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Introduction
Vincent Jacquet is a Senior Research Associate Professor F.R.S. – FNRS at the University of Namur. He graduated from the University of Liège and defended his PhD at the UCLouvain. His research interests are democratic transformations, participatory governance, sortition and local politics. He was a visiting scholar at Maastricht University, University College London and Goethe University Frankfurt.
Vincent Jacquet coordinates the ERC Starting Grant project CITIZEN_IMPACT (2024 – 2028 ; n° 101077920). To improve and even to save contemporary democracies under huge pressure, a remedy has been attracting a large amount of attention: the strengthening of ordinary citizens’ opportunities to deliberate on and directly participate in politics. Many citizens’ assemblies (CAs) have been implemented by public authorities, especially since the 2010s. Convened through random selection, these assemblies are diversified groups of citizens that deliberate on a public problem and make policy
recommendations. In the context of the growing appeal for such mechanisms, CITIZEN_IMPACT asks the following question: are CAs mere window dressing or do they lead to transformations in the functioning of the political system? It offers a systematic account of whether, how and why CAs matter in contemporary European countries by elaborating a new multidimensional conceptualisation of their impact: direct impact on policies, indirect impact on civil society and discursive impact on the public sphere. To address these three dimensions, the research design combines different methods to compare macro national trends and to disentangle complex processes. Hence, CITIZEN_IMPACT provides a new horizon to tackle, both in the scientific community and the broader society, the role and contribution of such participatory and deliberative procedures in contemporary representative democracies.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Citizens' assemblies, but what for? Study of the influence of these mechanisms in climate governance
Minsart, E., De Briey, L. & Jacquet, V.
1/10/23 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Citizens' assemblies, an instrument of democratic renewal ? The case of environmental governance
Minsart, E., De Briey, L. & Jacquet, V.
1/10/21 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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MP: Academic research on the exploitation of local government data
Burnay, C., Castiaux, A., Dodeigne, J., Linden, I. & Jacquet, V.
1/01/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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The mayors in Wallonia and in Brussels under scrutiny: the French- speaking Belgian study of the European mayor
Dodeigne, J., Reuchamps, M., Jacquet, V. & Dandoy, R.
1/01/16 → 1/01/18
Project: Research
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Institutionalising participatory and deliberative procedures: The origins of the first permanent citizens’ assembly
Macq, H. & Jacquet, V., Feb 2023, In: European Journal of Political Research. 62, 1, p. 156-173 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction
Jacquet, V., Ryan, M. & van der Does, R., 31 Dec 2023, The impacts of democratic innovations. Colchester: ECPR Press, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Introduction: The Impacts of Democratic Innovations
Jacquet, V., Ryan, M. & van der Does, R., 31 Dec 2023, The Impacts of Democratic Innovations. Colchester: ECPR Press, p. 1-14Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Political parties and deliberation: from challenges to opportunities
Gherghina, S., Soare, S. & Jacquet, V., Jul 2023, In: Acta Politica. 58, 3, p. 487-494 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Small-Scale Deliberation and Mass Democracy: A Systematic Review of the Spillover Effects of Deliberative Minipublics
van der Does, R. & Jacquet, V., Feb 2023, In: Political Studies. 71, 1, p. 218-237 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Congrès 2022 du Gis Démocratie et Participation
Vincent Jacquet (Contributor) & Hadrien Macq (Contributor)
23 Nov 2022 → 25 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Gold - module "Interagir avec les citoyens"
Vincent Jacquet (Contributor)
16 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Workshop Creating Change through Participation and Deliberation
Vincent Jacquet (Contributor) & Hadrien Macq (Contributor)
29 Nov 2022 → 30 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation to a Symposium, a study Day
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16ème Congrès national de l’AFSP
Vincent Jacquet (Contributor) & Jessica Sainty (Contributor)
5 Jul 2022 → 7 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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La recherche qualitative en science politique : Enquêter en terrain difficile
Vincent Jacquet (Invited Speaker)
15 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation to a Symposium, a study Day