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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 18 February 2020

Representing the disadvantaged? Conceptions of representation in a citizens' jury in Switzerland

Speaker: Alexander Geisler, University of Geneva / 11:00am - 12:00pm

Crackenback, NSW

Tue 4 February 2020

The norm-diffusing potential of minipublic

Speaker: Lala Muradova, University of Leuven / 12:10pm - 1:10pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 4 February 2020

Neighbourly compensations: Lawyers, parliamentary submissions and coal seam gas

Speaker: David Turton, Australian National University / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 28 January 2020

Belgium: The rise of institutionalized mini-publics

Speaker: Julien Vrydagh, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and UCLouvain / 11:00am-12pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 3 December 2019

Institutionalising deliberative mini-publics in public decision-making

Speaker: Claudia Chwalisz, OECD / 11:00am-12pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 26 November 2019

Why am I engaged?

Speaker: Walden Bello, State University of New York in Binghamton / 11:00am – 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 12 November 2019

(Non)reciprocity across the system: The case of abortion in Brazil

Speaker: Thais Choucair, Federal University of Minas Gerais / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 5 November 2019

Operationalizing democratic listening

Speaker: Mary F (Molly) Scudder, Purdue University / 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 22 October 2019

Democratic transformations in earth system governance

Speaker: Jonathan Pickering, University of Canberra

The Dryzek Room, Building 22, University of Canberra

Tue 13 August 2019

How do voters want to be represented? An investigation in how parties can strengthen democracy

Speaker: Annika Werner, Australian National University / 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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