Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
I have been at the University of Edinburgh since 2010, and I am currently Senior Lecturer in Public Policy in the Politics and International Relations subject area of the School of Social and Political Science.
My full academic profile is available here.
Current 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:
- 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
College Research Themes
- Governance and Democracy
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Facilitators as culture change workers: Advancing public participation and deliberation in local governance
Bynner, C., Escobar, O. & Weakley, S., 4 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Local Government Studies. p. 1-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Time after time: Imprisonment, re-entry and enduring temporariness
McNeill, F., Crockett Thomas, P., Cathcart Frödén, L., Collinson Scott, J., Escobar, O. & Urie, A., 3 Nov 2022, Time and Punishment: New Contexts and Perspectives. Carr, N. & Robinson, G. (eds.). 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 171-201 31 p. (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Mixed methods
Escobar, O., 25 Oct 2022, Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy. Ercan, S. A., Asenbaum, H., Curato, N. & Mendonça, R. F. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 390-405Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Working the urban assemblage: A transnational study of transforming practices
Durose, C., van Ostaijen, M., van Hulst, M., Escobar, O. & Agger, A., 1 Aug 2022, In: Urban Studies. 59, 10, p. 2129-2146 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Between radical aspirations and pragmatic challenges: Institutionalising participatory governance in Scotland
Escobar, O., 1 May 2022, In: Critical Policy Studies. 16, 2, p. 146-161 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference 2021
James Henderson (Presenter), Philip Revell (Presenter) & Oliver Escobar (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
Oliver Escobar (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)
Hayley Bennett (Invited speaker) & Oliver Escobar (Invited speaker)
13 Mar 2019Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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'Improving decision making: Delivering better outcomes through public participation and deliberation', keynote speech at EXCEL Annual Conference
Oliver Escobar (Keynote speaker)
20 Feb 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Local Governance Review, Scottish Government Advisory Group
Oliver Escobar (Advisor)
2018Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Supporting local acceleration in Granton through Inclusive, data driven and participatory engagement
5/01/22 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Smart Urban Intermediaries ¿¿¿ Trans-European Research, Learning, and Action
1/04/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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WWS: What Works Scotland
Morton, S., Escobar, O., Bennett, H. & Henderson, J.
2/06/14 → 31/12/18
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
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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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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Live Twinterview to the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis about the paper "Scripting deliberative policy making"
5/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Anna Ross claims Dutch-style café culture would boost Scottish tourism
Angus Bancroft & Oliver Escobar
4/03/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment