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 co-edited by Nicole Curato with Kim Strandberg, Åbo Akademi University, Finland, André Bächtiger, University of Stuttgart, Germany, and Graham Smith, University of Westminster, UK
Research Article
Emancipation Against All Odds? The Conservatism Charge to Deliberative Democracy Reconsidered
Andreas Schäfer and Wolfgang Merkel
Flying Without Instruments? The Deliberative Turn of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council
Zélie Wüthrich, Hugo Bonin and Simon Baeckelandt
The Doctors of Democracy: Self-Image and Democratic Values of Participatory Practitioners
Dennis Friess and Nina Katharina Herff
Diversity in Facilitation: Mapping Differences in Deliberative Designs
Dirk von Schneidemesser, Daniel Oppold and Dorota Stasiak
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted by Philippa Grand on 2022-09-26
Call for New EditorsThe Journal of Deliberative Democracy is pleased to invite expressions of interest for the editorship of the journal. The new editorial team is expected to serve from April 2023 to April 2026. Multi-institutional and multi-country bids are encouraged but not required.Established in 2005 (originally as the Journal of Public Deliberation) the journal is a forum for the latest [...]
Posted by Andrew Lockett on 2021-06-02
Published as part of issue 17:1 our journal's Symposium on Online Deliberation and #CivicTech is now available.
Posted by Nicole Curato on 2021-02-22
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) publishes 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 [...]