English to Swedish Social Sciences Government / Politics Democracy

This term is essential in a scientific article which discusses the relationship between professional expertise and "ordinary citizens" in a deliberative democracy. It focuses on ways of renewing and strengthening democracy in the Western societies.

At one point the author says that he uses the term 'participatory inquiry' (=p.i.) collectively about 'critical educational pedagogy' and 'action-oriented
participatory research', and that the practices of p.i. have been particularly influenced by the educational reformer Paulo Freire. Crucial to this practice is the role of a 'facilitator', someone who helps the participants to talk about and understand each others' standpoints, and this is a large part of the goal (not just agreeing on decisions).

So I'm looking for a term that defines a practice or method/model, based on a theory - as far as I understand. So it's not just a theory (an -ism). My real problem is with the word 'inquiry', as I think the meaning here is not limited to only 'undersökning', 'forskning' or 'utfrågning'.

I have seen translations of the related 'participatory research': SW 'deltagardriven forskning', 'brukarfokuserad forskning', 'deltagarorienterad forskning'. But these only bring in the research aspect.

I have also found SW documents that speak of 'deltagandeundersökning', but then the research aspect is lost all together.

Does anyone know a commonly used term in Swedish, which works in contexts of social science and democratic processes? I know this field is new ground still, so there may be different alternatives out there.