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Past Seminars

The Centre holds weekly seminars on important topics in deliberative democracy with leading scholars from Australia and around the world.

Tue 30 August 2016

Representation of future generations through international climate litigation: A new site for discursive representation

Speakers: Peter Lawrence, University of Tasmania / Lukas Koehler, Munich School of philosophy / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 9 August 2016

Hate speech, criminal incitement, and freedom of expression

Speaker: Jeffrey Howard, University College London / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 26 July 2016

When does deliberation occur, and how do you know you've found it?

Speaker: Simon Niemeyer, University of Canberra / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 19 July 2016

Pragmatism, deliberative democracy and deliberative cultures

Speaker: John Min, College of Southern Nevada / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 5 July 2016

Interconnecting deliberative systems: Functions and agents of transmission

Speaker: Stephen Elstub, Newcastle University / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 7 June 2016

Decision makers with a deliberative stance? The hidden world of public deliberation between ministers and their publics

Speaker: Carolyn Hendriks, Australian National University / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 17 May 2016

Life in polis: Beyond hegemony and collective identity

Speaker: Henrik Bang, University of Canberra / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 15 March 2016

The place and role of the intimate sphere in deliberative systems

Speaker: Tetsuki Tamura, Nagoya University / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 1 March 2016

A humble ethos for democracy

Speaker: Christopher Hobson, Waseda University / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 9 February 2016

Empirical assessment of the impacts of deliberative democracy processes

Speaker: A Wendy Russell / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

The Centre for Deliberative Democracy acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.

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