Well I enjoyed that! Thanks very much for having me. Great to be able to share my thoughts not just on why Delib is the way forward for many of the issues we face but also how we can be use our imaginations to maximise its promise…

What makes for effective collaboration between researchers, engagement professionals, people and communities?

Our colleagues at Medical Research Council would love for the NCCPE community to complete this survey on their new public partnerships strategy:

Do come along! Writing this is brightening up an otherwise damp/grey start to the year.. looking forward to sharing my thoughts and the discussion.

I’m taking a brief twitter break - for remainder of the year. If you want to connect on or share good stuff on research and citizen engagement, participation, deliberation - feel free to email me!

We're looking for an ambitious individual, newly or part-qualified in accounting and finance, to join the finance team. Your responsibilities will range from financial analysis to collaborating on financial forecasting and budget processes. Apply here natcen.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/56…

'Deep public engagement on economic policy gives people a greater stake in the economy, and people are receptive to this.'

Ross Mudie writes for The MJ on how CPP worked with a citizens' jury to inform our latest report, working with NatCen.

themj.co.uk/Let-the-citize…

Another great panel - another great topic! 👇

Our Centre’s for Children & Families and Evaluation have conducted several research projects looking to improve children’s lives and keep them safe in the last year. We have spotlighted a few reports below 🧵 #WorldChildrensDay

👀From Aristotle onwards, it has been assumed that (democratic) political action is principally grounded in speech and language. This ignores the significance of the bodily acts in which subaltern groups often engage that are not directly reducible to discourse, or language...

Another good example to add to those already out there about engaging the public on fiscal policy

📝New IGN blog!

In their recent report, Funding Fair Growth, Centre for Progressive Policy convened a Citizens' Jury with NatCen to develop a model of fiscal devolution👏

✍️Ross Mudie, Research Analyst blogs on the value of participatory methods in economic policy.
inclusivegrowthnetwork.org/ign-insights/u…

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Join us for the annual Cathie Marsh Lecture - AI: A Game Changer for Social Research?

📅7th December, 5pm

Jointly organised by Royal Statistical Society and Social Research Assn

natcen.ac.uk/events/2023-ca…

🎉We're very excited to announce that our brand new website has launched!

🤩With refreshed content, such as learning journeys that explore all aspects of engagement from strategy to evaluation, culture change to policy.

👀Come and take a look around: publicengagement.ac.uk

The Adult Oral Health Survey is conducted every 10 years & is hugely important for telling us about the state of the nation’s teeth (+ much more).

Dentists/dental therapists are needed to undertake clinical exams for the 2023 survey

Jan-March 2024. Paid!

Please RT #dentistry

👏🏼 interesting blog by my fab colleague Ciaran - reflecting on some important work.

My book 'Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe: How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy' is available in paperback! Still very relevant and now slightly less overpriced routledge.com/Illiberal-Poli…

Last week, Rob Ford (@OfficialUoM 🇬🇧) delivered the 10th annual lecture in memory of our co-founder, Sir Roger Jowell.

A recording of the lecture - Are attitudes to immigration changing and does this matter? - is now available.

youtu.be/ckjErmV47e0

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