The Connecting to Parliament Project is based at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy at the University of Canberra. Learn more about the Centre here.
Adele Webb is Research Lead in Democracy and Citizen Engagement at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy. Her work examines democracy in theory and practice, specialising in the sources and consequences of complex political attitudes including democratic ambivalence, and the potential for democratic innovation. She is author of Chasing Freedom: The Philippines’ Long Journey to Democratic Ambivalence (2022, Liverpool University Press).
Selen Ercan is a Professor at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance. She is specializing in the ways in which deliberative democracy can respond to the crisis of democracy and inform the democratic reform initiatives. She is the author of the book Mending Democracy. Democratic Repair in Disconnected Times (Oxford University Press, with Carolyn Hendriks and John Boswell) and one of the editors of Deliberative Systems in Theory and Practice (2018, Routledge).
John S. Dryzek is the co-founder of the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance. He holds the prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship for his work on environmental politics, global justice, and cultural variety in deliberative practice. He is the author of more than fifteen books on deliberative democracy and environmental politics and a fellow at the Academy of Sciences in Australia.