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Nicole Curato is a Professor of Political Sociology at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. Her work examines how democratic innovations unfold in the aftermath of tragedies, including disasters, armed conflict, and urban crime. She is the author of Democracy in a Time of Misery: From Spectacular Tragedy to Deliberative Action (2019, Oxford University Press) and the editor of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy.
Nicole has received four grants from the Australian Research Council including the Discovery Early Career Research Award (2015), a Discovery Project on the Meta-Sudy of Democratic Deliberation (2017), a Linkage Project on the Global Citizens' Assembly on Genome Editing (2020) and a Special Research Initiative (2021) on Deliberative Integrity. She is also a collaborator in a Norwegian Research Council grant on the Strongmen of Asia.
Aside from her academic work, Nicole maintians an active profile in multimedia public engagement. She has written op-eds for the New York Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and the Australian Journal of Foreign Affairs. She regularly collaborates with CNN Philippines in conceptualising television specials and occasionally serving as television presenter. She has hosted documentaries and produced podcasts for various outlets.
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Strongmen of Asia: Democratic bosses and how to understand them
Curato, N., Ruud, A. E., Endresen, C., Fuglerud, Ø. & Sen, M.
1/11/21 → 1/11/25
Project: Research
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Monitoring Deliberative Integrity: Standards for Democratic Deliberation
Curato, N., Ayirtman Ercan, S., Dryzek, J. & Niemeyer, S.
15/03/21 → 14/03/24
Project: Research
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Deliberative Documentary for a Global Citizens' Assembly on Genome Editing
Dryzek, J., Curato, N., Nicol, D., Niemeyer, S. & Vergne, A.
1/07/20 → 14/12/23
Project: Research
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Impact of framing on the possible outcomes of climate assemblies
Curato, N., Werner, H., Moran, A. & Mellier, C.
31/01/22 → 15/04/22
Project: Research
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Deliberative democracy and the climate crisis
Willis, R., Curato, N. & Smith, G., 1 Mar 2022, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 13, 2, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Deliberative democracy in the age of serial crisis
Curato, N., Sass, J., Ercan, S. A. & Niemeyer, S., Jan 2022, In: International Political Science Review. 43, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ethnography
Curato, N. & Doerr, N., 22 Dec 2022, Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy. Ercan, S. A., Asenbaum, H., Curato, N. & Mendonça, R. F. (eds.). Oxford University Press, Vol. United Kingdom. p. 265-277 13 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Genome editing: formulating an Australian community response: Report to decision makers, stakeholders, and members of the public
Nicol, D., Paxton, R., Niemeyer, S., Curato, N., Dryzek, J., Rudge, C., Pemberton, S. & Veri, F., 2022, Australia: University of Tasmania. 190 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports › peer-review
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Philippine Elections 2022: The New Normative Order
Curato, N., Dec 2022, In: Contemporary Southeast Asia. 44, 3, p. 375-381 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review