The report presenting the main outcomes of the PaCE Local Democracy Lab in Hungary has been released as a result of the collaboration of local organizations Dialogue Association and AKE in Hungary, the City of Reykjavík, and the Democratic Society. The Hungarian version of the report is also available for participants on the Google Site especially created for the event in Hungary. The...
The report presenting the guidelines containing the recommendations of new forms of public participation has been release by the PaCE team: Sophie Kiesouw, Aleksandra Ziętek and Mel Stevens from the Democratic Society and Roxana Elena Cziker from the City of Reykjavík. This report provides a comprehensive and innovative overview of designing and running online participatory processes aimed for...
The report containing the PaCE Local Democracy Lab outcomes in Scotland has been released, as a joint collaboration between the City of Reykjavík and the Democratic Society. The report is also available on the Google Site especially created for the event in Scotland and shared with the participants to the democracy lab in Scotland. Please find out more about the outcomes of the democracy lab HERE.
The fifth PaCE Local Democracy Lab will be organized in Poland on June 10, 2021. The lab creates a virtual space for civil society and under-representative groups for an open discussion on the perception of power, trust, and democracy. Local Democracy Lab creates an opportunity for the residents of Poland to discuss their viewpoints and concerns on how the local authorities handle the pandemic...
A very interesting approach about the “genders” in Bulgarian Constitutional discourse has been introduced by Dr. Ruzha Smilova from the Center of Liberal Strategy in Sofia, Bulgaria in the frame of the debate about the gender topic organized by the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, the University of Belgrade. The entire presentation of Dr. Ruzha is available on the Youtube...
A new infographic “Spot the populists!” has been released by Takis Pappas, University of Helsinki, Finland. The infographic presents a hierarchical systematization of all parties into clear defined types that are mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive. We invite you to discover the populist parties within the party universe HERE.
A new article has been published by Dr. Takis Pappas on April 2021 on the Policy Brief, European Liberal Forum. The article includes also one of the interactive infographics released by Takis Papps presenting the Typology of Parties in Contemporary Europe, 1990-2020. The article is available HERE.
The Monograph (working paper) “Civic Strategies Addressing Populism – Initiatives to safeguard liberal democracies” has been published by our colleagues from the DEMOS project. The paper analysis ten case studies of initiatives countering populism in order to understand better their strategies, the circumstances in which they were created, the challenges they have faced, and...
A unique opportunity to discuss relevant issues related to democracy and the Covid-19 pandemic in Hungary. The fourth PaCE Local Democracy Lab will be organized in Hungary on May 22, 2021. The lab creates a virtual space for civil society and under-representative groups for an open discussion on the perception of power, trust, and democracy. Local Democracy Lab creates an opportunity for the...
The report presenting the outline of the historical and political development of eighteen (18) populist, nativist, nationalist, antidemocratic and secessionist parties in Europe between 1990 and 2020 and three social movement case studies, QAnon, Gillet Jaunes in France and Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland has been released by the PaCE team: Takis Pappas, University of Helsinki, Finland, and...