DemocracyNet's 2024 ends with a bang! Palmo Brunner brilliantly defended her PhD thesis on “Diaspora Mobilization Between Democracy and Autocracy: Navigating Voice and Loyalty after Exit in the Tibetan Diaspora in Switzerland and Canada.” Congrats, Dr. Brunner! #palmobrunner #democracynet #UZH

Looking for some good reading for the holidays? Our member Valentina Petrović just presented her book "Structural Origins of Post-Yugoslav Regimes: Elites, Civil Society and the State", published by Routledge, at the UZH last week. Highly recommended! # valentinapetrović #democracynet #routledge

A part of new issue is @odileammann.bsky.social article on lobbying regulation in Switzerland link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I have a short piece on the imperative mandate in this just released volume on democracy from current/former fellows at The New Institute. Its fully open access and available here: www.transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-6...

Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

Harvard-Professor Daniel Ziblatt erforscht, wie Demokratien sterben. Donald Trump werde viel Schaden anrichten, sagt er. So schlimm wie in Ungarn werde es aber nicht.

🏛️ TOP 10 EPISODES | Rules of the Game Podcast 📜 🏆 #1: Patterns of Democracy with Arend Lijphart Spotify: spoti.fi/3UYePCA Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3Uz0H2I

Aujourd'hui, le premier tour des #élections presidentielles en #Roumanie. Une analyse pour comprendre le contexte par Antonella Pogacean sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/cont...

Tomorrow, Switzerland heads to the polls again, voting on four referenda. This brings the total to 676 federal ballot questions. The issues include a healthcare revamp, two tenants' rights bills & an extension of motorways. Here's how these fit into the broader topical distribution historically⬇️

New and open-access in Political Theory: Tae-Yeoun Keum on Blumenberg and Habermas on political myths

Democracy scholars starter pack 2nd major update. From 50 accounts last time I posted to now 136/150 political philosophy/ science/ theory & adjacent accounts. I check each account before adding to avoid hoarding inactive accounts. Sharing/nominating still welcome! go.bsky.app/LYfpRV7

This DemocracyNet Book Club will take place on Tue, December 17, 2024, from 17:00 to 18:30 (CET). We will meet at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Zurich in room AFL-E-003. If you'd like to join us on Zoom, please sign up for this event here: ucd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

What role has the European Union played in these developments? Join us to discuss these questions and many other facets of post-Yugoslav democratization with Valentina Petrović, author of “Structural Origins of Post-Yugoslav Regimes Elites, Civil Society and the State,” published by Routledge.

How can we interpret the different trajectories of democratization in Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia after the end of socialism? What explains variation in regime outcomes: elite agency, class struggles, civil society or a mix of all these factors?

We're looking for a colleague at📍European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication 📆 Apply by 29/04/2024 #polisky #commsky Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...

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Do you do political economy research related to any international issues? Then consider submitting a paper for the IPES 2024 conference – my favorite conference is being held in Florence (at the EUI) this year – for the first time in Europe. www.internationalpoliticaleconomysociety.org

I'm hiring two three-year postdocs in political theory for my ERC/UKRI project Systemic Risk and the Transformation of Democracy. One postdoc would ideally have already worked on climate change. Please spread the word! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/086948-...

I have some exciting personal news. Not only does my @hurstpublishers.bsky.social book PROTECTING DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE have a cover, but you can now also pre-order it from one of my favourite bookshops! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... polisky eusky RP=🙏

This is a nice position in a great department - as a sort of ‘newbie’ here at Utrecht Utrecht I can only confirm. #philsky

2-months Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer fellowship at LMU Munich. two teams of fellows collaborate on real-world data science projects, aiming to create a meaningful impact for the social good. sites.google.com/view/dssgx-m...

... the congress organizers extended the CfP deadline for NOPSA24 to January 12, 2024! BERGEN | 25th - 28th of June | 2024 All the details and how to apply: www.nopsa2024.no

To assess the effects of formal amendment rules, we leverage a unique comparative design that compares Australia & Switzerland. While the two federations are fairly dissimilar (e.g. re federal model, gov't form), both implement an identical direct-democratic model of constitutional change polisky

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