Can Public Deliberation help address the environmental Crisis?
19-20 May 2025, Reed Hall, University of Exeter
A Two-day study-workshop (by invitation)
Practitioners and academics are invited to address this question, and more generally whether citizens’ deliberative forums may contribute to revitalise the representative political system. The two-day workshop is organised by the Exeter Horizon REDIRECT research group and the SPSPA Department (Politics) at the University of Exeter.
This workshop will be followed by a Public Lecture by Professor Mark E Warren on ‘When, Where, and Why Might Elected Political Elites Reach for Democratic Innovations?’
The event is concluded by a postgraduate Master class on Democratic deliberation and Representation.
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In focus
The Centre for Political Thought at Exeter encompasses one of the largest cluster of theorists and historians of political thought in the UK. Its distinctive characters are the diversity of areas and approaches, as well as the intellectual dialogue that fosters across them. Such a dialogue, combined with interdisciplinarity, is central to our weekly ‘reading group’, where colleagues and students from Exeter and other Universities present their research or discuss classical and recent texts.
The Centre promotes collaborative research and is part of an increasing number of international networks. It organizes seminars, workshops, and book symposia, many of which are published in top theory journals. Its ambition is to be a place for the exchange and scrutiny of ideas, as well as global collaboration in research.
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The Reading Group in Political Theory is a term-time weekly meeting of the staff and postgraduate students (both research and taught) working in political theory, also open to colleagues and students from other areas in politics, and from any other discipline. It often welcomes the participation of speakers from other Universities.
Programme for January - March 2025
Sessions are normally in Amory 219, Wednesdays 12.40 to 2.00 pm, unless otherwise indicated. Most sessions will be in hybrid format. A Zoom link, and any relevant readings, will be circulated in advance.
The Centre is home to an intellectually vibrant and supportive network of PhD students, who are both teaching colleagues and fellow researchers. Students pursue a range of research interests; have excellent facilities for discussion of topics, texts and thinkers; and have ample opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary work, as well as developing professionally by participating in conferences, workshops, and the weekly Reading Group meetings.