[Air-L] Webinar: Deliberative Democracy - 24 March 2021

[Matthew Moore]

More info & RSVP: https://meetu.ps/e/JQBXp/1327F/a

Many Australians are disengaged from the democratic process and untrusting of those who are supposed to represent them. In response to this disenchantment, a range of deliberative processes have developed that allow citizens from diverse backgrounds to discuss issues in depth. Such processes mirror the shift of information and communications models in other domains from “broadcast” to “conversation” and offer practitioners both opportunities to learn and to deploy their skills in new ways.

This session explores:
- What deliberative democracy means in its different forms?
- How it can work with existing institutions?
- What might grassroots initiatives look like?

Chris Riedy is Professor of Sustainability Transformations and Director of Graduate Research at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. Chris is Lead Steward of the Transforming Narratives network under the SDG Transformation Forum, a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance project, a member of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network and the New Economy Network Australia, and is on the Editorial Board of Futures.

Nivek Thompson is undertaking a PhD at the Institute for Sustainable Futures focusing on answering the question: what impact do democratic innovations have on political elites’ understanding and practice of democracy? Nivek is the founder and director of Deliberately Engaging where she recruits mini-publics for deliberative processes around Australia and supports online engagement through the European crowdsourcing platform Synthetron.

Willow Berzin is the Founder and Chief Assember of The Coalition of Everyone where she designs, curates and facilitates assemblies, bringing people together to hold real conversations that renew trust, disrupt the politics of fear, and build a politics of hope. Before this, she has many years of experience as a creative and brand director.

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