Oliver Escobar
Job Title
Principle Investigator - UK & Co-Investigator
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Email
Oliver.Escobar@ed.ac.uk
Twitter username
https://twitter.com/OliverEscobar/
Profile
Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Edinburgh and Co-Director of What Works Scotland. Oliver also co-leads Smart Urban Intermediaries and Distant Voices: Coming Home. His main areas of research, teaching and practice are public participation and collaborative governance. He coordinates the Citizen Participation Network and is involved in developing democratic innovations across policy arenas in Scotland and beyond.
Research interests
SmarUrbI offers a unique opportunity to work with people who are making a difference in communities, and learn about how social innovation can tackle the urban challenges of our time.