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Graham Smith is affiliated with the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on social sciences and environmental science. Within these, their research engages with several subfields, including sociology and political science, global and planetary change, political science and international relations, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics covered in their research include urban green space and health, public policy and administration research, land use and ecosystem services, social media and politics, climate change communication and perception, sustainability and climate change governance, and e-government and public services.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Deliberative democracy and the climate crisis" (2022) published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "Integrating citizen deliberation into climate governance: Lessons on robust design from six climate assemblies" (2022) published in Public Administration
  • "Introduction: Embedding participatory governance" (2022) published in Critical Policy Studies
  • "Not all brownfields are equal: A typological assessment reveals hidden green space in the city" (2022) published in Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Psycho-physiological responses of repeated exposure to natural and urban environments" (2021) published in Landscape and Urban Planning

Graham Smith has frequently co-authored with:

  • Gina Cavan
  • Nicole Curato
  • Rikki Dean
  • Paul D. Preston
  • Rachel M. Dunk

Their research is commonly published in venues such as Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal of Deliberative Democracy, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, and Public Administration.

In addition to journal articles, Graham Smith has contributed to book publications. Notably, they authored a book published by University of Westminster Press eBooks titled We Need To Talk About Climate: How Citizens' Assemblies Can Help Us Solve The Climate Crisis (2024).

Best Publications

  • Democratic Innovations: Designing Institutions for Citizen Participation

    Graham Smith

  • Citizens' Juries and Deliberative Democracy

    Graham Smith;Corinne Wales

  • Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice

    James Connelly;Graham Smith

  • Deliberative democracy and the environment

    Graham Smith

  • Social Capital and Urban Governance: Adding a More Contextualized ‘Top-down’ Perspective:

    William Maloney;Graham Smith;Gerry Stoker

  • Survey Article: Deliberation, Democracy, and the Systemic Turn

    David Owen;Graham Smith

  • Beyond the ballot: 57 democratic innovations from around the world

    Graham Smith

  • Nudge nudge, think think: Two strategies for changing civic behaviour

    Peter John;Graham Smith;Gerry Stoker

  • Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: Experimenting with Ways to Change Civic Behaviour

    Peter John;Sarah Cotterill;Liz Richardson;Alice Moseley

  • The theory and practice of citizens' juries

    Graham Smith;Corrine Wales

  • Cherry‐picking participation: Explaining the fate of proposals from participatory processes

    Joan Font;Graham Smith;Carol Galais;Pau Alarcon

  • Social capital and associational life

    William A. Maloney;Graham Smith;Gerry Stoker

  • Integrating Citizen Deliberation into Climate Governance: Lessons on Robust Design from Six Climate Assemblies

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  • Can Democracy Safeguard the Future

    Graham Smith

  • Defining mini-publics

    Matthew Ryan;Graham Smith

  • Taking Deliberation Seriously: Institutional Design and Green Politics

    Graham Smith

  • Mini-publics and deliberative democracy

    M. Setälä;G. Smith

  • Green Citizenship and the Social Economy

    Graham Smith

  • Associative democracy and the social economy: exploring the regulatory challenge

    Graham Smith;Simon Teasdale

  • Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: Using Experiments to Change Civic Behaviour

    Peter John;Sarah Cotterill;Alice Moseley;Liz Richardson

  • Empowering communities to influence local decision making: systematic review of the evidence

    Lawrence Pratchett;Catherine Durose;Vivien Lowndes;Graham Smith

  • Toward deliberative institutions

    Graham Smith

  • Legislating for a big society? The case of the public services (social enterprise and social value) bill in England

    Simon Teasdale;Peter Alcock;Graham Smith

  • Building Social Capital in City Politics: Scope and Limitations at the Inter‐organisational Level

    Graham Smith;William Maloney;Gerry Stoker

  • What Kind of Brexit do Voters want? Lessons from the Citizens’ Assembly on Brexit

    Alan Renwick;Sarah Allan;Will Jennings;Rebecca Mckee

  • Sortition, Rotation and Mandate: Conditions for Political Equality and Deliberative Reasoning

    David Owen;Graham Smith

  • Referendum Democracy: Citizens, Elites, and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns

    Graham Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerry Stoker
Gerry Stoker University of Southampton
Peter John
Peter John King's College London
mc schraefel
mc schraefel University of Southampton
David Benson
David Benson University of Exeter
William A. Maloney
William A. Maloney Newcastle University
John Gastil
John Gastil Pennsylvania State University
David De Roure
David De Roure University of Oxford
Will Jennings
Will Jennings University of Southampton
Terry R. Payne
Terry R. Payne University of Liverpool
Simon Teasdale
Simon Teasdale Queen's University Belfast

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