Political scientist @unibremen.bsky.social CoLead @glocan.bsky.social CoChair @ecpr.bsky.social's Standing Group on Democratic Innovations 📍Berlinhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3moqnbajmps2m“Perhaps the issues of shrinking resources — in housing, healthcare, policing and education — and the interests of the world’s richest man are connected after all … it is not ideology — or not just ideology. It’s deflection” https://www.ft.com/content/0f3e33d2-0b9e-481d-a911-245d8cc01a9c https://www.ft.com/content/0f3e33d2-0b9e-481d-a911-245d8cc01a9c?shareType=nongift20 Jun 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3moqnbajmps2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3mchbwytgsc2dThis: https://catalyst-journal.com/2025/12/whats-wrong-with-the-german-left15 Jan 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchbwytgsc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3m3homis6z22lWeekend read: https://nuso.org/articulo/socialismo-mamdani-izquierda-militantes-este-europa-sovietico/18 Oct 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3homis6z22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3m2bgo6zwk22e‘It has gone largely unnoticed that time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline … There is one notable exception to this promising international trend: North America’ on.ft.com/46OmMm1 https://on.ft.com/46OmMm103 Oct 2025 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bgo6zwk22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lvikuvan522rFor the past four (!) years, @glocan.bsky.social and @iswe-foundation.bsky.social have been reflecting on learnings from the 2021 Global Assembly. In this correspondence, we take stock of what citizen deliberation may still do for global climate governance. 📑 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2025.10028003 Aug 2025 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvikuvan522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lunh4nnho22lLanded in Rio some days ago for the @participedia.bsky.social School on Democratic Innovations with Traditional and Indigenous Communities. We are hosting two public roundtables next week, on decolonising knowledge production, and on intersectional leadership. Come by if you’re around!23 Jul 2025 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunh4nnho22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lsvrkgtfhk2oLooking for short, punchy texts? Search no more👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2025 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvrkgtfhk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lri4rp3v6c23Catching up with #demoinno in Latin America with challenging findings by @welpita.bsky.social, @ernestoisunza.bsky.social, Adrian Gurza, Gisela Zaremberg, and Sofia Donoso. The kickoff: “Democratizing the State”, now out: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111062266/html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCou7-Di0LA13 Jun 2025 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lri4rp3v6c23https://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lr6ns34mes2lWho experiences disadvantage in deliberations? Can socio-demographic categories help identify them in advance? How can we also account for their agency and ownership of their experience? Find out in our latest paper, out now in 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 ⬇️ https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794125134199709 Jun 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6ns34mes2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lq3xxrmqs22i‘libraries are places in which we work, study, meet, chat, use the toilet, get warm, connect to free wifi, attend classes, access childcare, receive legal advice or forms of state support. And it is this capacity that libraries begin to spill into other forms of public luxury’ https://autonomy.work/portfolio/the-public-library-an-exemplar-of-public-luxury/26 May 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3xxrmqs22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lpsygljwas2p‘In the US immigration control industry, people are raw material’ — @newleftreview.bsky.social https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/disposable?pc=166923 May 2025 06:20 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpsygljwas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lnneeb7mns2bThis report centres the experience, strategies, and frustrations of public officials - the other side of participatory initiatives. Highly recommended read for promoters of democratic innovations. Congrats Sahib and Johannes for the great work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnneeb7mns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melross.bsky.social/post/3lnhny4huec2aStill smiling a lot from last week's @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social's Annual Conference in Birmingham. Always a joy to hear about friends and colleagues‘ work, get into amicable fights, then solve empirical differences at the pub - all fairly deliberative, of course! Do I have pics? Well of course23 Apr 2025 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:pujee3ctwl7et3ox5ga3xg7b/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnhny4huec2a