Can deliberative mini-publics reduce confirmation bias? 🤔 In JDD’s newest article, Kaisa Herne, Kimmo Grönlund , and Peter Soderlund studied a local-level mini-public on the topic of transportation policies to answer this question. 🇫🇮 ⬇️ https://t.co/HIdFBeMDZX

How can #policy discussions & #adaptation strategies centre #women’s voices & needs? Should they? 📍ICYMI: Check out our Dispatch from Sub-Saharan Africa highlighting #women as important actors in the fight against #climatechange 🔖 https://t.co/yBd0k7vNYL

What does #democraticgovernance look like in the context of emergencies? 🚨 Re-sharing Mikko Värttö's research on deliberative mini-publics organised globally in connection to the COVID-19 pandemic, looking at #democraticinnovations in emergencies👇 https://t.co/EYeJOwjwOu

In the latest from AHIP Journal, Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos reports from the #Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 on the overwhelming offering of technological solutions to Anthropocenic problems https://t.co/PEUH5X9X6g #water #reparations #repair

The latest article from @delibdemjournal examines how institutional design shapes patterns of self-exclusion in upscaled mini-publics. Aliénor Ballangé concludes that fostering epistemic inclusion requires targeted design interventions https://t.co/csw21Sv4RW #epistemicinjustice

The Student Guide to the Creative Studio in the Digital Age is now available #openaccess Congratulations to authors @DenitsaPetrova8 and @DougSpecht for writing such a dynamic guide to what it means to be creative today! Read or download for free at: https://t.co/yb9lTi1Foz

What does “Open Research” mean for #qualitative research? ⁉️

Westminster named University of the Year at 2025 Queer Student Awards! 🏳️‍🌈 🎉 https://t.co/sigrSVvynV

Today marks the arrival of Christian Fuchs' vital World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism. This book asks urgent questions about what violence is, what war and peace look like today and provides possible answers. #OpenAccess #war #peace https://t.co/JCz85Sw7nF

UWP celebrated the arrival of @PCunliffeJones' must-read 'Fake News – What's The Harm' last night at a very successful launch. Many thanks to all attendees and to @__ChrisMorris__ for his insightful steering of a very engaging conversation! #opeanaccess https://t.co/0ntCbt2zFN

Today also sees the arrival of incredibly timely 'Fake News – What's The Harm?', a must-read for fact-checkers and policymakers concerned about real-world harms of viral misinformation. #informationdisorder #fakenews #FactChecking Available #openaccess https://t.co/0ntCbt2zFN

Today is publication day for 'Digital and Social Media in Africa' 🎉 ! This book focuses on the strategies used by African governments in monitoring and controlling digital and #socialmedia and the implications for #mediafreedom. Available #openaccess https://t.co/xtVKBIrGjl

LATEST RELEASE 🔔 Using 🇰🇷 as a case study, Bokyong Shin from the University of Helsinki highlights the critical role of #mediaframing in introducing and promoting #participatorybudgeting to the public 📰 🗞️ OPEN ACCESS: https://t.co/1P7zzJGcrL

Tom Cohen of @Active_ATA discusses "What's next for active travel?", in a webinar from @landor_links sponsored by @SYSTRA_UKIRL. See what he, Mariam Draaijer, Peter Edwards and Steve Essex have to say here https://t.co/RZYz9UufLz #transportfutures #activetravel #miltonkeynes

New article alert‼️ Mikko Värttö analyzed #deliberative #minipublics organized globally in connection to the COVID-19 pandemic, showing #publicparticipation’s adaptability and creativity in addressing crisis situations ⬇️ https://t.co/EYeJOwjwOu

Today is publication day for Manfred Knoche's 'Critique of the Political Economy of the Media: Foundations and Applications'! This critical analysis of the media’s role in contemporary society is free to download #openaccess and paperbacks are available https://t.co/yW8NtJSkoL

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC) journal invites submissions for its upcoming issue focusing on COMMUNICATION AS A FORCE OF CHANGE Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2025 #communication #culture #research

Read Elena Cirkovic's beautifully illustrated article 'Displaced Placemaking, Bioart and Beyond-Human Communication' in Anthropocenes Journal https://t.co/35XPXXUTpD #environmentalhumanities #bioart #displacement #placemaking

'Digital and Social Media in Africa' is out now #openaccess, in print 12 June. It discusses African government strategies for controlling digital and social media and implications for media freedom and freedom of expression. https://t.co/3JeCVQrRx1 #africanstudies #mediastudies

Please join the Silk Road Journal at this research symposium to discuss #Uzbekistan and issues relating to the wider #Eurasia region 14 May, 3-5pm, University of Westminster, UG04, 309 Regent Street, London https://t.co/rS1w0La1rY Tickets available here https://t.co/rsiDqKs9fQ