Events
Designing for Democratic engagement – events series 2021-22
We are very pleased to announce a new events series dedicated to Designing for Democratic Engagement. The most important and most urgent questions of today are also questions of democracy. When we think about adaptation to climate change or decolonising institutions there are reasons to think that current forms of liberal representative democracy linked to…
Democratic Design, by Prof. Michael Saward
This lecture will launch our events series on Designing Democratic Engagement. Michael Saward will speak of his latest book, Democratic Design. Please register through the Eventbrite link. We often think about democracy in terms of different models – representative, deliberative, participative, and so on. But democracy is not exhausted by advocating specific models or set…
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Parliamentary Storytelling: a new concept for public engagement
This seminar takes place within IPEN (International Parliament Engagement Network. Dr Alex Prior will present his research on the use of storytelling as a form of public engagement, to then analyse instances in which this has been used in the UK Parliament.
Nostalgia for the end of history: anti-populism in contemporary British politics
Dr Jonathan Dean, co-director of the Centre for Democratic Engagement, will deliver a talk on anti-populism in contemporary British politics as part of the research seminar series hosted by the School of Politics & International Studies’ (POLIS).
Women of Westminster, by Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves MP will present her recent book Women of Westminster, and discuss how the role and work of women MPs has changed over decades, since the first woman MP was elected and took her seat in Parliament a century ago. In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton,…
Parliamentary petitions and public engagement: an empirical analysis of the role of e-petitions
In this seminar, Professor Leston-Bandeira will present her latest article on e-petitions to parliament. Legislatures around the world are experimenting with online petitions as a means of enabling the public to express policy preferences. In some countries they have attracted an extraordinarily large number of signatories, but it is often unclear what, if anything, they…
Public Engagement and Its Impact on Parliaments
The UK House of Commons and the Centre for Democratic Engagement have joined forces to co-host a one day international workshop about parliamentary public engagement, focusing particularly on its impact on parliaments and their scrutiny processes. The workshop will bring together parliamentary officials and academics from all over the world to discuss key challenges and…
Researchers Turning Activists: Climate Emergency and the Alliance between Scientists and Environmental Activists
Over the past year the unfolding crisis of climate change was brought back to public attention and the political agenda thanks to environmental protests by Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future and others. Many researchers, who work on climate change and its wider consequences, came forward to speak out and support the protests, some even joined…
Women and Power, by Professor Mary Beard – Alice Bacon annual lecture
Renowned scholar Professor Mary Beard is to give the latest public lecture in a University of Leeds series celebrating strong women. Choosing Women and Power as her subject, the University of Cambridge Professor of Classics will give the 2020 Alice Bacon Lecture. Date to be announced soon (this has been postponed from the 13 March). The annual…
What makes engagement meaningful?
Achieving meaningful public engagement can be a difficult endeavour. Once you’ve figured out the topic, format, and target audience, there’s the problem of how the views are actually going to be used and how people may react to the outcomes. This is even harder when you represent a public-facing institution that 47% of the public…
Regulatory Decision Making: Who Do the Public Trust?
Dr Jo Hawkins will be speaking about making regulatory decisions and exploring who the public trust. Trust in actors dealing with risk has come to be recognised as an important factor in shaping the overall public perception of / acceptance of risk and decisions involving risk. This is because public concerns about developments are not…
How compulsory voting shapes citizens and political parties
In this seminar, CDE Associate Member Dr Shane Singh, will discuss his work on compulsory elections and behavioural outcomes. He will draw from the monograph he is currently working on, entitled Beyond Turnout: how compulsory voting shapes citizens and political parties. Turning out to vote is legally required in nearly 30 countries. While Bulgaria, Samoa,…