Strengthening Democratic Citizenship: Educational, Political and Governance Innovations

Citizenship is a wide multidisciplinary field spanning diverse streams of research that generally share an interest in citizenship as a key element in democracy. The workshop focuses on knowledge creation, collaboration and exchange of novel ideas on democratic citizenship. This is critical at a time when both the radicalising and depoliticising trends undermine democratic citizenship and governance (Fawcett et al 2017). We discuss both the democratic practice and the social, political and governing innovations needed for its renewal. Citizenship scholars in this workshop will reflect the bottom up personal and community perspectives, and integration of these with the more top down strategies of public authorities in the democratic political and governance process. The meeting of diverse perspectives contributes to our understanding of the need for innovation in democracy. The workshop aims to utilise the richness and innovative potential of citizenship studies to tackle the contemporary challenges in democracy with a focus on educational, social, cultural, political and governance innovation. Thus it seeks to contribute to the innovative potential and social relevance of political studies (eg Stoker et al 2015). The workshop also aims to be a shared space where scholars from political and educational studies and other disciplines can explore and discuss the application of methods that facilitate or aid innovation, change, and anticipation of the future. The participants will have an opportunity to submit their articles for a joint publication addressing the needs of scholars, policy-makers, educators, teachers, and other stakeholders interested in innovations strengthening democratic citizenship.

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1: How do the contemporary challenges and changes in democracy influence democratic citizenship?
2: What are the implications of challenges in democracy for citizenship education and lifelong learning?
3: What are the opportunities for political, governance and educational innovation in this context?
4: What approaches to innovation in democratic citizenship and education work in practice and how?
5: How do innovations in citizenship education & lifelong learning address strengthening of democracy?

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