Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance

The Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance is the world-leading research centre for the study of deliberative democracy. It currently has nine full-time academic staff, seven PhD students, and two adjunct professors working on a diverse range of theoretical and empirical projects related to deliberative democracy.

The year 2019 marks the Centre’s fifth year at the University of Canberra. Over a five-year period, the Centre has published nine books, over a hundred journal articles and book chapters, hosted five international workshops and conferences and hosted over 60 visitors from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand.

In the same period, we received over $5.5. million worth of research grants, including the Australian Research Council’s Laureate Fellowship, Future Fellowship, Discovery Early Career Research Fellowship, and three Discovery projects.

The Centre convenes the biennial Deliberative Democracy Summer School and runs masterclasses on democratic innovations and citizen engagement. It is also the home of the Journal of Public Deliberation (co-hosted with Åbo Akademi and University of Stuttgart).

Before moving to the University of Canberra, the Centre was based at the Australian National University.

The Centre welcomes PhD students and visitors specialising in deliberative democracy research from various theoretical, disciplinary, and methodological traditions. We are especially interested in engaging with scholars working on democratisation, global governance, environmental politics, social movements, identity politics, mixed methods research, and political theory.

If you require further information about the Centre, please direct your enquiries to DelibDem@canberra.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter @DelDemUCan.