Events

Are you a citizen from Leeds, Bradford, or Hull? Are you 16 years or older? Do you have some ideas about how your city can make progress with decarbonisation? Would you like to get involved in a constructive and structured deliberation on climate change policies in the North with your fellow citizens, supportive experts, and...

Are you a citizen from Leeds, Bradford, or Hull? Are you 16 years or older? Do you have some ideas about how your city can make progress with decarbonisation? Would you like to get involved in a constructive and structured deliberation on climate change policies in the North with your fellow citizens, supportive experts, and...

This seminar is part of the seminar series of IPEN, a network that brings together practitioners and academics working on public engagement, with a particular focus on parliamentary institutions. The seminar will introduce the upcoming Global Parliamentary Report (scheduled for publication in Autumn 2021.), explain the project, and provide an overview of major findings. The...

Anti-racism campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE is to give the latest public lecture in a University of Leeds series honouring Yorkshire’s first female MP and celebrating strong women. Baroness Lawrence will discuss Women in the public eye and her personal journey. The event will be as follows:· Welcome from the University of Leeds, Vice Chancellor Simone...

This seminar is part of the seminar series of IPEN, a network that brings together practitioners and academics working on public engagement, with a particular focus on parliamentary institutions. In this seminar, three speakers will lead us to reflect on the origins and aims of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and highlight the relevance...

This seminar is part of the seminar series of IPEN, a network that brings together practitioners and academics working on public engagement, with a particular focus on parliamentary institutions. In this seminar, we hear from three speakers involved in exciting and innovative public engagement activities within the arts. Bethan James, Project Coordinator at The Royal...

This workshop will focus on the use of social media to support academic work. The CDE postgraduate workshops are informal gatherings where we discuss issues chosen by our PhD students. This is an opportunity for PhDs to receive feedback and advice on specific issues, methods, concepts they may be working on. The workshops sometimes also...

CDE Associate Member Andy Mycock will speak to us about his latest project, on votes at 16. The UK is now a polity with asymmetrical minimum ages of franchise. The Scottish and Welsh governments permit 16 and 17 year-olds to vote in elections to their devolved parliaments and local councils. Devolved governments in England and...

Regional MPs and University of Leeds researchers will come together to discuss opportunities for partnerships on climate action and implementing the COP26 agenda in Yorkshire and the Humber. This event is hosted by The Priestley Centre and organised by Postgraduate Researcher and CDE member Ruth Bookbinder.

This event is part of the seminar series of IPEN (International Parliament Engagement Network) a network that brings together practitioners and academics working on public engagement, with a particular focus on parliamentary institutions. We will be organising our annual conference as an online event on the impact of public engagement on parliaments. The programme will...