Last episode of season 6: Bridging research and practice to save democracy - From ivory towers to practicing participation


 

After hearing about fighting toxic masculinity, climate obstruction and holding autocratic to account, in this episode we dive into re-imagining democracy altogether. And we wouldn't be the People vs Inequality Podcast if that didn't mean: together with citizens of all kinds whilst addressing power and inequalities. How can researchers and practitioners better collaborate to make democracy better, more participatory, inclusive ánd effective in solving real problems?

We go again to Brazil, a country with high inequality and and periods of authoritarianism, but also a powerful history of social movements, citizen education, and participatory democracy experiments.

We have the amazing Silvia Cervellini with us, co-founder and director of Delibera, an organization doing so-called mini-publics, and writing about these experiments too. She's very passionate about democratic innovation and learning together with others to make this happen. 

So why does she feel this is especially important today, and what is she learning from research and practice on making sure that everyone is heard? And maybe she has some tips for researchers and technical experts on letting go, and for many of us on overcoming our fears to speak with people of diverse backgrounds and opinions. 

This and more in today's episode. So please grab a coffee or tea and listen in on the conversation here or wherever you get your podcast!


REQUEST: you are very welcome to share your reflections on this conversation with us via peoplevsinequality@gmail.com, as we are capturing this in a blog!


RESOURCES: For more about Silvia's work see

- Website of Delibera: https://deliberabrasil.org/

- Co-founder José Veríssimo explaining the project about affective polarization: https://youtu.be/1omk4riD-N8?si=jpT_HJmhlE0k3nii

- Publication in partnership with Internationa Idea launched at Cop30 https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/amazonian-climate-deliberation-insights-three-citizen-assemblies-climate?lang=en

- English translation of series "Assembleias Cidadãs no Brasil" https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTLLL6iyUZKOaUFLfti5-ug5QiM3j9U3-&si=vft33q7Qp5Ve7dlA


ABOUT THIS PODCAST AND PROJECT:

In a time of crisis and fast change, the People vs Inequality podcast is a space to reflect and learn with changemakers on how to tackle inequality. The show is a co-production between Barbara van Paassen (host, creator) and Elizabeth Maina (producer), and edited by Charles Rigga. 

This series was funded by the Atlantic Fellowship for Social and Economic Equity Programme at the London School of Economics as part of an academic-practitioner collaboration project. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme, the International Inequalities Institute, or the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

More about the podcast: https://peoplevsinequality.blogspot.com/

More about the AcPrac project: https://afsee.atlanticfellows.org/academic-practitioner-collaborations



 

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