The view from the table: facilitating public dialogue about the environment
Blog
Event
Where are we now and what next for online deliberative methods?
Our online launch event provided an engaging exploration of online deliberative research methods.
Our Centre for Deliberative Research focuses on uncovering attitudes after citizens have been provided with evidence and an opportunity to discuss the issues with experts and others. We also bring expertise in wider participatory methods and public engagement across a range of policy areas and aim to deliver a portfolio of advocacy work on public participation and citizen engagement.
This launch event provides an engaging exploration of online deliberative research methods with presentations from Ceri Davies, Director of the new Centre; Dr Alice Siu, a leading academic in the field of deliberative research from Stanford University; and Prof Alison Park, the Interim Executive Chair of the ESRC.
The event was chaired by NatCen’s Gerry Nicolaas and featured additional contributions from discussants Marian Barnes, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Brighton; Sir John Curtice, Professor of Politics and Senior Fellow at NatCen; and Reema Patel, Associate Director at the Ada Lovelace Institute.
Presentation slides
NatCen Centre for Deliberative Research launch_Ceri Davies (.ppt)
Deliberative methods and social science research_Alison Park (.ppt)
Deliberative democracy, deliberative polling and scaling deliberation_Alice Siu (.pdf)
Speakers
-
Ceri DaviesDirector of the Centre for Deliberative Research National Centre for Social Search
Ceri is interested in how the public has a voice in the decisions that shape their lives – be that through democratic means, in policy development, understanding the implications of science and technology and influencing or contributing to the questions that researchers ask.
She has been working at the intersection of evidence and practice in public participation for over 15 years, through roles in community development, in social research and on not-for-profit boards. The creation and her leadership of the Centre for Deliberative Research continues this general theme – with a focus on bringing social science rigour to deliberation and dialogue as ways to explore public attitudes, contribute to policy making and influence research practice.
The Centre's current work tackles large scale societal issues, such as Brexit, the environment and health inequalities and provides opportunities to facilitate complex conversations with individuals of differing opinions to inform a research or policy outcome, from local to national scale.
With a background in academia and civil society, Ceri previously led the University of Brighton’s Community Knowledge Exchange (2008-2018) and completed her doctorate exploring knowledge and power in participatory research on issues of social justice. She is a Trustee of Sussex Nightstop (a small charity developing community-based responses to homelessness) and an associate editor of Research For All.
-
Dr Alice SiuStanford University
-
Prof Alison ParkInterim Executive Chair ESRC
