Deliberative Futures Workshops for Transformative Sustainability

Alexandra Revez; Clodagh Harris; Niall Dunphy; Brian Ó'Gallachóir; Edmond Byrne; Evan James Boyle; Connor McGookin; John Barry; Paul Bolger; Fionn Rogan; Geraint Ellis; Barry O'Dwyer; Stephen Flood; Liz Creed; Gerard Mullally

doi:10.1007/978-981-96-9029-9_2

Deliberative Futures Workshops for Transformative Sustainability

Alexandra Revez
, Clodagh Harris
, Niall Dunphy
, Brian Ó'Gallachóir
, Edmond Byrne
, Evan James Boyle
, Connor McGookin
, John Barry
, Paul Bolger
, Fionn Rogan
, Geraint Ellis
, Barry O'Dwyer
, Stephen Flood
, Liz Creed
, Gerard Mullally

Columbia University
University College Cork
MaREI's Energy Policy and Modelling Group
MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine
Queen's University Belfast
Maynooth University
Victoria University of Wellington

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Abstract

The deliberative futures workshop is both a method and a model of engagement that is designed to support transformative change, thinking ahead, and getting communities involved in shaping their future. It promotes collaboration with experts, stakeholders, and communities in a co-productive process that aligns with deliberative action research. The process seeks to be inclusive of everyone with a stake in the future by facilitating the development of multiple tools for their involvement in the planning and decision-making processes, following the deliberative principles of equality, inclusion, and reasoned argument. The deliberative futures workshop embraces a diversity of communication and practices that recognize the systemic turn in deliberative democratic theory. The various techniques proposed draw upon multiple experiences, voices, and perspectives with a view to increasing and enhancing the number of “deliberative” moments within the process.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Title of host publication	Imagining, Designing and Teaching Regenerative Futures
Subtitle of host publication	Art-Science Approaches and Inspirations From Around the World
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	15-22
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-9029-9_2
Publication status	Published - Jan 2025

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Revez, A., Harris, C., Dunphy, N., Ó'Gallachóir, B., Byrne, E., Boyle, E. J., McGookin, C., Barry, J., Bolger, P., Rogan, F., Ellis, G., O'Dwyer, B., Flood, S., Creed, L., & Mullally, G. (2025). Deliberative Futures Workshops for Transformative Sustainability. In Imagining, Designing and Teaching Regenerative Futures: Art-Science Approaches and Inspirations From Around the World (pp. 15-22). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-9029-9_2

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