Under the direction of two of our network members, Sonja Grimm (University of Konstanz / University of Basel) and Annika Elena Poppe (PRIF), the EDP network organized a workshop on January 17–18 on “Why to fight against dictatorship at high personal costs? Studying political activism and its leadership in autocracies” at the Peace Research Institute (PRIF) in Frankfurt.

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On 17-18 January 2019, PD Dr. Sonja Grimm (University of Konstanz/University of Basel) and Dr. Annika Elena Poppe (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt) will hold a workshop on “Why to fight against dictatorship at high personal costs? Studying political activism and …

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An EDP workshop organized by PD Dr. Sonja Grimm (University of Konstanz/University of Basel) in cooperation with the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt   Date: 17-18 January 2019 Workshop location: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Baseler Str. 27-31, 60329 Frankfurt (three minutes …

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In the cumulative habilitation project Sonja Grimm investigates the instruments and strategies of international democracy promotion in post-conflict societies and fragile states, the effects of such external support and the reasons for the (mostly limited) effectiveness of international democracy promotion. Three …

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On September 27, our network members gathered during the 27th congress of the German Political Science Association (GPSA) at Goethe University Frankfurt to catch up on network related activities. During the meeting we discussed final touches to our joint policy …

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From August 6 to 10, 2018, Nicolas Bouchet, a returning EDP guest researcher, once again joined Annika and Jonas at PRIF. Nick is a non-resident research fellow at the German Marshall Fund specializing in U.S. foreign policy, democratization and democracy …

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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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