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Global Citizen Participation in Earth System Tipping Points Governance - Action Workshop
Professor Viktoria Spaiser is co-organising and co-hosting the action workshop "Global Citizen Participation in Earth System Tipping Points Governance" with the Global Citizen Assembly at the Global Tipping Points Conference 2026
Catalysing transformative change: Social tipping points for sustainable futures
Professor Viktoria Spaiser will speak along other panel members about whether and how we can tip societies towards sustainability and how transformative change can also be derailed by backlash, misinformation, inequality, and institutional instability.
From Social Tipping to Polarization: Using LLM-Agent-Based Models to Study Climate Political Social Dynamics
Professor Viktoria Spaiser will give an invited keynote speech "From Social Tipping to Polarization: Using LLM-Agent-Based Models to Study Climate Political Social Dynamics" at the Environmental Intelligence 2026 Conference, University of Exeter
Blog
Grant Theft Auto and political engagement in an online gaming community
Screenshot by Emma Brewis GTA VI may steer clear of Trump, but GTA players are already making their own politics by Emma Brewis, PhD Researcher...
Votes at 16: Right Policy, Wrong Motives?
Labour has announced plans to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the next general election. This will bring the UK in line with devolved...
American Pragmatism and American Democracy
Jason Ralph, University of Leeds I have a confession. I’ve been having a 35-year love affair with American democracy. Under the cover of annual visits...
News
Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira steps down as Chair of IPEN
Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira has recently stepped down from her role as Chair of the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN), and steps into a new role as CPD Co-Director.
Launch of report on AI-assisted local mini-publics on climate change
Can bespoke AI assistants with place-based knowledge support citizens in climate policy deliberation? Read our report of a field-study in Kirklees on AI-assisted local mini-publics on climate change
The Alice Bacon Lecture 2026
Frances O’Grady delivers the 2026 Alice Bacon Lecture