Graham Smith
Academic, Founder, Author (Civic & deliberation practitioners)
Why they matter for gatherings
Graham Smith is an academic, founder, and author focused on civic engagement and deliberative practices. They develop and study methods to structure public dialogue and democratic participation, often through frameworks like citizens' assemblies and deliberative mapping.
Facilitators and event designers should engage with Smith’s work to understand structured approaches for inclusive civic deliberation. Their methods address challenges in designing spaces where diverse perspectives can shape policy or community decisions.
Associated with methods including Citizen Dialogues / Deliberative Mapping, Planning Cell, and Citizens' Assembly frameworks.
Here is where those methods trace back to.
Where the methods came from
A qualitative sketch, not a dated history: where the practice started, what it produced, and where it stands today.
Those roots feed the methods below.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
Citizen Dialogues / Deliberative Mapping
Planning Cell
Deliberative Mapping
And here is where you can watch them run.
Where you can see them practiced
Gold-set agendas that visibly put these methods to work.
How Public Sector / Policy / Civic gatherings score
Authority profile
Six pillars, each scored 0 to 100 from published work and independent verification. A research signal, not an endorsement.
Evidence and receipts
Sources
Grounded in: people_merged, console_people, people_verification.
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