Call for Applications: 10th Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies on "Democratic Backsliding"

September 9-13, 2024, University of Fribourg; organized by the Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies

Full program: https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/summer-school/S3DS-2024.html

How to apply: https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/summer-school/application-instructions.html

Deadline for application: April 30, 2024

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Last Sunday, there was a big popular vote in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. Asked whether the number of municipalities should be reduced from 20 to 3, voters said "no." Why?
DemocracyNet member Michael Strebel provides a first analysis in this blog post: https://www.defacto.expert/2023/11/28/ist-die-appenzeller-grossfusion-auch-am-portemonnaie-gescheitert-es-gibt-indizien-dafuer/

@micastre @unibern @swissvotes @politicalscience @democraticinnovations @DeFacto #Schweiz #Suisse #AppenzellAusserrhoden #MunicipalMerger #FusionDeCommunes #GemeindeFusion #Referendum

Congratulations to our member Arno Stirnimann, who successfully defended his dissertation on the legitimate exercise of government authority in the domain of state secrecy on May 31 at the University of Zurich! 👏🥳

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Many thanks to all the participants in our two-day, international workshop on «Liquid Democracy» for their contribution to a lively and insightful interdisciplinary exchange last week in Zurich!

https://democracynet.eu/activities/ldws2022/

(Pictures by Alois Paulin)
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Public roundtable "Liquid Democracy"
⏰ Thurs., Dec. 15, 18:00 to 20:00
🗺️ Institute of Political Science, University of Zurich (& Zoom)

With:
Karsten Donnay (University of Zurich)
Bryan Alexander Ford (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne)
Davide Grossi (University of Groningen)
Christina Zuber (University of Konstanz)

All welcome!
More information & registration: https://democracynet.eu/roundtable-liquid-democracy/

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Congratulations to Chiara Valsangiacomo, Vice President of @DemocracyNet, on her successful PhD defence and her 'groundbreaking’ dissertation on liquid democracy! 👏

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📢CfP: Interdisciplinary research workshop on liquid democracy, Dec. 15-16, 2022, in Zurich
Submission deadline: November 8
More information: https://democracynet.eu/activities/ldws2022/

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