Join us for a conversation between leading experts on the promise, limits, and future development of transnational citizen initiatives, such as the Global Climate Assembly, and other forms of citizen involvement in policy-making on matters of global concern.
The way in which many global problems are governed today is disappointing, as international cooperation often lacks both effectiveness and fairness. Can new forms of citizen participation improve global governance? Deliberative citizen forums are increasingly common at the local and national scale, but their potential at the global level is still unclear.
Meet our speakers and chair:
Luis Cabrera, Professor of Political Science in the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. His research focuses on regional and global organisations, global citizenship and human rights. His articles have appeared in journals including American Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, International Theory, Democratization, and Political Studies. He has published six books, including the monographs The Humble Cosmopolitan (Oxford UP 2020), and The Practice of Global Citizenship (Cambridge UP 2010). His current book project explores the theory and practice of advancing government and citizenship beyond the state. It draws on field research conducted at regional and global governance organisations on five continents.
Marit Hammond is Associate Professor in the Politics of Climate Change, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick. Her research interests span climate and environmental politics, normative democratic theory, and critical theory. Her published work includes the book Power in Deliberative Democracy: Norms, Forums, Systems (with Nicole Curato and John B. Min, Palgrave Macmillan 2018), the edited volume The Political Prospects of a Sustainability Transformation (with Daniel Hausknost, Routledge 2021) and numerous articles in journals such as Science, Politics, Environmental Politics, Contemporary Political Theory, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Policy Sciences, and Democratization.
Rich Wilson is the CEO of the Iswe Foundation and a democratic innovation specialist. He is currently working to establish a permanent Global Citizens’ Assembly to give millions of people a powerful role in decision-making. In 2003 he founded Involve, which under his leadership became a leading international centre for democratic innovation research, innovation and policy-making. He played a leading role in the Blair and Brown governments on democratic reform. Rich is a trustee of the Local Trust. He is a senior policy adviser to the UK government and has been an adviser to the UNDP, WHO, OECD, EU and many national and local governments as well as NGOs and social movements. In 2022 he received the Democracy Network Equality and Power award.
Chair:
Mathias Koenig-Archibugi is Associate Professor of International Relations and Government, LSE. His research is on supranational political integration, global public policy, global democracy, global health governance and international labour rights.
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