Democratic Transformations - TRANSDEM

These seminars will focus on how current institutional, economic, environmental and migratory tensions are transforming and challenging the way our democratic regimes function.

The program

  • October 07, 2025: Magni Szymaniak-Arnesen - Does the formulation of Citizens' Assemblies' proposals matter for their implementation? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of policy recommendations from local CAs in Poland
  • November 04, 2025: Markus Hermann Meckl - Victimhood and identity: the Post-Heroic Society
  • December 09, 2025: Jeremy Dodeigne, Nelson Santos & David Talukder - The Return of Adversary Politics? The Changing Nature of Critical Targeting in British politics (1955-2025)
  • 03 February 2026: Céleste Bonnamy - Democracy Versus Diplomacy? The Involvement of External Actors in Trilogue Negotiations
  • 03 March 2026: Nathalie Brack - Disensus over liberal democracy: concept, typology and effects on policies and polity
  • 07 April 2026: Julie Sevenans - Politicians' Reading and perceptions of Public Opinion
  • 05 May 2026: Arthur Borriello, Nathalie Vanaubel & Arthur Groz - A social-democratic phoenix? Les trajectoires de la social-démocratie après la crise de la zone euro
  • 19 mai 2026 : Florence Le Cam - Parcours professionnels et des conditions de travail des journalistes belges ?
  • 02 juin 2026 : Claudia Wiesner - Politicisation, Democratisation and EU Identity. National EU Discourses in Germany and France