Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation, Politics and International Relations subject area of the School of Social and Political Science.
Full academic profile is available here.
Other positions
(2019- ) Academic Lead for Democratic Innovation at Edinburgh Futures Institute
(2017-2020) UK Principal Investigator for Smart Urban Intermediaries: Trans-European Research, Learning and Action
(2017-2020) Co-Investigator of Distant Voices: Coming Home
(2015-2019) Co-Director of What Works Scotland
Research interests:
- Commons
- Governance of the future
- Policy making and policy workers
- Participation and deliberation in policy making
- Participatory and deliberative democracy
- Collaborative governance (e.g. partnerships)
- Public service reform
- Democratic innovations (i.e. mini-publics, participatory budgeting)
- Political communication (i.e. dialogue and deliberation)
- Facilitation, mediation and consensus building
- Community/Public engagement practice and practitioners
- Knowledge brokering
- Science & society
- Emotions in politics and policy
Research Themes and Networks
- Governance & Democracy
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Democratic innovation for change: A participatory corrective to deliberative hegemony
Escobar, O. & Bua, A., 23 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Politics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Participatory democracy and participatory research
Asenbaum, H., Bussu, S., Escobar, O. & Harris, C., 14 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Political Science Review. p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World
Escobar, O. (Editor) & Elstub, S. (Editor), 30 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press) Berlin: Degruyter. (Citizens’ Assemblies and Mini-Publics; vol. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The future of climate assemblies
Elstub, S. & Escobar, O., 30 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press) Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World. Escobar , O. & Elstub, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Degruyter, p. 175-199 25 p. (Citizens’ Assemblies and Mini-Publics; vol. 2).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The present of climate assemblies
Escobar, O. & Elstub, S., 30 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press) Climate Assemblies: New Civic Institutions for a Climate-changed World. Escobar, O. & Elstub, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Degruyter, p. 3-23 20 p. (Citizens’ Assemblies and Mini-Publics; vol. 2).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference 2021
Henderson, J. (Presenter), Revell, P. (Presenter) & Escobar, O. (Presenter)
30 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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'Innovations in democratic governance', keynote speech at International Conference of Municipal Clerks
Escobar, O. (Keynote speaker)
7 Jun 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Navigating the boundaries of methodological innovation and public service reform: Learning from the What Works Scotland programme (2014-2018)
Bennett, H. (Invited speaker) & Escobar, O. (Invited speaker)
13 Mar 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Webinar - Beyond dissemination: dialogue in science public engagement
Escobar, O. (Speaker)
10 Apr 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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'Improving decision making: Delivering better outcomes through public participation and deliberation', keynote speech at EXCEL Annual Conference
Escobar, O. (Keynote speaker)
20 Feb 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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INSPIRE: Intersectional Spaces of Participation: Inclusive, Resilient, Embedded
Escobar, O. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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BR-UK: Behavioural Research UK Leadership Hub
Bauld, L. (Principal Investigator), Escobar, O. (Co-investigator) & Fry, D. (Co-investigator)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/11/23 → 31/10/28
Project: Research
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Supporting local acceleration in Granton through Inclusive, data driven and participatory engagement
Mcfall, L. (Principal Investigator) & Escobar, O. (Co-investigator)
5/01/22 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Supporting local acceleration in Granton through Inclusive, data driven and participatory engagement
McAra, L. (Principal Investigator), Escobar, O. (Co-investigator) & Mcfall, L. (Co-investigator)
Economic and Social Research Council
5/01/22 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Datasets
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Citizens' Juries on Windfarms in Scotland
Escobar, O. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 20 Aug 2021
DOI: 10.7488/ds/3117
Dataset
Press/Media
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'Cleansed and hollowed out': Edinburgh's Old Town faces losing its community council
16/03/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Narbonne questions the revival of the construction of reservoirs after the dana: "The information is very distorted"
29/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Interview for UNIR, Magazine of the International University of La Rioja
27/09/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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BBC Radio Scotland Sunday Morning / Participation and cynicism
29/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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