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DemocracyNet is an international network of #democracy scholars. It fosters interdisciplinary exchange and a dialogue between academia and the wider public.
More info:democracynet.eu
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Call for Applications: PhD position in political theory at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

https://employment.ku.dk/all-vacancies/?show=164147

🤓 3-year doctoral scholarship
📝 part of @anewq 's project “Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems”
⏰ Deadline to apply: 03.08.2025

@democraticinnovations @politicalscience @politicaltheory #Democracy #DemocraticTheory #AgendaSetting #Job #Copenhagen #PoliticalTheory #DFF #DemoInno #Academia

PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems (CASDS)

Call for Applications: PhD position in political theory at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

https://employment.ku.dk/all-vacancies/?show=164147

🤓 3-year doctoral scholarship
📝 part of @anewq 's project “Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems”
⏰ Deadline to apply: 03.08.2025

@democraticinnovations @politicalscience @politicaltheory #Democracy #DemocraticTheory #AgendaSetting #Job #Copenhagen #PoliticalTheory #DFF #DemoInno #Academia

PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems (CASDS)

CfP: Swiss Political Science Association 2026 Congress

University of Zurich
January 15-16, 2026

Deadline to upload an abstract: 31.07.2025

More information: https://www.svpw-assp.ch/fr/congres-annuel/call-for-papers-2026-zurich

@IPZ_ch @uzh #SPSA @politicalscience @politicaltheory @democraticinnovations

CfP: Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
University of Zurich, 13-14 November 2025

Focus:
- digital technology and democracy
- role of social media and AI in political communication and public opinion, e-government and public administration
- regulation of tech platforms
- state repression and digital surveillance
- exchange between different academic fields
➡️ More info: https://democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/2025/04/CfP-Digital-Democracy-Workshop-2025-2.pdf

Organizer: Democracy Community of the Digital Society Initiative at the @uzh

CfP: Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
University of Zurich, 13-14 November 2025

Focus:
- digital technology and democracy
- role of social media and AI in political communication and public opinion, e-government and public administration
- regulation of tech platforms
- state repression and digital surveillance
- exchange between different academic fields
➡️ More info: https://democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/2025/04/CfP-Digital-Democracy-Workshop-2025-2.pdf

Organizer: Democracy Community of the Digital Society Initiative at the @uzh

I have some exciting personal news.

Not only does my forthcoming Hurst book PROTECTING DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE have a cover, but you can now also pre-order it from one of my favourite bookshops!

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781911723745

boost =🙏 ⭐ =🥰

The book is about #EU responses to #DemocraticBacksliding and #RuleofLaw regression in EU member states. There's a longer blurb in the link 👆

@academicchatter
@dutchacademics
@politicalscience
@histodons
@philosophy

Protecting Democracy in Europe

Why has the European Union failed to combat rising authoritarianism within its own ranks? And how can it defend democratic governance inside member countries?

"A Systemic Theory of Democracy": @DemocracyNet member Victor Sanchez-Mazas' first book is out!

AND it is downloadable for free here ⤵️
https://www.epflpress.org/auteur/2270/victor-sanchez-mazas

#democracy #democratictheory #openaccess @democraticinnovations @politicalscience @politicaltheory

Victor Sanchez-Mazas | EPFL PRESS

Publications of Victor Sanchez-Mazas

EPFL Press

10 more days to apply! Postdoc position: Working on fair AI and interested to combine normative and empirical research? Come work with me other Leiden colleagues on fair educational assessment in the age of AI.

Deadline May 31st.
For more details:
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024/q2/14810-postdoc-position-for-project-fair-educational-assessment-in-the-age-of-ai-fair-assess

@academicchatter @dutchacademics @politicalscience @histodons @philosophy

Postdoc position for project Fair Educational Assessment in the Age of AI (FAIR-ASSESS)

The Institute of Public Administration of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs is looking for aPostdoc position for project Fair Educational Assessment in the Age of AI (FAIR-ASSESS) Description of the vacancyLeiden University’s Institute of Public Administration is looking for a postdoctoral…

Universiteit Leiden
Morgen, 14 Uhr, Raum 02-731 GFG: Zweite Late Lunch Lecture "Conceptions of democracy among citizens and political elites - the United States and Germany compared" mit Claudia Landwehr - alle sind herzlich eingeladen!
Welchen Parteien steht das BSW nahe? Eine Analyse mithilfe von Wahl-O-Mat Positionsdaten. Ein Beitrag von Philipp Thomeczek

Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft