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 and published by University of Westminster Press.
Volume 21 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Regular Issue
Research Article
Mini-Publics and Party Ideology: Who Commissioned the Deliberative Wave in Europe?
Rodrigo Ramis-Moyano, Graham Smith, Ernesto Ganuza and Thamy Pogrebinschi
2025-02-14 Volume 21 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Regular Issue
Deliberative Democracy Without Deliberation
Marit Hammond
2025-05-22 Volume 21 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Regular Issue
Pondering the Promises & Problems of Participatory Policy-Making: Lessons Learned from Experiences in Four European Countries
Florian Roth, Lefteris Topaloglou, Snezhina Gabova, Yiannis Bakouros, Gabriel Happle, Amalia Kouskoura and Anna Puiggròs Xirinachs
2025-07-11 Volume 21 • Issue 1 • 2025 • Regular Issue
Book Reviews
Most Popular Articles
Rhetorical Alignment between Political Campaign Discourse and Democratic Deliberation
John Rountree, Windy Yvonne Lawrence, Sara A. Mehltretter Drury
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]