Just seen this guest post via Scottish Parliament's SPICe Spotlight blog, on tracking public engagement through the parliamentary process spice-spotlight.scot/2023/11/27/gue…

Public engagement in parliamentary work on climate change Monday 29 January 15.00 CET This #IPU #IPEN webinar explores two approaches that demonstrate how #parliaments can effectively involve the public in their initiatives on #climatechange ipu.org/event/public-e…

Another one to look forward to, where Omomayowa O. Abati, PhD and I will discuss Parliament of RSA's extensive public engagement approach to #climatechange legislation

I must have been the luckiest doctoral researcher (studying legislatures) on the planet! - supervised by C Leston-Bandeira, examined by Lord Norton of Louth. Thank you for the immense opportunity to learn; and what an honour to be standing in-there😊.

What a conclusion to what has been a journey indeed! - a journey of unlearning and relearning, and advancing ideas about legislatures and publics. Many thanks to C Leston-Bandeira & Alex Beresford for the excellent supervision, and to everyone at @POLISatLeeds.

✏️ Read our latest addition to our Overview of Parliaments Map! Omomayowa O. Abati, PhD and Temitayo Odeyemi, PhD write about Nigeria’s National Assembly 🇳🇬 psaparliaments.org/overview-of-pa…

Published tomorrow, with contributions by Dr Alexandra Meakin, @BYMYong, @CourtenayIlbert, Emma Crewe, Hannah White, Lucinda Maer, Didier Caluwaerts and Daan Vermassen. Thank you to all contributors for embarking in this reimagining journey with David and me.

At the climax of a very eventful period doing a PhD on parliaments and public engagement in Nigeria, I was elated to have been named Faculty of Social Sciences' Postgraduate Researcher of the Year. Thanks to C Leston-Bandeira Alex Beresford Femi Mimiko, mni Akanni Akinyemi.

📢This week! Prof Leston-Bandeira, University of Leeds/ Chair @IPEN_Network, will host National Assembly KE's Brenda Ogembo at the #IPU/ #IPEN Public Engagement Hub Seminar, focusing on #Kenya🇰🇪's bicameral parliament and how to institutionalise public engagement. ➡️ipu.org/event/embeddin…

My latest article, a collaboration with fab @POLISatLeeds colleagues: how climate protests influence parliamentary discourse by MPs & Peers - open access:👇

Congratulations to my exceptional PhD supervisor C Leston-Bandeira for the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences! Very well deserved, and an accolade testifying to an adorable profile and personality!

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Our next #PublicEngagement Hub webinar co-hosted by #IPU & #IPEN will discuss developments, innovations & challenges in public engagement in the #MexicanCongress with speaker Dr Khemvirg Puente Puente Wednesday 20 November 16:00 GMT/17:00 CET Find out more 👇 ipu.org/event/developm…

Thanks, Marci. Legislatures certainly have to do more to make democracy more meaningful. . .

This is calling on parliaments to do better to salvage democracy...