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Explaining support for the radical right

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HORIZON EUROPE (SECONDMENT) - INSPIRE - Intersectional Spaces of Participation: Inclusive, Resilient, Embedded

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Lead researchers

Dr Rikki Dean

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Democratic systems theory
  • Democratic innovations
  • Political process preferences
Connect with Rikki

Email: R.J.Dean@soton.ac.uk

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Horizon Europe - PoPPiE -Political Process Preferences in Europe: Rethinking Conceptual, Ontological and Methodological Foundations

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Rikki Dean

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Democratic systems theory
  • Democratic innovations
  • Political process preferences
Connect with Rikki

Email: R.J.Dean@soton.ac.uk

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Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact: Learning from the European Wave of Citizens’ Assemblies

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Rikki Dean

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Democratic systems theory
  • Democratic innovations
  • Political process preferences
Connect with Rikki

Email: R.J.Dean@soton.ac.uk

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A framework for research, application, and governance of bio-hybrid robotics: plotting a path to responsible research and innovation

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GlobMigGov

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor David Owen

Professor of Social & Political Philosophy
Research interests
  • 1) Post-Kantian social and political philosophy from Nietzsche to Foucault, and the Frankfurt…
  • 2) The Ethics and Politics of Migration
  • 3) Democratic Theory and Practice
Connect with David

Email: dowen@soton.ac.uk

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Administrative Inhumanity and the Governance and Design of AI

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor David Owen

Professor of Social & Political Philosophy
Research interests
  • 1) Post-Kantian social and political philosophy from Nietzsche to Foucault, and the Frankfurt…
  • 2) The Ethics and Politics of Migration
  • 3) Democratic Theory and Practice
Connect with David

Email: dowen@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor John Boswell

Professor
Connect with John

Email: J.C.Boswell@soton.ac.uk

Dr Richard Gomer BSc(Hons) MSc PhD (he/him)

Lecturer in Computer Science
Research interests
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Agency-oriented Design
  • Data Institutions
Connect with Richard

Email: R.C.Gomer@soton.ac.uk

Professor Mark Weal

Professor
Research interests
  • Digital Health
  • Behavioural Interventions
  • Semantic Web
Connect with Mark

Email: mjw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Democracy and AI: Fostering Knowledge Exchange for Social Change

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Eliminating the binary- connecting social science student assessment with employers’ and professions’ digital research needs

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Global Justice and Biodiversity