Education

PhD Researcher (since 12/2020)
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Masters of Research (MRes) Political Communication (2019 – 2020)
University of Glasgow, UK
Masters of Arts (MA) Politics with Quantitative Methods (2014 – 2019)
University of Glasgow, UK
1st class Honours Degree
Access Sociology and Politics (2013 – 2014)
University of Glasgow, UK

Academic Work Experience and Training

Director (Since 11/2023)
RoundTables Consulting Ltd
I am the Director of RoundTables Consulting Ltd, where I provide two core services: offering tailored educational support to students from underrepresented regions to help them access affordable higher education, and delivering expert evaluation and advice on deliberative processes to improve public participation and democratic engagement.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (09/2021 – 08/2025)
University of Glasgow
I taught labs to second year undergraduate students as part of the QStep programme which is designed to promote a step-change in quantitative social science training. The courses I taught on include an introduction to using quantitative methods (QM1: Measuring Your Social World) and a follow-up course that expands on QM1 and introduces OLS regression (QM2: Analysing Your Social World). The labs are especially focused on using the statistical software R.

Editorial Assistant (Since 01/2021)
Politics of the Low Countries
I am responsible for swift communication between authors and the editors while maintaining a double-blind peer review process. I further administer the process from submission, peer-review, and decision on Editorial Manager (EM), a highly configurable workflow management system.

QStep Centre Summer School (08/2021)
University of Glasgow
Social Network Analysis

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research (06/2018 – 07/2018)
University of Michigan
Completed modules:

• Maximum Likelihood Estimation I: Generalized Linear Models (Grade: A)
• Network Analysis I: Introduction (Grade: A)

The Olive Tree Initiative (2017 – 2018)
University of Glasgow
I took part in an extracurricular, experiential learning program of conflict studies with focus on the Israel-Palestine conflict which included a 17-day fieldtrip to the region as a student diplomat.
The program emphasized academic research, critical thinking, analysing narrative perspectives, group briefings, and exposure to challenging environments and situations.

QStep Intern (08/2017 – 12/2017)
University of Glasgow
I assisted in a research project within the School of Education which inquired how class relates to higher education outcomes and the willingness to take on quantitative methods training.
My role was to help design and carry out a survey, execute data cleaning, and offer a preliminary descriptive data analysis.

Trustee and Researcher (since 09/2014)
Global Minorities Alliance (GMA), Glasgow
I am a trustee of GMA since its its registration as a charity in 2014. Since then I am responsible for the general oversight of the charity as well as for the essential research work that underpins GMA’s advocacy work for minorities worldwide.
In 2016, I was part of a fact finding mission in Thailand and subsequently co- authored a report on the situation of urban refugees from Pakistan in Thailand’s capital Bangkok.

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Gebauer, Rebecca ; Sautter, Ann-Mireille ; Reuchamps, Min (2024) “Le Parlement de la Communauté germanophone comme laboratoire de participation citoyenne : Analyse du suivi des recommandations du Dialogue citoyen permanent en Belgique de l’Est.” In: Lien Social et Politiques : RIAC, no. 92, p. 1-19 (2024) https://doi.org/10.7202/1112804ar

Currently being prepared for Revise and Resubmit at Parliamentary Affairs

Gebauer, Rebecca (2024) “Identifying and Understanding the Internal Vulnerabilities
of Deliberative Mini-Publics: A Simplified Path Constitution Analysis Approach”

Reports

Gebauer, Rebecca ; Niessen, Christoph ; Sautter, Ann-Mireille; Reuchamps, Min (2024) “Beobachtungsbericht zur 5. Bürgerversammlung des permanenten Bürgerdialogs in der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft” Available at: https://www.buergerdialog.be/fileadmin/user_upload/Bericht-BV5_UCLouvain_Final.pdf

Gebauer, Rebecca ; Niessen, Christoph ; Sautter, Ann-Mireille; Reuchamps, Min (2024) “Beobachtungsbericht zur 4. Bürgerversammlung des permanenten Bürgerdialogs in der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft” Available at: https://www.buergerdialog.be/fileadmin/user_upload/Bericht-BV4_UCLouvain_Final.pdf

Gebauer, Rebecca ; Niessen, Christoph ; Sautter, Ann-Mireille; Reuchamps, Min (2022) “Beobachtungsbericht zur 3. Bürgerversammlung des permanenten Bürgerdialogs in der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft” Available at: https://www.buergerdialog.be/fileadmin/user_upload/Bericht-BV3_UCLouvain_Final.pdf

Niessen, Christoph ; Gebauer, Rebecca ; Sautter, Ann-Mireille; Reuchamps, Min (2022) “Beobachtungsbericht zur 2. Bürgerversammlung des permanenten Bürgerdialogs in der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft” Available at: https://www.buergerdialog.be/fileadmin/user_upload/Bericht-BV2_UCLouvain_Final.pdf

Gebauer, Rebecca ; Niessen, Christoph ; Reuchamps, Min (2021) “Beobachtungsbericht zur 1.
Bürgerversammlung des permanenten Bürgerdialogs in der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft” Available at: https://www.buergerdialog.be/fileadmin/user_upload/Bericht-BV1_UCLouvain_Final.pdf

Gebauer, R. and Khan, S. (2017) “Are Christians in Pakistan Persecuted?” Available at: https://www.globalminorities.co.uk/gma-reports/are-christians-in-pakistan-persecuted-gma-thailand-report- 201617

Articles in Newspapers, Blogs, Magazines, Newsletters, & Proceedings

Gebauer, R., Devillers, S. and Reuchamps, M. (2021) “Le « dialogue citoyen permanent: une première mondiale en Belgique Germanophone” Aide-mémoire (n°96) Available at: https://www.territoires- memoire.be/aide-memoire/aide-memoire-96/le-dialogue-citoyen-permanent-une-premiere-mondiale-en- belgique-germanophone.html

Presentations at Workshops and Conferences

Democracy Next Workshop: First steps at the institutionalisation of deliberative mini-publics, and lessons learned. (09/2021)
University College, Dublin

Workshop Challenges of Democratic Innovations in Europe (09/2021)
Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest

ECPR General Conference (08/2021)
Online

NEXT Generation Deliberation Celebration Symposium (06/2021)
Online (hosted by KU Leuven)

‘Belgium: The State Of The Federation’ (12/2020)
Online (hosted by Vereniging voor Politieke Wetenschappen and Association belge francophone de science politique)

Worskhop One year of Permanent Citizens’ Dialogue (09/2020)
Online (hosted by MIS-OBM)

Awards and Recognitions

Shortlist Best Paper Award ECPR Section on Democratic Innovations: Uses and Perceptions (08/2021)