Roberto Falanga
Biographic Data
| ID | 1367189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roberto Falanga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roberto |
| FAMILY NAME | Falanga |
| SIGNATURE | FALANGA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1059-5509 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Introducing the trajectories of democratic innovations
Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Trajectories of Democratic Innovations’.
Children of the revolution? Democratic innovations during the first 50 years of democracy in Portugal
The Carnation Revolution in Portugal marked the transition from a dictatorial regime to democracy in the mid-1970s. As military and social forces took centre stage in the ‘Revolutionary Ongoing Process’, the establishment of a Western liberal democracy was accompanied by the country’s participation in a new international context. In parallel, growing citizen disaffection towards political institutions has become apparent, with attempts to expand …
Can democratic innovations tackle social-ecological challenges? Gaining insights on transformative governance across European cases
In an era of democratic backsliding, the pursuit of sustainable development that addresses social-ecological challenges can become a daunting task. Participatory and deliberative practices have flourished over the last few decades, addressing, to varying extents, policy domains that can be understood within the framework of social-ecological governance and related challenges. By understanding these practices through the concept of democratic inno…
Mudando o status quo por meio de inovações democráticas? Três paradoxos da Península Ibérica
A desconfiança dos cidadãos nas instituições democráticas tem suscitado preocupações bem como práticas inovadoras em todo o mundo. As Inovações Democráticas (IDs), como o Orçamento Participativo (OP) e as assembleias de cidadãos (ACs), podem catalisar mudanças que, para alguns académicos, desafiam o status quo. Este artigo analisa a Península Ibérica, revelando três paradoxos sobre a mudança. Em primeiro lugar, embora as IDs tenham como objetivo …
Tensões e contradições da participação democrática na América Latina e na Europa
a estabilidade de novos e menos novos regimes democrticos
Changing the status quo through democratic innovations? Three paradoxes from the Iberian Peninsula
Citizen distrust in mainstream politics has spurred the rise of new democratic processes for citizen participation and deliberation, known as democratic innovations. These innovations are believed to improve democracy by changing the status quo. This paper critically examines whether this goal is achieved by focusing on participatory budgeting and citizens’ assemblies in the Iberian Peninsula. Three paradoxes arise from our reflection, related to…
Tensions and contradictions in democratic participation in Latin America and Europe
Tensions and
Exploring the Interplay Between Democratic Innovations and Social Sustainability: A Scoping Review
This scoping review explores the scholarship of democratic innovations in relation to social sustainability to map the existing literature and identify key trends, gaps, and methodological approaches. Extant research shows that democratic innovations enhance social sustainability by fostering inclusive governance, mitigating systemic inequalities, and ensuring diverse citizen participation in policymaking. However, this literature remains fragmen…
What change? Assessing the Extinction Rebellion’s support for climate assemblies
Assessing the Role of Democratic Innovations in Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review
Addressing the climate crisis requires innovative governance mechanisms that integrate citizen participation with environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability. While democratic innovations have gained traction in climate governance, their capacity to drive systemic environmental change remains underexplored. This study identifies how they contribute to environmental sustainability by mapping their linkages to specific Sustaina…
Varieties of Citizen Engagement? The Institutional Design of Deliberative Innovations in Europe in Comparative Perspective
Youth participation in environmental sustainability: Insights from the Lisbon participatory budget
Purpose This article poses the question on whether and how youth participation in environmental sustainability makes a difference within participatory budgets (PBs). This is a question worth asking because PBs have pursued, from the very beginning, goals of social sustainability through the inclusion of social groups that struggle to make their voices heard, as in the case of the youth. As young people show an increasing capacity to self-organise…
Supporting Nature-Based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking across European and Latin American cities
Nature-Based Solutions concepts and practices are being used worldwide as part of attempts to address societal challenges but have also been criticised for not dealing with deeper transformations needed to face urgent issues including biodiversity loss, climate change and inclusion. In this paper, we explore how an inclusive, integrated and long-sighted approach, emphasising a more radical integration of nature within cities, might support the tr…
Exploring desired urban futures: The transformative potential of a nature-based approach
Amidst multiple crises and calls for transformative change, the demand to reassess human-nature relationships has increased. Rethinking the future of cities is vital in this process, yet positive urban visions prioritizing nature beyond human-centred perspectives are lacking. To address this gap, we propose a “nature-based desired futures” approach for envisaging and building collective discussion around transformative change. We explore four con…
Democratic innovations: Is the Local Scale (Still) the Ideal Laboratory for Democracy
The local scale has long been considered the ideal laboratory for democracy because the proximity between electors and elected officials is believed to pave the way to participatory policymaking and democratic improvement. The paper unpacks this assumption by examining tensions emerging from the design and implementation of Democratic Innovations in western countries. The local scale holds the potential to be an ideal laboratory if democratic inn…
The cost of participation: An analysis of the financial dimensions of participatory budgets in Portugal
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic innovation that allows citizens to deliberate about a share of the public budget. Portugal was one of the most influent countries in this field in the last decade, as PB was implemented at multiple levels. However, few studies have made in‐depth research on the financial dimensions of PB, which raises interest as to whether and how citizens' voice has had a significant impact on policy‐making. To fill …
Co-production and Voice in Policymaking: Participatory Processes in the European Periphery
Understanding place attachment through the lens of urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon
The evaluation of citizen participation in policymaking: Insights from Portugal
Homeland as a multi-scalar community: (Dis)continuities in the US security/safety discourse and practice
This article takes steps from the birth and consolidation of “homeland” as the central discursive engine of the US national security enterprise; and takes issue with the dominant scholarly interpretation of the geographical and spatial implications of its emergence in terms of the dissolution of space and spatialization in security policy ( Bialasiewicz et al., 2007 : 416). We adopt a multi-scalar approach to exploring security discourse/practice…
Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon
Participatory budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). A comparative analysis of the drivers of success
This article is a comparative analysis of two internationally awarded cases of Participatory Budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). Our main argument is that the success of these PBs relies on political/administrative, societal, and geographic drivers. This conceptual model has been adopted to analyse and discuss the success of the two case studies. The provision of an original conceptual model for comparative analysis and the empiric…
Formulating the success of citizen participation in urban regeneration: Insights and perplexities from Lisbon
Worldwide, participatory processes have expanded by covering a wide range of policy areas, including urban regeneration. Acknowledging the formulation of success as the first methodological step for the evaluation of participatory processes, the article discusses insights and perplexities emerging from the BipZip Programme in Lisbon. The proposal of an alternative agenda builds on the need to provide the formulation of success with information on…
The Participation of Senior Citizens in Policy-Making: Patterning Initiatives in Europe
Worldwide, active aging policy calls for greater participation of senior citizens in the social, economic, and political realms. Despite emerging evidence of initiatives engaging senior citizens in social activities, little is known about the use of participatory approaches in the design and/or implementation of policies that matter to older citizens. This article identifies initiatives facilitating the civic participation of older people in poli…
Participatory budgets in Brazil and Portugal: Comparing patterns of dissemination
The dissemination of citizen participation in policymaking has increased considerably worldwide, as in the case of participatory budgeting, considered as the best-known democratic innovation in this field of study and practice. In order to share empirical knowledge about participatory budgets, the article provides a comparative analysis of patterns of dissemination in Brazil and Portugal. These countries were selected for being paradigmatic cases…
Exploring desired urban futures: The transformative potential of a nature-based approach
Amidst multiple crises and calls for transformative change, the demand to reassess human-nature relationships has increased. Rethinking the future of cities is vital in this process, yet positive urban visions prioritizing nature beyond human-centred perspectives are lacking. To address this gap, we propose a “nature-based desired futures” approach for envisaging and building collective discussion around transformative change. We explore four con…
Supporting Nature-Based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking across European and Latin American cities
Nature-Based Solutions concepts and practices are being used worldwide as part of attempts to address societal challenges but have also been criticised for not dealing with deeper transformations needed to face urgent issues including biodiversity loss, climate change and inclusion. In this paper, we explore how an inclusive, integrated and long-sighted approach, emphasising a more radical integration of nature within cities, might support the tr…
Democratic innovations: Is the Local Scale (Still) the Ideal Laboratory for Democracy
The local scale has long been considered the ideal laboratory for democracy because the proximity between electors and elected officials is believed to pave the way to participatory policymaking and democratic improvement. The paper unpacks this assumption by examining tensions emerging from the design and implementation of Democratic Innovations in western countries. The local scale holds the potential to be an ideal laboratory if democratic inn…
Understanding place attachment through the lens of urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon
Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon
Participatory budgets in Brazil and Portugal: Comparing patterns of dissemination
The dissemination of citizen participation in policymaking has increased considerably worldwide, as in the case of participatory budgeting, considered as the best-known democratic innovation in this field of study and practice. In order to share empirical knowledge about participatory budgets, the article provides a comparative analysis of patterns of dissemination in Brazil and Portugal. These countries were selected for being paradigmatic cases…
What change? Assessing the Extinction Rebellion’s support for climate assemblies
Assessing the Role of Democratic Innovations in Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review
Addressing the climate crisis requires innovative governance mechanisms that integrate citizen participation with environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability. While democratic innovations have gained traction in climate governance, their capacity to drive systemic environmental change remains underexplored. This study identifies how they contribute to environmental sustainability by mapping their linkages to specific Sustaina…
Co-production and Voice in Policymaking: Participatory Processes in the European Periphery
The cost of participation: An analysis of the financial dimensions of participatory budgets in Portugal
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic innovation that allows citizens to deliberate about a share of the public budget. Portugal was one of the most influent countries in this field in the last decade, as PB was implemented at multiple levels. However, few studies have made in‐depth research on the financial dimensions of PB, which raises interest as to whether and how citizens' voice has had a significant impact on policy‐making. To fill …
Women in Budgeting: A Critical Assessment of Participatory Budgeting Experiences
Participatory budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). A comparative analysis of the drivers of success
This article is a comparative analysis of two internationally awarded cases of Participatory Budgets in Canoas (Brazil) and Cascais (Portugal). Our main argument is that the success of these PBs relies on political/administrative, societal, and geographic drivers. This conceptual model has been adopted to analyse and discuss the success of the two case studies. The provision of an original conceptual model for comparative analysis and the empiric…
Formulating the success of citizen participation in urban regeneration: Insights and perplexities from Lisbon
Worldwide, participatory processes have expanded by covering a wide range of policy areas, including urban regeneration. Acknowledging the formulation of success as the first methodological step for the evaluation of participatory processes, the article discusses insights and perplexities emerging from the BipZip Programme in Lisbon. The proposal of an alternative agenda builds on the need to provide the formulation of success with information on…
The Participation of Senior Citizens in Policy-Making: Patterning Initiatives in Europe
Worldwide, active aging policy calls for greater participation of senior citizens in the social, economic, and political realms. Despite emerging evidence of initiatives engaging senior citizens in social activities, little is known about the use of participatory approaches in the design and/or implementation of policies that matter to older citizens. This article identifies initiatives facilitating the civic participation of older people in poli…
Participatory budgets in Brazil and Portugal: Comparing patterns of dissemination
The dissemination of citizen participation in policymaking has increased considerably worldwide, as in the case of participatory budgeting, considered as the best-known democratic innovation in this field of study and practice. In order to share empirical knowledge about participatory budgets, the article provides a comparative analysis of patterns of dissemination in Brazil and Portugal. These countries were selected for being paradigmatic cases…
The evaluation of citizen participation in policymaking: Insights from Portugal
Homeland as a multi-scalar community: (Dis)continuities in the US security/safety discourse and practice
This article takes steps from the birth and consolidation of “homeland” as the central discursive engine of the US national security enterprise; and takes issue with the dominant scholarly interpretation of the geographical and spatial implications of its emergence in terms of the dissolution of space and spatialization in security policy ( Bialasiewicz et al., 2007 : 416). We adopt a multi-scalar approach to exploring security discourse/practice…
Tackling urban disparities through participatory culture-led urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon
Co-production and Voice in Policymaking: Participatory Processes in the European Periphery
Understanding place attachment through the lens of urban regeneration. Insights from Lisbon
The cost of participation: An analysis of the financial dimensions of participatory budgets in Portugal
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic innovation that allows citizens to deliberate about a share of the public budget. Portugal was one of the most influent countries in this field in the last decade, as PB was implemented at multiple levels. However, few studies have made in‐depth research on the financial dimensions of PB, which raises interest as to whether and how citizens' voice has had a significant impact on policy‐making. To fill …
Youth participation in environmental sustainability: Insights from the Lisbon participatory budget
Purpose This article poses the question on whether and how youth participation in environmental sustainability makes a difference within participatory budgets (PBs). This is a question worth asking because PBs have pursued, from the very beginning, goals of social sustainability through the inclusion of social groups that struggle to make their voices heard, as in the case of the youth. As young people show an increasing capacity to self-organise…
Supporting Nature-Based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking across European and Latin American cities
Nature-Based Solutions concepts and practices are being used worldwide as part of attempts to address societal challenges but have also been criticised for not dealing with deeper transformations needed to face urgent issues including biodiversity loss, climate change and inclusion. In this paper, we explore how an inclusive, integrated and long-sighted approach, emphasising a more radical integration of nature within cities, might support the tr…
Exploring desired urban futures: The transformative potential of a nature-based approach
Amidst multiple crises and calls for transformative change, the demand to reassess human-nature relationships has increased. Rethinking the future of cities is vital in this process, yet positive urban visions prioritizing nature beyond human-centred perspectives are lacking. To address this gap, we propose a “nature-based desired futures” approach for envisaging and building collective discussion around transformative change. We explore four con…
Democratic innovations: Is the Local Scale (Still) the Ideal Laboratory for Democracy
The local scale has long been considered the ideal laboratory for democracy because the proximity between electors and elected officials is believed to pave the way to participatory policymaking and democratic improvement. The paper unpacks this assumption by examining tensions emerging from the design and implementation of Democratic Innovations in western countries. The local scale holds the potential to be an ideal laboratory if democratic inn…
Can democratic innovations tackle social-ecological challenges? Gaining insights on transformative governance across European cases
In an era of democratic backsliding, the pursuit of sustainable development that addresses social-ecological challenges can become a daunting task. Participatory and deliberative practices have flourished over the last few decades, addressing, to varying extents, policy domains that can be understood within the framework of social-ecological governance and related challenges. By understanding these practices through the concept of democratic inno…
Mudando o status quo por meio de inovações democráticas? Três paradoxos da Península Ibérica
A desconfiança dos cidadãos nas instituições democráticas tem suscitado preocupações bem como práticas inovadoras em todo o mundo. As Inovações Democráticas (IDs), como o Orçamento Participativo (OP) e as assembleias de cidadãos (ACs), podem catalisar mudanças que, para alguns académicos, desafiam o status quo. Este artigo analisa a Península Ibérica, revelando três paradoxos sobre a mudança. Em primeiro lugar, embora as IDs tenham como objetivo …
Tensões e contradições da participação democrática na América Latina e na Europa
a estabilidade de novos e menos novos regimes democrticos
Changing the status quo through democratic innovations? Three paradoxes from the Iberian Peninsula
Citizen distrust in mainstream politics has spurred the rise of new democratic processes for citizen participation and deliberation, known as democratic innovations. These innovations are believed to improve democracy by changing the status quo. This paper critically examines whether this goal is achieved by focusing on participatory budgeting and citizens’ assemblies in the Iberian Peninsula. Three paradoxes arise from our reflection, related to…
Tensions and contradictions in democratic participation in Latin America and Europe
Tensions and
Exploring the Interplay Between Democratic Innovations and Social Sustainability: A Scoping Review
This scoping review explores the scholarship of democratic innovations in relation to social sustainability to map the existing literature and identify key trends, gaps, and methodological approaches. Extant research shows that democratic innovations enhance social sustainability by fostering inclusive governance, mitigating systemic inequalities, and ensuring diverse citizen participation in policymaking. However, this literature remains fragmen…
What change? Assessing the Extinction Rebellion’s support for climate assemblies
Assessing the Role of Democratic Innovations in Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review
Addressing the climate crisis requires innovative governance mechanisms that integrate citizen participation with environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability. While democratic innovations have gained traction in climate governance, their capacity to drive systemic environmental change remains underexplored. This study identifies how they contribute to environmental sustainability by mapping their linkages to specific Sustaina…
Varieties of Citizen Engagement? The Institutional Design of Deliberative Innovations in Europe in Comparative Perspective
Introducing the trajectories of democratic innovations
Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Trajectories of Democratic Innovations’.
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