For the past four (!) years, @glocan.bsky.social and @iswe-foundation.bsky.social have been reflecting on learnings from the 2021 Global Assembly.
In this correspondence, we take stock of what citizen deliberation may still do for global climate governance.
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‘It has gone largely unnoticed that time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline … There is one notable exception to this promising international trend: North America’
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As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away
Meter una mujer más en al foto -- Dina Boluarte-- aunque no tenga aval popular, pesen sobre ella acusaciones serias de corrupción y no haya aportado nada ni a la democracia ni a la causa de las mujeres sencillamente no tiene ningún sentido. ONU mujerse, urge una rectificación, @unwomen.bsky.social
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
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This:
Weekend read:
Far from intervening responsibly against the Israeli genocide, the German left has fallen in with the German state in suppressing dissent and backing Israel. This cannot be attributed to historical me...
📸 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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Mel Ross
En Nueva York, tres jóvenes hijos de familias exiliadas del socialismo soviético militan hoy por Zohran Mamdani, un candidato a alcalde que se define como socialista. Sus historias familiares revelan ...
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
🎯 Do citizen participation institutions really get stronger once they’re institutionalized—or do they become rigid, predictable, and easier to control?
📚Evidence from participatory budgeting, popular initiatives, and citizens’ assemblies in #Latam @melross.bsky.social
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📢 We are hiring!
2 postdoctoral researchers at the University of Girona on:
🔹 Participatory Constitution-Making
🔹 Direct Democracy, Constitutional Change & Recall
📅 Deadline: 11 June 2026
⏳ Up to 4 years
Please share widely!
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POPGOV will recruit several postdoctoral researchers to be based at the four host institutions (Girona, KCL, LSE, UCLouvain). University of Girona is recruiting 2 postdoctoral researchers: Deadline…
