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The mandate of the Participatory Governance Initiative at Arizona State University is to promote excellence, collaboration, and innovation in participatory governance research and practice. The Participatory Governance Initiative is a university-wide interdisciplinary space that aims at bringing together academics, students, elected and non-elected government officials, community members and practitioners interested in the theory and practice of participatory governance. Special attention is paid to the examination of emerging trends and innovative experiments around the world that are relevant to the realities of governance and public engagement in the 21st century.
The Participatory Governance Initiative is devoted to undertaking teaching, capacity building, research and dissemination activities aimed at the study and promotion of participatory democracy initiatives, particularly at the municipal level of government.
PUBLICATION
By the people: Participatory democracy, civic engagement, and citizenship education. Editors: Won No, Ashley Brennan and Daniel Schugurensky, 2017.
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April 2019
Liliana Bringas, El Colegio de Sonora graduate student, answers questions about her presentation on the concept of “the right to be forgotten,” as classmates Magda Bernal and Tere Anguamea await their turn. Photo by Jerry Gonzalez/ASU
Sonora students, faculty talk participatory governance with ASU counterparts
On April 29, 2019, faculty and graduate students from El Colegio de Sonora visited ASU, where they met with faculty from ASU’s School of Transborder Studies and the Graduate College and shared some of their public policy research work with students. Both COLSON and ASU students presented academic work during a participatory governance seminar with the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions School of Public Affairs at the Downtown Phoenix campus, as part of the Participatory Governance Initiative directed by ASU Professor Daniel Schugurensky. The overall visit served as an initial conversation to explore potential ideas for future collaborative research in a variety of areas, including NGOs and public policy, populism and migration, citizen science and direct democracy in Sonora related to public consultation and citizen initiatives. “We will continue the conversation on these topics with our COLSON colleagues,” Schugurensky said. “We look forward to strengthening and deepening our collaboration.”
On April 29, 2019, faculty and graduate students from El Colegio de Sonora visited ASU, where they met with faculty from ASU’s School of Transborder Studies and the Graduate College and shared some of their public policy research work with students. Both COLSON and ASU students presented academic work during a participatory governance seminar with the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions School of Public Affairs at the Downtown Phoenix campus, as part of the Participatory Governance Initiative directed by ASU Professor Daniel Schugurensky. The overall visit served as an initial conversation to explore potential ideas for future collaborative research in a variety of areas, including NGOs and public policy, populism and migration, citizen science and direct democracy in Sonora related to public consultation and citizen initiatives. “We will continue the conversation on these topics with our COLSON colleagues,” Schugurensky said. “We look forward to strengthening and deepening our collaboration.”
March 2018
The Participatory Governance Initiative (PGI) of Arizona State University is now an official member of the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy (IOPD). The IOPD is a space open to all cities in the world and to all associations, organizations and research centers interested in improving the quality of municipal governance and sharing participatory democracy experiences. Its main working themes are citizen participation, open governments, participatory budgets, initiatives of deliberative and participatory democracy, and relations between citizenship and government in a wide sense. The current presidency of IOPD is held by the city of Montreal (Canada). Previous presidencies have been held by Barcelona (Spain), Quetzaltenango (Guatemala), Lille (France), Buenos Aires (Argentina), San Sebastian-Donostia (Spain), Recife (Brazil), Nanterre (France), La Paz (Bolivia), Reggio Emilia (Italy), Lleida (Spain), Cascais (Portugal), Canoas (Brazil), Madrid (Spain) and Matola (Mozambique). Among other activities, IOPD organizes an annual international conference of cities, academics and experts in citizen participation. The 2018 Conference was held November 25-28 in Barcelona, Spain.