💡 How do leading scholars reflect on contemporary democracies and the prospects of a more democratic future? This new volume, our first print publication, offers a selection of conversations that probe this overarching question. 📚📚 Learn more: 👉 tinyurl.com/4m5v66by

OUT NOW!!! with Cambridge University Press: The Far Right in Latin America, co-edited with Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Carlos Meléndez, Talita Tanscheit & me. @ceudeminst.bsky.social Open Access on Cambridge Core. www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...

The Far Right in Latin America

Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - The Far Right in Latin America

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📘We are pleased to announce that the current editorial team from @uoypolitics.bsky.social will continue editing the Political Studies journal for a second term! @syysr.bsky.social, @dafnoukos.bsky.social, Graeme Davies & Monica Britovieira are looking forward to reading more of your research... 1/2

Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS) #PSHighlyViewed 3/10 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci

** Postponed ** Our online seminar with Alvaro Comin on Democracy, Social Welfare and the Never-Ending Threat of Autocracy in Brazil, scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed. events.ceu.edu/2026-05-13/p...

POSTPONED - The Scramble for the Public Budget. Democracy, Social Welfare and the Never-Ending Threat of Autocracy in Brazil

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Join our Program Director Laszlo Bruszt for this lecture upon being awarded the Dr. Elemér Hantos Prize.

Geneva Graduate Institute@gvagrad.bsky.social · 3mo ago

EU enlargement has been guided by the belief that democratic institutions, once established through external conditionality, become self-sustaining. Our upcoming lecture suggests the need for a more integrated strategy linking markets, institutions & social stabilisation. Hybrid👉 shorturl.at/EKWSI

How do illiberal regimes hollow out collaborative governance without abolishing it? Join Conny Roggeband and Andrea Krizsán for an online lecture on civil society exclusion and policy capture. 🗓 Wed, May 6 | ⏰ 15:00 CEST events.ceu.edu/2026-05-06/r...

Reconfiguring Collaborative Governance under Autocratization: Civil Society Exclusion and Policy Capture in Domestic Violence Policy

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Are you a Roma student from the EU interested in continuing your studies at CEU? Applications are open for the CEU Roma Graduate Preparation Program and for the new Undergraduate Preparation Program for Roma. Full scholarships available. More info: romanistudies.ceu.edu

What happens to social citizenship under ethno‑nationalist pronatalism? Join Eva Fodor (CEU) for an online seminar on carefare, gender, and illiberal politics. 🗓 April 29 | ⏰ 15:00 CEST More info: events.ceu.edu/2026-04-29/c...

Climate politics after 1.5°C: what now?🔥🌍 Andreas Malm on The Long Heat, with @stefanoponte.bsky.social, Isabel Froes & Lindsay Whitfield. What climate politics remains when delay is no longer an option? 📅 Apr 30 | 13:00–15:00 | Copenhagen Business School + online 👉 events.ceu.edu/2026-04-30/c...

Why do some democracies extend social benefits to the poor while others don’t? Join Candelaria Garay (@candelariagaray.bsky.social) & @emisimison.bsky.social for new evidence from 18 Latin American countries. 📅 April 22, 15:00 CEST, Zoom events.ceu.edu/2026-04-22/d...

Democratic Responsiveness and Social Policy: Evidence from Latin America

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Starting soon at 17:00 on YouTube Join Dorottya Szikra the lead of our Welfare and Democracy Observatory; Balazs Majtenyi, Andrew Arato and Andrew Ryder for a discussion of the Hungarian election results. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHsU...

How Do We Square Democratic Rights with Green Industrial Policies? 🌱⚖️ Today at 14:00 (Zoom). A panel on critical raw materials, mining, geopolitics, and the green transition—with Jojo Nem Singh, Henry Sanderson, Karin Buhmann and Lindsay Whitfield. democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/wha...

* Tomorrow at 15:00 CEST, Zoom * What does the rise of the populist state welfare regime tell us about the politics of redistribution, democratic backsliding, and authoritarian resilience in the 21st century? Join Erdem Yoruk (Koc Univ.) to find out. democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/gf-...

Can welfare strengthen democracy - or entrench authoritarianism? Join us for an online discussion w/ Erdem Yörük on how social assistance in the Global South has become a powerful tool of populist, authoritarian rule. 📆 April 15 ⏰15:00 CEST Registration: globalforum.ceu.edu/seminar-series

Today at 17:00 CEST Follow it live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/yL_4f-l...

Election on 12 April: What is at stake for Europe and Democracies?

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CEU Democracy Institute@ceudeminst.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Mark your calendar for this discussion, co-organized with Political Capital! 🇭🇺🗳️ 🗣️ @fromtga.bsky.social 🗣️ Krisztina Arato 🗣️ @zsolt.bsky.social 🗣️ Peter Kreko 🗓️ Apr 10, 5pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15. Details: 👉 cutt.ly/UtAGDDMu Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/3tAGD4sF

CfP is out for our workshop in November. Deadline for submissions is May 15. Hope to see many of you in Brussels! “Coloniality of the modern state” repi.phisoc.ulb.be/fr/cfp-colon...

Call for Papers: Coloniality of the modern state - REPI - Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale

This call for papers seeks contributions that engage with the following central questions: Can the modern state function as an instrument of decolonization? Or, as Audre Lorde suggested, can the master’s tools ever dismantle the master’s house? What can we learn from decoloniality as plural horizons of liberation, beyonde state-seeking naitonalisms?

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✍️ Hungary is awaiting a decisive election, which may cement autocratization or open a path for democratic recovery. In his article, Balint Mikola summarizes the most important expectations, potential outcome scenarios, and their respective implications. 🇭🇺🗳️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3uetsb5f

Final countdown! 1 week left for MethodsNET Summer School with @weareceu.bsky.social . Last chance to join tracks in: 🧪 Causal Inference 💻 LLMs & Webscraping 📊 Network Analysis & R 📝 Qualitative/CHA Register now: methodsnet.org/course-list/ #ResearchMethods #MethodsNET

**Today at 15:00 CEST, on Zoom** Do democracies really “fail to deliver” - or is that a myth? Angelo Vito Panaro on regimes & social performance in the age of #autocratization. More info, registration: globalforum.ceu.edu/seminar-seri...

🌱Does the #GreenTransition open pathways out of the periphery? Online debate with @iliasalami.bsky.social, Aldo Madariaga, Elvis Alvenyo & Stine Haakonsson, moderated by @lindsaywhitfield.bsky.social 📅 Tomorrow, Apr 8, 2 pm CET globalforum.ceu.edu/hybrid-debat...

I started working on a new paper on Govtech in Ukraine and as I am searching for literature on Govtech I found this interesting paper by the IMF! The Political Economy of Govtech "The main innovation of GovTech is more social than technological" Interesting IMF! www.imf.org/-/media/file...

Democracy vs. autocracy - which delivers better social outcomes? Join the discussion in our seminar series, w/ Angelo Vito Panaro on April 8, 3 PM CET for new global evidence challenging conventional wisdom. More info, registration: globalforum.ceu.edu/seminar-seri... @ceudeminst.bsky.social

Do you want to know how ruling parties subvert inclusion to entrench dominance? Anirvan Chowdhury will discuss this in the Indian context today at 3pm CET in our online seminar series. @ceudeminst.bsky.social Join us -> globalforum.ceu.edu/seminar-seri...

Join us today az 15:30 CET on Zoom.

Global Forum on Democracy and Development@globalforum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Why is studying Ukraine’s EU integration so hard? 🇺🇦🇪🇺 Find out at the opening lecture of our new IUFU course with László Bruszt (CEU) & Ivan Nagornyak (CEU DI) as they unpack the hidden analytical challenges. 🗓 March 30, 15:30 CET More info, registration: events.ceu.edu/2026-03-30/c...

Why is studying Ukraine’s EU integration so hard? 🇺🇦🇪🇺 Find out at the opening lecture of our new IUFU course with László Bruszt (CEU) & Ivan Nagornyak (CEU DI) as they unpack the hidden analytical challenges. 🗓 March 30, 15:30 CET More info, registration: events.ceu.edu/2026-03-30/c...

The Challenges of Studying Ukraine's EU Integration

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In time for the weekend: 🎙️ Episode 2 is out! Hosts Inna Melnykovska and Marta Beska dive into Ukraine’s defence‑tech ecosystem & what it means for EU enlargement with @mattian.bsky.social and Ihor Masiakin. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZpL...

Built Under Fire, Hitting Bureaucratic Walls: Ukrainian Defence Tech and the Strategic Autonomy Test of EU Enlargement

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🚨 CFP: Democratic Expeditions Workshop 2026 What are the risks and opportunities of #AI for democratic politics? 📍 Vienna | 🗓️ Nov 19–20 Submit by 31 March Convened by @zsofiabocskay.bsky.social and Simge Andi More info: democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/cfp...

🎙️ In our new podcast, produced in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Luciano Da Ros and @manoelgehrke.bsky.social examine how courts can confront authoritarian behavior by elected leaders and why judicial action sometimes succeeds. 🧑‍⚖️🧑‍⚖️ 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/48k3vrkm