Do you know any PhD students who would like to help teach British Politics at UCL for a term next year?
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Australian friends! We're pleased to announce that the 2025 Vote Compass is now live: votecompass.abc.net.au
Explore how your views compare to parties and candidates, and what the parties/candidates are saying on the issues.
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From @voxpoplabs.bsky.social
Vox Pop Labs (@voxpoplabs.bsky.social) has launched the 2025 Canadian Federal Election Vote Compass! 🗳️🇨🇦
Vote Compass is an interactive tool designed to help you see how your views align with those of the major parties.
If you’re curious about where you stand, give it a try!
votecompass.cbc.ca
For the most recent Ontario election, we organized an advance polling location on @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social's campus, staffed entirely by students.
Read the summary here:
dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/you...
#Cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is really scary. Legitimacy requires criticism.
Why use #deliberative processes? What are some challenges in organising mini-publics? How can we incorporate more voices from the Majority World? 🤔
ICYMI: @joannacm.bsky.social reviewed 6️⃣ handbooks on deliberative processes
🔓https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1603/
How the Toronto Region Board of Trade got lost in traffic. My Toronto Star column on their terrible congestion task force report & how they’ve lost their way of late. $billions on a 401 tunnel? Where’s the rational business people now?
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
Cartoon of people around a campfire. The text says "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."
Tom Toro's excellent cartoon, as relevant now as it was when it was first published.
This story just sums up the state of the world in 2025.
BP announced it's cutting renewable energy investmnets, instead focusing on increasing oil and gas production - because some investors are unhappy its profits and share price are lower than rivals.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
EPSR early view: Kübler and Rochat on "Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This whole article is bleak, but the figure is especially shocking. Excellent stuff from @thelocal.to
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
#onpoli
Exciting post delivery! Looking forward to getting stuck into the articles, inc from @pspada.bsky.social @alexmgeisler.bsky.social and others.
Thank you @imprintacademic.bsky.social // find out more at imprint.co.uk/product/jos
One thing I love about @criterion.bsky.social: you can watch the full credits. There’s no “if you liked that, you may also like…” immediate pop-up ad as soon as the credits hit.
NEW POST: Anti-DEI activists believe a 'neutral,' merit-based status quo was disrupted by 'wokeness'. It never existed.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/anti-dei-a...
Great article from @sheluchin.bsky.social on meme coins, campaign financing, and potential impact on 🇨🇦
"While these coins may seem like a joke or a new way to engage with politics, the absence of proper regulations could leave political supporters vulnerable to exploitation for financial gain."
Just a few days left to apply for this. Deadline is Friday 31 January...
Paper is open access. Authors @fabioellger.bsky.social @hannohilbig.bsky.social @riazsascha.bsky.social and Philipp Tillmann.
💡 Great article in @bjpols.bsky.social on local newspapers & political polarization:
... "we demonstrate that local newspaper exits increase electoral polarization. [...] following local news exits, consumers substitute local news with national tabloid news."
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🤓 Our January Newsletter dropped this morning! This month, we talk about the launch of #ParticipediaSchool2025, our next #TeachingCafé, recent publications, and more.
Click the 🔗 to give it a read: mailchi.mp/participedia...
📧 And don’t forget to subscribe! Happy reading! 📰
With one clarification: abortions are sometimes needed for reasons other than saving a life, and that is also valid
Important question: when and which political parties lie?
This new publication is pretty clear in its findings: radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation.
Based on an analysis of 32 million tweets in 26 countries.
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
For more on trends in democratic innovation in Canada - and the areas where we could improve - check out our full article here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Fresh from @joannacm.bsky.social and me: a look at how setting up embedded, ongoing democratic innovations - rather than just occasionally dipping our toes into the waters of innovation - could help better connect policy makers and the public, incorporating findings from our recent article in CJPS.
Encouraging politicians to act on climate: A field experiment with local officials in six countries.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
(6) newDemocracy Foundation & UN Democracy Fund: Enabling National Initiatives to Take Democracy Beyond Elections. www.newdemocracy.com.au/wp-content/u...
(4) OECD: Eight ways to institutionalise deliberative democracy www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
(5) OECD: Innovative citizen participation and new democratic institutions: Catching the deliberative wave. www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Handbook links:
(1) DemocracyNext: Assembling an assembly guide. assemblyguide.demnext.org
(2) MosaicLab: Facilitating deliberation – A practical guide. www.mosaiclab.com.au/the-big-book
(3) OECD: Evaluation guidelines for representative deliberative processes. www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
I discuss why deliberative mini-publics / deliberative processes; conflation between the terms deliberation and deliberative processes; requirements for representation; challenges of institutionalisation; and how to incorporate more voices from the Global South.
My book review for @delibdemjournal.bsky.social - I review six handbooks about running #deliberative processes from DemocracyNext, MosaicLab, newDemocracy and OECD Public Governance.
See the review here: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
#polsky #deliberativedemocracy
Hi Bluesky! First post here and I'm excited to share my new project: CryptoCommons.ca 🇨🇦 -- a publicly accessible database that tracks & categorizes Canadian politicians' policy positions on digital currencies. The database includes all statements made in the House of Commons.
