The Special Issue „Domestic elites and external actors in post-conflict democratisation“ for the journal Conflict, Security and Development edited by Sonja Grimm and Brigitte Weiffen innovatively sheds light on the domestic side of post-conflict democratization.

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On June 29 and 30, the EDP network held a workshop on international democracy promotion („Internationale Demokratieförderung – Stand und Perspektiven eines Forschungsfeldes“) at the Center for the Study of Democracy at Leuphana University Lüneburg.  The workshop’s goal was to …

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On June 28 and 29, our network members met at the Leuphana University Lüneburg for one of our regular meetings. Key issues of our meeting were the discussion of a joint policy paper on the challenges of democracy promotion in …

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On May 24 and 25, our network members came together at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn for a regular meeting. Two key issues shaped the agenda: 1. As our current funding phase under a Leibniz Association …

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Many of our EDP Network members had the chance to attend this year’s 59th International Studies Association’s (ISA) Annual Convention in San Francisco from April 4-7 themed “Power of Rules and Rule of Power”. On Thursday, April 5, our panel …

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From June 29 to June 30, 2018, the EDP network will host a workshop on international democracy promotion („Internationale Demokratieförderung – Stand und Perspektiven eines Forschungsfeldes”) at Lüneburg University. The workshop aims at reflecting on German research on international democracy …

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Having done our last meeting through videoconference, network members finally gathered together again at the Leuphana University in Lüneburg in late January (26-27). Three central topics shaped the agenda.

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Based on the findings of the three-year research project “What is democracy’s value?” led by our EDP network member Julia Leininger, the German Development Institute (DIE) in Bonn held a workshop from 7 to 8 December 2017 entitled “Whither the “End of the Liberal Order.” Do Societal Values ​​Influence the Effectiveness of Democracy Support?”. During the two-day workshop participants discussed core values ​​and effectiveness of international democracy support.

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For her 2015 submitted dissertation, Annika Elena Poppe, network member and coordinator of the EDP Network, will be awarded the Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize 2017 by the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) at the University of Heidelberg. The prize …

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On Thursday, July 6, 2017, Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, presented his research on “The Internal Brain Drain: Foreign Aid, Hiring Practices and International Migration” at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). Nick is currently EDP …

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