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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Democratization in a globalized and mediatized world was the topic of the 2017 Summer School held in St. Gallen and organized by the School of Economics and Political Science (University of St. Gallen) and the Doctoral Program Democracy Studies. The …

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From May 18-19, the EDP Network hosted the authors workshop on the topic of “Democracy Promotion Negotiation” at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), which is part of the Leibniz Association. In the two days, we discussed the papers of our …

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On Thursday, June 1, EDP-Network member Solveig Richter will be a panelist at the roundtable discussion: Democracy Under Fire?! at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt. The event – co-funded by the EDP Network – will discuss current …

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After participating in our Special Issue Authors Workshop on the topic of „Democracy Promotion Negotiation“ on May 18-19, Prof. Andrea Ribeiro Hofmann (Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Dr. Prakash Bhattarai (Centre for Social Change, Nepal) remain at …

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