The General Election in Yorkshire
In this latest blog post by Ryan Swift, he makes an overview of how the general election is playing out in key seats in the...
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Critical Perspectives on Populism
In this post, Jonathan Dean, Co-Director of the Centre for Democratic Engagement, reflects on an event we held in about Populism. Populism, it seems, is...
Book Review - 'What Kind of Region Do We Want to Live In? Region-Building Ideas and Activity in West Yorkshire'
The CDE is a hub for research in democratic participation and innovation, ranging from the international to local scale. In addressing the latter (and its relevance...
'Disagreement' – A Theory and Applications Workshop
Our latest blog post - kindly provided by Dr Stuart McAnulla, Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Leeds - provides a roundup of...
The 'Engaging the Modern City' module - our first pilot year
Interest in our new Engaging the Modern City module has spread to Hong Kong University which has been running experiential learning with students for some...
Online Discourse in the Indian General Election: The Most Influential Voices in the Leadup to the Polls
Our latest blog post, by Gillian Bolsover of the University of Leeds, provides an initial analysis of the biggest players in online discourse on Twitter...
The Art of Engagement: The Practical Democracy Project #7
This month's blog post (kindly provided by Julia Cushion of the University of Sheffield) provides an overview of a recent event held at the Open...
Diversity, the Authoritarian Predisposition, and Political Participation
Immigration is continuing to drive political agendas around the world. In Australia, parliament recently approved a bill to allow some asylum seekers into the country...
Compulsory Voting and Parties’ Vote Seeking Strategies
This month's blog post - presented by Shane Singh of the University of Georgia - addresses the topic of compulsory voting, which remains widely-debated in...
How can deliberative democracy solve pressing policy issues?
The use of deliberative democracy methods to engage the public in answering challenging questions is gaining momentum - as seen with the impact of the...