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Joan Font Fàbregas is a Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). He holds a PhD in Political Science from UAB (1993) and a Master of Arts from the University of Michigan. He has served as Director of IESA (CSIC), Visiting Professor at multiple universities, and Director of Research at CIS. His research focuses on mechanisms to integrate citizen preferences into public policies through referendums, elections, advisory councils, surveys, and citizen juries. He collaborates with organizations like Oxfam-Intermon, Open Society Foundation, and the World Bank.
Key projects include studies on participatory democracy in Southern Europe, the impact of economic crises on participatory processes, and the design of effective participatory instruments. He has published extensively on topics like stealth democracy, policy proposal implementation, and expert roles in governance. His work spans academic books, journal articles, and conference presentations. He has advised on participatory policies at local, regional, and national levels, emphasizing methodological innovation in studying democratic innovations.
Font Fàbregas has led projects such as 'Assodem-A' mapping advisory councils in Andalusia and 'EUCOMMEET' exploring deliberative participation. His research integrates quantitative and qualitative methods, addressing challenges in large-scale studies of participatory experiences. He has supervised PhD theses on topics like deliberative surveys, charisma in politics, and participatory limits.
