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🗓️"Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world?" Delighted to invite you to my inaugural lecture at the University of Edinburgh this spring ☀️ Information and registration 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-le… Everyone welcome! 😃

There is no war in Gaza. It is an attempt to erase the Palestinian people from existence. It is a genocide. Starvation. Massacring civilians as they queue for food. Bombing hospitals, homes, and refugee camps. The international community must stop enabling this genocide, and…

Want more inclusive policymaking? Our new brief shows how using an intersectional lens can lead to more equitable and effective policies. Download & share: bit.ly/4m5Pt3E

❗ CLOSING THIS WEEK – Reminder that applications for this Research Fellow position based at University of Edinburgh closes this Tuesday!

🤔 What's the point of democratic innovation? Can it address crurrent crises and build democracies for the future? 💡In this new article Adrian Bua and I argue that the field needs to strengthen its change-making orientation and capacity. Open access 👉🏼 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

Our new blog by @JulzeAlejandre @Niamh_Hart_ @OliverEscobar, Ann Phoenix, & Steve Reicher, explores how #PublicEngagement can turn token gestures into real dialogue. Let’s have a proper chat, shall we? 👥💬 usher.ed.ac.uk/behavioural-re…

Staging Change Through Legislative Theatre: Join our webinar to hear how the INSPIRE team applied this innovative approach to understand youth's lived experience in employment. Gain insights into the process and get inspired. Register now --> bit.ly/3G4U9aY

🗓️July newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network 🗞️, with a selection of webinars, projects, conferences, publications and funding from colleagues and partners working across research, policy and practice on #democracy Available here 👉🏼 jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jis…

In this months blog post, Professor Ann Phoenix explores how EDI(I) is key to understanding real world behaviour & driving meaningful change. Read more about why EDII isn't just a buzzword in behavioural research below: usher.ed.ac.uk/behavioural-re…

✨📢CDAS Bulletin- out today !! 📢✨ 📢Registration now OPEN!! for our Annual National Conference, 24th September, Dundee 💥Amazing line up of keynote speakers, participative panels & stalls @CommEmpower 📢Register today to get involved!! 🔻⏬🔻⏬🔻⏬🔻 mailchi.mp/d8d07c37dab2/c…

✨ For our third #NIHM highlight, we are very excited to introduce Participedia’s Indigenous Rights Research Cluster! 👋 Please join us in saying a big hello to the 11 members and associates, and check out the images below to learn a bit more about them, and the work they do. ☺️

INSPIRE Democracy held a policy roundtable on June 2nd! Creative methods, diverse perspectives. More updates coming soon!

Busy picket lines across the university today. @ucuedinburgh striking to save jobs and #StopTheCuts

"I think the Community Wealth Building Bill is going to rekindle the community empowerment agenda, which has been a mixed bag in the last 10 years, with some achievements but a lot of broken promises." @OliverEscobar, University of Edinburgh ⏪ Catch up: ow.ly/YtHb50W4ZfJ

👀 Rhetoric 2 Reality: a new summer webinar series from Social Enterprise Scotland 🔆 Many urgent topics covered in 1-hour webinars, worth checking and signing up, everyone welcome 👉🏼 socialenterprise.scot/rhetoric-2-rea…

📧 Our June 2025 newsletter is out in the world! 🌱 This month, we launch a public virtual roundtable discussion, recap the @iswe_org x Participedia April workshop, share an upcoming keynote address, and much more. Click the 🔗 to give it a read! ⬇️ mailchi.mp/participedia/j…

Tomorrow we start to take evidence on the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill. We'll hear from @ClacksCouncil, which has been making notable progress in CWB, and: - @OliverEscobar, the University of Edinburgh - @nmcinroy, Chair @edas_scotland 📺 9.30am on @ScotParl TV

La democracia del futuro: ¿declive o innovación? A esta apasionante pregunta respondió el catedrático Oliver Escobar en la Universidad de Strathclyde de Glasgow ayer. Lo organizó el Consulado General y la Hispanic Society of Scotland dentro de las celebraciones de @50enLibertad

🆕🗞️ June newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network 🔆 with publications, events and other resources on participatory and deliberative #democracy, democratic innovation and the shared governance of public and common goods #demoinno. Available 👉🏼 jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jis…

Join our webinar on arts-based methods for participation. We'll cover adaptations & challenges in practice. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/INSPIREdemocra… #InspireDemocracy #PDD #Inclusion