実証政治学ワークショップのご案内（Workshop Announcement: December 2, 17:00-）

ジュネーヴ大学のNenad Stojanović教授をお迎えし、 “Democratic innovations: combining direct democracy and mini-publics”と題してワークショップを開催します。 

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We are very pleased to host Prof. Nenad Stojanović (University of Geneva) for a special talk with the title “Democratic innovations: combining direct democracy and mini-publics”.  Pre-registration is not required. We look forward to your participation. 

日時：2025年12月2日（火）17:00 pm – 18:40 pm

Date and Time: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 17:00 pm – 18:40 pm

場所：早稲田大学3号館 704教室

Venue：Room 704, Building 3, Waseda Campus, Waseda University

言語Language：英語English

要旨Abstract：

Among democratic innovations, we find calls for more direct democracy (i.e., more referendums) as well as calls for more deliberative democracy (via randomly selected mini-publics). Often, proponents of deliberative democracy have strong reservations toward direct democracy, and vice versa. Yet, in my view, the instruments of both models should not be seen in opposition: they can reinforce each other and offer a promising way to address the alleged crisis of (representative) democracy. I first outline a conceptual roadmap that explores the connection between mini-publics and referendums and provide an overview of the various stages in the process leading up to a popular vote at which deliberative mini-publics could be meaningfully deployed. I then examine in greater depth one possible use—namely the Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR), also known as the “Oregon model” or “Demoscan” (in the Swiss context)—by presenting selected empirical findings from CIR pilots conducted in Switzerland. 

共催：現代政治経済研究所・世論・メディアデータ研究部会 

Co-organized by: WINPEC, Survey and Media Data Research Group 

contact: 日野愛郎（早稲田大学） Airo Hino (Waseda University)  [email protected]