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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