UC EVENTS

Get ready to dive deep into the messy world of public policy - it's all about embracing the chaos and finding beauty in complexity!

We warmly invite you to a workshop organised by the University of Canberra’s Centre for Deliberative Democracy.

The workshop seeks to preview and discuss the forthcoming book Life as Practice: Complexity, Entanglement, and Public Policy by Professor Hendrik Wagenaar (Adjunct, Centre for Deliberative Democracy, University of Canberra), and Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Solidarity (CeSCoS), University of Vienna, Austria?. We are delighted that Dr Severine van Bommel (Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland's School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability), with a life-long interest in social practices, has agreed to be the discussant.

This workshop reframes policymaking as a set of lived practices and explores how complexity, material entanglement, and ethics shape the way policies are designed, implemented, and experienced.

The workshop will be of particular interest to students and scholars of public policy, as well as policymakers, and practitioners seeking new ways of understanding and engaging with the messy realities of governance.

Location & Programme

Centre for Deliberative Democracy, Building 11, Room 11B50, University Drive South, University of Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia

Time: 10:00 – 14:00

Please note, this is an in-person event.