About the Journal of Deliberative Democracy

The Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) is an open access journal publishing articles that shape the course of scholarship on deliberative democracy. It is the forum for the latest thinking, emerging debates, alternative perspectives, as well as critical views on deliberation. The journal welcomes submissions from all theoretical and methodological traditions. It aims to be the platform to broker knowledge between scholars and practitioners of citizen engagement. 

The journal is supported by the newDemocracy Foundation, the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and the International Association for Public Participation. It is hosted at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra, Australia.


Volume 20 • Issue 1 • 2024


Research Article

Fair Enough? Mini-Public Composition and Outcome Acceptance from the Maxi Public

Emilien Paulis, Jean-Benoit Pilet, Sebastien Rojon and Davide Vittori

2024-08-29 Volume 20 • Issue 1 • 2024

An Effect of Storytelling on Attitude Changes in Deliberative Mini-Publics

Takashi Nakazawa, Tomoyuki Tatsumi, Yume Souma and Susumu Ohnuma

2024-08-30 Volume 20 • Issue 1 • 2024

Latest News Posts
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Posted by Victoria Burgher on 2024-10-11

We are excited to announce our very first call for a Special Feature at the Journal for Deliberative Democracy (JDD). JDD Special Features are single articles consisting of an editorial introduction followed by three to four short contributions from different authors. Special Features aim to facilitate debates and bring together various perspectives on one topic. We will publish one Special [...]

New Collection - Climate Change and Deliberative Democracy
Posted by Philippa Grand on 2023-09-19

The Journal of Deliberative Democracy has published a new Collection on climate change, curated by Dr John Rountree.Gathering together articles from across the journal's 18 year history, topics covered include the role of deliberative practitioners, citizens' juries and wind farms, and Brazilian media coverage of COP15. As Dr Rountree notes in his introduction to the Collection, "climate [...]

Announcing the New Editorial Team: Our Vision for the Journal of Deliberative Democracy
Posted by Hans Asenbaum, Sonia Bussu, Hannah Werner and Lucy Parry on 2023-06-19

In May 2023 a new team was appointed to edit the journal - Hans Asenbaum (University of Canberra, Australia) has a focus on theory; Sonia Bussu (INLOGOV, University of Birmingham, UK) has a particular interest in qualitative research; Hannah Werner (University of Zurich, Switzerland) will focus on quantitative research; and Lucy Parry (University of Canberra, Australia) will have responsibility [...]

New Collection - Deliberation Amid Deep Conflict
Posted by Philippa Grand on 2022-12-01

The Journal of Deliberative Democracy has published a new thematic collection on the theme of 'deliberation amid deep conflict'. Societies marked by deep divisions post challenges for deliberation. They may have entrenched interests, power inequities and a history of ill-will and misconceptions - yet deliberation also potentially transforms intergroup conflict and promotes reconciliation, mutual [...]

New Collection - Youth Deliberation in the Community
Posted by Philippa Grand on 2022-10-17

To coincide with this year's Festival of Public Participation and Deliberative Democracy, hosted by the European Commission, the Journal of Deliberative Democracy has published a new Collection of articles from across the journal. The theme of this year's Festival is youth participation and Guest Editor, John Rountree, has selected six articles on the theme of youth deliberation in the [...]