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@OliverEscobar

Professor of Public Policy & Democratic Innovation | University of Edinburgh | Personal account, RT≠ endorse | #democracy #participation #commons #deliberation

Edinburgh, Scotland

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@OliverEscobar
Aug 25, 2025
📚 new open access book: "Climate Assemblies - New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World" 🌍 ✅ 25 co-authors examine the state of the field and the reasons behind the growing hope and hype about climate assemblies ✅Free PDF available here 👉🏼 degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1…
Citizen Participation - [email protected]
@OliverEscobar
Jul 16
📆🗞️ July’s Citizen Participation Network newsletter is out, featuring citizens’ assemblies, AI governance, community wealth building, democratic capabilities, new research, publications and opportunities. 📍Available 👉🏼 jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jis…
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@OliverEscobar
Jun 9
🏛️ What if one of the most important democratic reforms of the next decade is a better way for parliaments to work? Our new report explores options for embedding mini-publics within UK legislatures. 📘 Report👉carnegieuk.org/publication/bl… 📅 Webinar 23 June👉 carnegieuk-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Citizen Participation - [email protected]
@OliverEscobar
Jun 4
🌤️🗞️ June newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network, including webinars, publications, jobs, courses, conferences and resources 🌐 across the fields of democratic innovation, the commons and participatory-deliberative democracy. 🤓 Available 👉🏼 jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jis…
Citizen Participation - [email protected]
@OliverEscobar
May 12
📌democratic AI, public problem-solving, and institutions needed for desirable technological futures ⚡Join us for a conversation with Beth Simone Noveck @bethnoveck at Edinburgh Futures Institute @UoE_EFI 📅 2 June 6pm–7.15pm, in person or ONLINE 👉 efi.ed.ac.uk/event/beth-sim…