Government Works Weekly #23
Extra Events-only Bumper Bonus Edition
Welcome to your weekly roundup of opportunities, events, and information about how government works—and how government can work better—to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities.
Playing a bit of catch up with this extra events-only edition.
APPLY YOURSELF – jobs, internships, funding, and other ways to get involved
See the most recent post (Saturday 23 November 2024) for a big list of opportunities to get involved. Also check out the new LinkedIn page for more regular posts if you don’t want to wait around for the newsletter.
UPCOMING EVENTS – webinars, conferences, and other human things
To help make sense of recent events, check out these upcoming events.
THIS WEEK: 25-29 NOV.
25 NOV: Human Learning Systems - Insights Series [Human Learning System Collaborative]
25 NOV: How to Create Understanding Across Differences and Find Common Ground in a Divided Electorate Across the Nation’s Cities [Local Policy Lab]
25 NOV: Art, Design, And Participation In Public Policy [Demos]
26 NOV: Public Listening Session #3: Open Government [U.S. Open Government Secretariat and the White House Office of Management and Budget]
26 NOV: Launch of the OECD Youth Policy Toolkit [OECD]
26 NOV: Becoming a 2025 All-America City: Strengthening Environmental Sustainability Through Inclusive Community Engagement [National Civic League]
27 NOV: Educators Workshop [Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age]
28 NOV: GovTech Connect Assembly [Brussels]
NEXT WEEK: 2-6 DEC.
3 DEC: What Comes Next? A Post-Election Discussion [Boston Review]
3 DEC: Legislating for company ownership transparency: regional perspectives [Open Ownership]
3-6 DEC: Open Americas/America Abierta [Open Government Partnership]
4 DEC: FormFest 2024: Better government, one form at a time [Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and Code for America]
4 DEC: Future Public Services Summit [Demos]
4 DEC: Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood [Institute for Rebooting Social Media]
4 DEC: Achieving Civil Justice [American Academy of Arts & Sciences]
5 DEC: 2024 Democracy Forum [Obama Foundation]
5 DEC: Stockholm Series #4: Defending democracy, safeguarding our planet - A dual imperative and how to win it [International IDEA]
5 DEC: Webinar: The Global Impact of the United States Election [ASH Center]
EYES & EARS – reading, podcasts, videos, and other good stuff
We were off for a couple weeks, so today I am just posting events you may have missed from earlier in the month. Lots of them already have the recordings posted.
[CATCH UP] Events from the Past Month
1 NOV: The Role of Unions in Elections and Democracy [ASH Center]
1 NOV: Launch Party - The People Act: Legislative Theatre Around the World [People Powered]
3-6 NOV: 2024 U.S. Election Program [International Foundation for Electoral Systems]
4 NOV: Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections [The Philosopher]
6 NOV: Building Bridges: Transforming Stakeholders into Strategic Partners [Participation Factory]
7 NOV: Demos Public Services 2030 Network: Rethinking Public Sector Productivity [Demos]
7 NOV: Corruption Measurement 101 [CIPE]
7 NOV: Navigating AI Governance and Politics [Big Data & Society]
12 NOV: State Capacity in 2025: The Democracy We Deserve [Roosevelt Institute]
12 NOV: Remixing Democracy: How to connect democratic practices into stronger ecosystems [People Powered]
12 NOV: Stockholm Series #3: The promise of participation – How collective decision-making can get us to more effective climate policies [International IDEA]
12 NOV: The Role of Universities in Modern Democracy [SNF Dialogues]
12 NOV: What happened on Nov. 5: A deep dive into the results of the presidential and congressional races [Brookings]
13 NOV: OMB Listening Session 1: Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement [Office of Management and Budget]
13-14 NOV: Policy and Service Conference: Delivering Impact Through Collaboration [Government of Canada]
13-15 NOV: 2024 Academy Fall Meeting [National Academy of Public Administration]
13-16 NOV: City Summit: 1924-2024: A Century of Strengthening Cities [National League of Cities]
14 NOV: The Spectre of State Capitalism [UCL IIPP]
14 NOV: The Opportunity Project for Cities Demo Day 2024 [The Opportunity Project for Cities]
14 NOV: Common Good: Theory and Practice: A conversation between Mia Mottley and Mariana Mazzucato [Pontifical Academy for Life]
15 NOV: Class, race, gender, and the 2024 election [Niskanen Center]
17 NOV: Income Inequality: Robert Kuttner and Tyler Cowen in Conversation [92NY]
19 NOV: What will tax policy look like in the new Trump administration? [Brookings]
19 NOV: An Updated Democracy Agenda at European Level [European Democracy Hub]
19 NOV: Dynamics in Government Demands Amidst Changing Regulatory and Political Landscapes [Freedom House]
20 NOV: OMB Listening Session 2: Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement [Office of Management and Budget]
20 NOV: Teaching Café: Crafting a People-Centered Research Agenda [Participedia]
20 NOV: Launch webinar: Strengthening Civic Space: From Policy to Practice [OECD]
20 NOV: Apolitical Day 2024 [Apolitical]
20 NOV: Panel Discussion and Reception on State Divergence & Aggression [American Prospect]
20 NOV: The Role of AI in the 2024 Elections [ASH Center]
20 NOV: What’s Next?: A Post-Election Road Map for Democracy [Democracy + Issue One]
20 NOV: Reforming Tech and Democracy Programs for the Global Majority [Social Science Research Council]
20 NOV: What does it take to build a new system of public service? [Centre for Public Impact]
20-22 NOV: 12th Global Assembly: Revitalizing Democracy: Resilience, Reflection, and Innovation [World Movement for Democracy]
21 NOV: Citizens’ Assemblies - A New Democratic Response to Authoritarianism in Central & Eastern Europe? [DemocracyNext]
21 NOV: Transitions: Planning and staffing a presidency [Brookings]
21-23 NOV: 2024 APPAM Fall Research Conference: Policymaking at the Federal, State, and Local Levels [Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management]