Oliver Escobar
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Oliver Escobar is Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation at the School of Social and Political Science of the University of Edinburgh. He works on participatory and deliberative democracy, with a focus on citizen participation, policy innovation, the commons, political inequalities, and the governance of the future. Oliver combines research and practice to develop social and democratic innovations across various policy and community contexts. He co-leads INSPIRE’s Work Package 2 on the Political Economy of Public Participation and contributes to other aspects of the project. The University of Edinburgh is a renowned public research institution recognised globally for its academic excellence, consistently ranking among the top universities worldwide. The School of Social and Political Science is one of the leading schools of social science in the UK.