professor Oliver Escobar (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and Dr James Henderson (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), alongside co-editors Dr Femke Brandt (Beneficial Technologies, South Africa) and Dr Carina Van Rooyen (University of Johannesburg, South Africa). External editorial board An external editorial board made up of 10 experts in the area of citizen engagement and evidence-informed decisionmaking oversaw the development of the guidance document. The board was chaired by Mike Wilson (McMaster Health Forum, Canada) with Laurence Lwoff (Council of Europe, France) as Vice Chair. The group comprised the fo

📘Our new guide to organising #minipublics in policy contexts is out & available #OpenAccess here 👉🏼 iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

🙌🏼 Many thanks to everyone who contributed around the world: Editorial Board, consultees, external & internal reviewers, editors & staff @worldhealthorg.bsky.social

Week 9 of our Participant Insights Series closes the year with a special edition! ✨

This time, we're featuring multiple #citizens sharing their remarkable experiences with the #regroup #minipublics. 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇮🇹🇵🇱

Read more participant reflections here:
regroup-horizon.eu/blog-minipub...

At least 2 basic obvious versions of Randomly selected decision making
Those not learning Prejudice Theory & the less or none racist type learning and using it with
#DeliberativeDemocracy via
#ConsensusDecisionMaking
#CitizensAssemblies #MiniPublics etc

New books to read, on the global growth of #ParticipatoryBudgeting and #MiniPublics!

Glad to have contributed (modestly) to each. Excited to keep bringing together these vital movements to transform democracy (and not just on my sofa). Links 👇🏼

Work » The POLITICIZE dataset: an inventory of deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) in Europe ICTlogy » ICT4D Bibliography » Work » The POLITICIZE dataset: an inventory of deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) in Europe

"The POLITICIZE dataset: an inventory of deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) in Europe"

#minipublics

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Work » Experts and evidence in deliberation: scrutinising the role of witnesses and evidence in mini-publics, a case study ICTlogy » ICT4D Bibliography » Work » Experts and evidence in deliberation: scrutinising the role of witnesses and evidence in mini-publics, a case study

#minipublics are put into practice to improve some biases and shortages of policy-making.
BUT.
The way you provide information to the members of the citizen jury can reproduce those very same issues.
Interesting paper on the topic.

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Projects ICTlogy » ICT4D Bibliography » Projects

For a short selection on works on #minipublics #citizenAssemblies please see

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Work » Consells Ciutadans. Experiències i crítiques ICTlogy » ICT4D Bibliography » Work » Consells Ciutadans. Experiències i crítiques

LLIBRE: "Consells Ciutadans. Experiències i crítiques"

#DGPCgencat #minipublics

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Work » Evidence vs Democracy: How ‘mini-publics’ can traverse the gap between citizens, experts, and evidence ICTlogy » ICT4D Bibliography » Work » Evidence vs Democracy: How ‘mini-publics’ can traverse the gap between citizens, experts, and evidence

Evidence vs Democracy: How ‘mini-publics’ can traverse the gap between citizens, experts, and evidence.

Breckon, J., Hopkins, A. & Rickey, B. (2019).

#minipublics #participation

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