Ann Harding Conference Centre
Building 24, ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Canberra ACT 2601
Deliberative Democracy Summer School 2024
7 - 9 February 2024
Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Canberra




The 6th Deliberative Democracy Summer School was held from 7th to 9th February 2024. Over three days, 50 leading academics and PhD students from around the world explored key issues and current research on deliberative democracy.
The Summer School was inaugurated by the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business, Government and Law, Uwe Dulleck, along with Summer School Convenor Hans Asenbaum.
The keynote was delivered by is Prof Melissa Williams from the ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Toronto. The Summer School featured workshops on publishing journal articles and methods for empirical research as well as and roundtable discussions focusing on research impact and the future of deliberative democracy. In addition to one-on-one mentorship sessions, PhD students and early career scholars presented and discussed their research. The programme also included an Indigenous garden tour on campus, a visit to the Museum of Australian Democracy, a dinner at Old Parliament House, and the 10th Anniversary Celebration of our Centre at the ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Canberra.
Guest speakers included Brigitte Geissel (Goethe ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ Frankfurt), Melisa Ross (ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Bremen), Rikki Dean (Goethe ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ Frankfurt), Maija Setälä (ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Turku), Frederic Hanusch (Justus Liebig ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ Giessen), Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça (Federal ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Minas Gerais), Mary F. Scudder (Purdue ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ), Carolyn Hendriks (Australian National ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ), Edena Beauvais (Simon Fraser ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ), PerOla Öberg (Uppsala ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ), Daniel Kübler (ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Zurich), Mikko Leino (ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Turku), as well as Centre staff Hans Asenbaum, Nicole Curato, John Dryzek, Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Simon Niemeyer, Adele Webb, Jonathan Pickering, and Jean-Paul Gagnon (ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ of Canberra).
The Summer School was organised by the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance and generously supported by the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and the Faculty of Business, Government and Law.
