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 scholarship and practice on deliberative democracy around the globe. It is the forum for cutting-edge research and emerging alternative debates, as well as critical views on deliberation. The journal welcomes submissions from all theoretical and methodological traditions. Its outputs are relevant to scholars and practitioners of all disciplines interested in participatory and deliberative democracy, democratic theory, critical democracy studies and democratic resilience.
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 at the University of Canberra, Australia and published by University of Westminster Press.
Editors: Hans Asenbaum University of Canberra, Australia, Sonia Bussu University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, Franziska Maier University of Stuttgart, Germany, Lucy J. Parry University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Hannah Werner University of Zurich Switzerland
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Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2026 • 1(22) Regular Issue 2026
Research Article
The Case for Using Generative AI to Run Deliberation Simulations
John Rountree and John Gastil