Guest blog: Connecting deliberative practices in Parliament with participation and community engagement

As part of SPICe’s academic fellowship scheme, Dr Ruth Lightbody from Glasgow Caledonian University was asked to explore how the Scottish Parliament can use key guiding principles and a practice framework to support it on its journey towards increasing citizen participation in its work through deliberative approaches.

This blog shares some key learnings from the project work; more detail can be found in Dr Lightbody’s full research briefing.

Relevant background detail to this work, which connects to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee’s inquiry into Public Participation in the Scottish Parliament, is also linked at the end of this blog.