CDE has been successful in bringing the PSA’s British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) to POLIS from 1 August 2021. We are excited by this opportunity to build on the tremendous work of the Edinburgh editorial team and extend BJPIR’s excellent reputation. CDE members Derek Edyvane, Richard Hayton, Jack Holland and Victoria Honeyman will be...
The Centre for Democratic Engagement hosted a truly global conference on the 26 March 2021, with three hubs across the globe: Australia, Europe, Brazil. This pioneering conference brought together over 200 officials, academics and representatives of third sector organisations from 41 countries to discuss public engagement and its impact on parliaments. This was a highly...
Miranda Duffy, a PhD student at the Centre for Democratic Engagement, has launched a podcast, as part of her studies, entitled DEN of ENQUIRY. The podcast uses poetry to kick-start conversations about democracy and the rule of law for 9+year olds and their adults.
Dr Eike Rinke has co-guest-edited a "Profession Symposium" (a series of 7 short articles) on the topic of "Opening Political Science" that has been published in print in the latest issue of PS: Political Science & Politics.
Professor Leston-Bandeira's ground-breaking article on e-petitions was selected by the journal Policy & Politics, to be part of its free access virtual issue on digital, democracy and participation. Professor Leston-Bandeira's article is free to access until the 31 March.
Professor Jocelyn Evans gave a paper, 'Existe-t-il un effet de « halo » ? Analyse multiniveaux des effets contextuels de l’immigration sur le vote Front national en 2017', to the Migrations and Society Research Unit in Paris (URMIS) on 11 January 2021.
Dr Victoria Honeyman’s article on Britain’s Overseas Development Aid Agenda is part of a new publication by the Foreign Policy Centre.
Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament on how parliaments around the world have adapted to Covid-19.
Dr Jonathan Dean has published a new open access article in the journal 'Politics', entitled 'Left politics and popular culture in Britain: From left-wing populism to ‘popular leftism’'.
Professor Jocelyn Evans has co-authored an election report on France's recent local elections, focusing on the limited success of Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National.