13 November 2024
Taking place at two different times across different time zones, we are excited to announce the first in a new series of IPEN ‘critical conversations’ on the theme of petitions.
Public engagement with parliament is not always plain sailing and – amidst the great successes it brings with it – can often involve challenges that at times can seem frustrating or difficult to resolve.
This new series of ‘critical conversations’ aims to create a safe space for our IPEN members to come together to critically discuss the issues they face around their practice or research and the methods they use (or have considered using) to engage citizens with parliament.
For our first event, we will be taking petitions and other forms of citizens’ legislative initiatives as a broad theme. If your work or research is relevant to this topic, please join us to share and critically reflect on your experiences and challenges around this form of public engagement.
Following an overview from the facilitators, each conversation will be structured around a series of questions and provocations relevant to the theme, which may also involve small group discussion. In a change to our ‘usual’ seminars, there will be no presentations – IPEN members just need to turn up and join in the conversation.
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The sessions will be facilitated by Cristina Leston-Bandeira (Professor of Politics, University of Leeds and Chair of IPEN) and Sarah Moulds (Associate Professor in Law, University of South Australia and Deputy Chair of IPEN)
This online seminar will take place MS Teams space and is open to all members of the International Parliament Engagement Network.