In the fall elections for the steering committee are planned as the three-year term of the current Steering Committee is coming to an end. We would like to encourage interested members to put themselves forward as candidates.  The Steering Committee handles the day-to-day management of the Standing Group and consists of five members, elected from within the members of the Standing Group (Procedure here). Any member of the Group is eligible for election, but the Steering Committee must consist of at least 50% … Elections for the steering committee

The Standing Group on Democratic Innovations will host a section at the ECPR Joint Sessions from 25-28 May 2021. Please see the call below and we hope you can circulate it to our networks. Thank you to panel chairs Azucena Moran (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies), Diletta di Marco (Politecnico di Milano) and Oliver Escobar … Joint Sessions 2021: Call for participants

During the next weeks and months, weekly webinars are organized online by the Centre for the Study of Politics (Cevipol, Université libre de Bruxelles), on various topics related to party politics, participation and representation. These webinars usually take place on Thursday, 12h-13h15 (Brussels time). They constitute a great opportunity to hear about and discuss on-going … Cevipol/ULB Webinar series: ‘Parties, Elections & Representation’

Call for papers and panels  Democratic Innovations: Uses and Perceptions  Section for 2021 ECPR General Conference The call for panels and papers for the 2021 ECPR General Conference in Innsbruck (31 August-3 September) is now online. The Standing Group of Democratic Innovations has a section, please see this link for more information: https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1126  We strongly encourage … Democratic Innovations Section for the 2021 ECPR General Conference

Democratic innovations in unlikely places: Virtual Workshop Hosted by the Technical University of Munich January, 14-15, 2021 “Democratic innovations” include popular assemblies, mini-publics, participatory budgeting, referenda, and digital participation. Most of these “democratic innovations” took place in the “political sphere” as traditionally understood. In this workshop, we also aim to explore the potential of “democratic innovations” … Democratic innovations in unlikely places: Virtual Workshop hosted by the Technical University of Munich (January 14-15)