Christina Schwabenland gave a presentation at the 6th ESRC seminar series on Democratic Renewal in Civil Society: Rethinking the local.

The seminar was held at the University of Leicester on 14 September 2017.

The seminar 'Promises: what is the future for a more democratic civil society?' drew together the themes from our five previous seminars to provide an overview of the key issues around democracy within Civil Society. The focus of the seminar was on exploring the implications for policymakers and practitioners including members of formal CSO organisations and participants in less formalised networks. An Open Space Technology session was used to consolidate knowledge generated, discuss research priorities, plan collaborations and further establish the research network enabling the development of future actions.