The journal welcomes submissions from all theoretical and methodological traditions. It aims to be the platform to broker knowledge between scholars and practitioners of citizen engagement.
The journal is supported by the newDemocracy Foundation, the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and the International Association for Public Participation. It is hosted at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra, Australia, and co-edited by Nicole Curato with Kim Strandberg, Åbo Akademi University, Finland, André Bächtiger, University of Stuttgart, Germany, and Graham Smith, University of Westminster, UK.
Emancipation Against All Odds? The Conservatism Charge to Deliberative Democracy Reconsidered
Andreas Schäfer and Wolfgang Merkel
2023-01-09 Volume 19 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Volume 19 Issue 1
Zélie Wüthrich, Hugo Bonin and Simon Baeckelandt
2023-01-09 Volume 19 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Volume 19 Issue 1
Sortition and its Principles: Evaluation of the Selection Processes of Citizens’ Assemblies
Adela Gąsiorowska
2023-01-16 Volume 19 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Volume 19 Issue 1
The Doctors of Democracy: Self-Image and Democratic Values of Participatory Practitioners
Dennis Friess and Nina Katharina Herff
2023-01-16 Volume 19 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Volume 19 Issue 1
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New Collection - Deliberation Amid Deep Conflict
Posted by Philippa Grand on 2022-12-01
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy has published a new thematic collection on the theme of 'deliberation amid deep conflict'. Societies marked by deep divisions post challenges for deliberation. They may have entrenched interests, power inequities and a history of ill-will and misconceptions - yet deliberation also potentially transforms intergroup conflict and promotes reconciliation, mutual [...]
New Collection - Youth Deliberation in the Community
Posted by Philippa Grand on 2022-10-17
To coincide with this year's Festival of Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy, hosted by the European Commission, the Journal of Deliberative Democracy has published a new Collection of articles from across the journal. The theme of this year's Festival is youth participation and Guest Editor, John Rountree, has selected six articles on the theme of youth deliberation in the [...]
Call for Editors - Journal of Deliberative Democracy
Posted by Philippa Grand on 2022-09-26
Call for New EditorsThe Journal of Deliberative Democracy is pleased to invite expressions of interest for the editorship of the journal. The new editorial team is expected to serve from April 2023 to April 2026. Multi-institutional and multi-country bids are encouraged but not required.Established in 2005 (originally as the Journal of Public Deliberation) the journal is a forum for the latest [...]
Out now: Symposium on Online Deliberation and #CivicTech
Posted by Andrew Lockett on 2021-06-02
Published as part of issue 17:1 our journal's Symposium on Online Deliberation and #CivicTech is now available.
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy welcomes submissions.
Posted by Nicole Curato on 2021-02-22
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) publishes articles that shape the course of scholarship on deliberative democracy. It is the forum for the latest thinking, emerging debates, alternative perspectives, as well as critical views on deliberation. The journal welcomes submissions from all theoretical and methodological traditions. It aims [...]
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