Oliver Escobar

Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Science

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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

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20 Commissioned report
14 Article
13 Chapter
5 Other report
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Mediating punishment? Prisoners’ songs as relational ‘problem-solving’ devices
Crockett Thomas, P., Collinson Scott, J., McNeill, F., Escobar, O., Cathcart Frödén, L. & Urie, A., 11 Jan 2021, In: Law Text Culture. 24, p. 1-27 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Voice of the people: Public participation and independence
Escobar, O., 18 Mar 2021, Scotland’s new choice: Independence after Brexit. Hepburn, E., Keating, M. & McEwen, N. (eds.). Edinburgh: Centre on Constitutional Change (CCC), p. 46-55 10 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Open Access
File
Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland: Data Briefings - Weekends 1-8
Bowes, E., Bland, N., Escobar, O., King, B., Elstub, S., Rozenburg, M. & Henderson, A., 20 Dec 2020, Scottish Government.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access
Deliberative quality and expertise: Uses of evidence in citizens’ juries on wind farms
Mehltretter Drury, S. A., Elstub, S., Escobar, O. & Roberts, J. J., 25 Jun 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Public Deliberation.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Futures in common: Democratic life beyond the crisis
Escobar, O., 16 Nov 2020, Scotland After the Virus. Hassan, G. & Barrow, S. (eds.). Edinburgh: Luath Press, p. 119-126 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

34 Invited talk
28 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
23 Other
10 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 2019
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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 2019
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Research in, on and for democracy: Frontiers of public participation seminar
Oliver Escobar (Speaker)
2018
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Participatory Budgeting Working Group, Glasgow City Council
Oliver Escobar (Advisor)
2018
Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
Webinar - Beyond dissemination: dialogue in science public engagement
Oliver Escobar (Speaker)
10 Apr 2018
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

4 Finished

Distant Voices: Coming Home
Escobar, O.
ESRC
14/04/17 → 17/03/21
Project: Research
Smart Urban Intermediaries ¿¿¿ Trans-European Research, Learning, and Action
Escobar, O.
ESRC
1/04/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
What Works Scotland Centre
Escobar, O.
Other
1/07/14 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
WWS: What Works Scotland
Morton, S., Escobar, O., Bennett, H. & Henderson, J.
2/06/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation

Interview for UNIR, Magazine of the International University of La Rioja
Oliver Escobar
27/09/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
BBC Radio Scotland Sunday Morning / Participation and cynicism
Oliver Escobar
29/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Presented the WWS report on Participatory Budgeting
Oliver Escobar
27/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Live Twinterview to the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis about the paper "Scripting deliberative policy making"
Oliver Escobar
5/04/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
PhD researcher Anna Ross discusses flaws in legislation regarding legal highs
Angus Bancroft & Oliver Escobar
15/04/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment