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methods@manchester are pleased to welcome Dr Malcolm Oswald for our latest Lunchtime Seminar: How to design and run a citizens’ jury 2.07 Humanities Bridgeford Street 13:00 – 14:00 12.03.19 Public policy questions are often complex. Decisions rely on both evidence and values. Where should these values come from: politicians, public officials, independent experts, or the public? A citizens’ jury brings together a cross-section of the public for several days, where they hear evidence from expert witnesses, and deliberate together to reach reasoned conclusions about the questions they are set. Citizens’ juries can be used in research, but they are primarily a form of “deliberative democracy” – a method for engaging the public in policy decisions that affect them. In this seminar, Malcolm Oswald will: - Show you what a citizens’ jury looks like - Explain how to design a citizens’ jury - Describe how jury members can be recruited - Give reasons for and against running citizens’ juries - Discuss how potential bias can be monitored, minimised and reported - Explain how to achieve impact. Bio Dr Malcolm Oswald worked for many years for the NHS on policy questions concerning use of health records. In his recent PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence, he asked how, in a democracy, resources should be prioritised in healthcare. One part of the answer was citizens’ juries, and this led Malcolm to set up a university “spin-off company”: Citizens Juries c.i.c – a social enterprise that designs and runs citizens’ juries in the UK in partnership with the Jefferson Center (the US charity which founded the citizens’ jury method). To book your place please click here.<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-design-and-run-a-citizens-jury-lunchtime-seminar-tickets-56326266379> You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.