by Rodrigo Ramis-Moyano, Graham Smith, Ernesto Ganuza and Thamy Pogrebinschi | Jun 19, 2025 | Digestable
Read in Spanish Does party ideology matter in the commissioning of deliberative mini-publics? Existing research shows that political ideology played an important role in the adoption of Participatory Budgeting in Europe. Is the same true for deliberative mini-publics?...
by Ruth Lightbody | Sep 15, 2024 | Digestable
Flexible and interconnected? The deliberative potential of public hearings Public hearings are often demonised as tokenistic consultations where the usual suspects gather to air their views to disengaged politicians. Despite some valid critiques, Ruth Lightbody argues...
by Dirk von Schneidemesser, Dorota Stasiak and Daniel Oppold | Dec 20, 2023 | Digestable
Read in German Matching Facilitation Methods to Deliberative Purposes Imagine three groups of people deliberating the same question. All three groups were recruited the same way, they are deliberating in similar rooms, and they have the same materials available. Does...
