Deliberation and polarization: a multi-disciplinary review

D Caluwaerts, K Bernaerts, R Kesberg… - Frontiers in Political …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, deliberative democracy has drawn attention as a potential way of fighting
polarization. Allowing citizens to exchange arguments and viewpoints on political issues in …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change assemblies as spaces for the potential mitigation of climate policy misperceptions: A survey experiment

J Suiter, K Saude, B McNally - Environmental Science & Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
Climate action stands as one of the paramount challenges in contemporary society. A
significant impediment lies in the prevalence of misperceptions, notably the dissemination of …

Reactions to experts in deliberative democracy: the 2016–2018 Irish Citizens' Assembly

S Müller, G Kennedy, T Maher - Irish Political Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Many citizens support the involvement of experts in political decision-making, yet we know
little about how citizens react to expert opinions. Bridging recent evidence on technocratic …

Scaling Dialogue for Democracy: Can Automated Deliberation Create More Deliberative Voters?

J Fishkin, V Bolotnyy, J Lerner, A Siu… - Perspectives on …, 2025 - cambridge.org
The theory and practice of what has come to be called “deliberative democracy” have been
revived for the modern era with a focus on deliberative microcosms selected through …

Minipublics in the hot seat: Contextualising the effects of minipublics on perceived political legitimacy among the public at large

GHS van Dijk, S Marien, J Lefevere, JB PILET - 2023 - lirias.kuleuven.be
Across established democracies, many citizens express disenchantment with present-day
democracy and have little confidence in the existing representative system (Citrin & Stoker …