Graham Smith

Members of the citizens’ assembly on climate change on their first weekend of discussions in Birmingham, January 2020. Fabio De Paola/PA Archive/PA Images

September 18, 2020

Citizens’ assembly: what we’ve learned about the kind of climate action the public wants to see

Graham Smith, University of Westminster

Ordinary British people proposed bolder climate measures than anything politicians have so far dared to suggest.

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June 26, 2019

Citizens’ assemblies: how to bring the wisdom of the public to bear on the climate emergency

Graham Smith, University of Westminster

Citizens’ assemblies could be vital in kick-starting the tough steps needed to safeguard a healthy world – but the detail for how they will work will be important.

While some are declaring that democracy has had its day, others see this as a time to develop more truly democratic ways of living. Gustav Klimt, Death and Life, 1910

January 17, 2018

Is Democracy Dead or Alive? Democracy has a future, if we rethink and remake it

Alice el-Wakil, University of Zurich; Anna Szolucha, Polish Academy of Sciences; David A. Teegarden, University at Buffalo; Graham Smith, University of Westminster; Nancy L. Rosenblum, Harvard University; Peter Wilkin, Brunel University of London, and Ryusaku Yamada, Soka University

Is it really time to eulogise democracy, or are we rather on the cusp of a new phase in its long and varied life?

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Citizens’ assembly: what we’ve learned about the kind of climate action the public wants to see

Citizens’ assemblies: how to bring the wisdom of the public to bear on the climate emergency

Is Democracy Dead or Alive? Democracy has a future, if we rethink and remake it

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