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Oliver Escobar he/him

University of Edinburgh

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About

Oliver Escobar is Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation at the University of Edinburgh. He works on participatory and deliberative democracy, with a focus on public participation, policy innovation, the commons, political inequalities, and the governance of the future. Oliver combines research and practice to develop social and democratic innovations across various policy and community contexts. He was Academic Lead on Democratic Innovation at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (2019-2023) and Co-director of CRITIQUE, Centre for Ethics and Critical Thought (2021-2023). He also co-led the projects European Smart Urban Intermediaries, Distant Voices, and What Works Scotland, and currently co-leads research projects at the UKRI Behavioural Research Hub and the EU Horizon programme on Intersectional Spaces of Participation. Oliver’s work has been shared in eighty publications and fifty courses for students and practitioners across the public sector and civil society. Before academia, Oliver worked in radio, retail, fishing, construction and literature. Mastodon: Oliver.Escobar@mastodon.scot Twitter: @OliverEscobar

Research Interests

Democracy, Governance, Policy Analysis, Political Participation, Policy Change

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