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The first episode examines how authoritarian regimes deploy citizen participation as tools for legitimation. Chaired by no other than Yanina Welp, featuring Su and 🌻Maria I. Puerta Riera. Register here: uni-potsdam.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Next week at the Polit-Forum Bern we shall be talking about: “Unterdrückung der Uigur:innen: Welche Möglichkeiten hat die Schweiz?” With a podium discussion on Switzerland’s positioning amidst current geopolitical shifts. Moderated by Chinacuckoo (Pascal Nufer) polit-forum-bern.ch/veranstaltung/…

Warum ich finde, dass alle sich mehr mit dem befassen müssten, was gerade im #Iran passiert 👇

Ich freue mich auf die Diskussion morgen im #Käfigturm Bern mit Thomas Steffen @M_Filsinger moderiert von Sarah Bütikofer (DeFacto - Belegt, was andere meinen). ⤵️

📣How and why is democracy challenged around the world today? 🧩The interdisciplinary #DoctoralProgramme #DemocracyStudies is open to #PhD candidates 💡 who want to contribute to #research on #Democracy 📜We offer a Certificate in Democracy Studies awarded by University of Zurich #UZHPhFGS❗️

Join us for the 2nd series of our live #webinar on #TransnationalRepression on Oct 12 at 11 am (EST)! Speakers: 🅽oura 🅰ljizawi, @sienaanstis | University of Toronto, Natalie H. | Harriman Institute, Jing-Jie Chen | 陳靖捷 (he/il/他/он) | Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士), and Moderator Suat Cubukcu. RSVP: orionpolicy.org/orionforum/113…

New by Lorenzo Piccoli & @DidierRuedin: Original survey data suggests international migrants who retain voting rights in place of origin have a greater propensity to vote in the place where they live than those who do not retain such rights. nccr – on the move tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What is LIQUID DEMOCRACY? Where, how, when can/should it be used? Join the next interdisciplinary DemocracyNet | @[email protected] workshop to present your work and discuss these & other questions! CfP open ⬇️ (PhD researchers at all levels welcome to apply, too) democracynet.eu/activities/ldw… #deminno

How do voters describe their in/outgroups? And how do these identities reflect changing political conflict structures? In this new article, I address these questions using open-ended survey responses. Just out in AJPS #OpenAccess tinyurl.com/3j49w3h6 1/7

If talking about citizen participation in China is disconcerting to you...   👉...we advise you to read our #interview with Su. Her research in China and critical analysis reveals a misunderstood country's ecosystem of participation. 🎙Interview: bit.ly/3f19JWV

Hört rein in den Podcast🎙️ mit Christian Ewert und Lea Heyne von DemocracyNet | @[email protected] über ihr Buch "PhD Confessions". ⤵️

Als was tarnen sich Geheimdienstmitarbeitende und Spitzel an Sportanlässen? Z.B. als Kameramann, sagt mir SPORT & POLITICS in #srfnewsplus und erzählt mir eine Begegnung..

New article alert! Natalie H. Bradley Jardine and I published our first journal article based on the Transnational Repression of Uyghurs Dataset, which contains 7108 cases of Uyghurs being targeted in 44 states from 1997 to 2021 in Globalizations tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Vielleicht etwas untergegangen: Hoch faszinierend, wie und warum China und andere autoritäre Staaten lokal und punktuell auf Demokratie setzen. So wichtig, dass Su IPZ - Political Science UZH dazu forscht. swissinfo.ch/ger/politik/wo…

Maoists, spies, Swiss companies' pitfalls in China, Tibetan refugees, diplomats, friendship associations, propaganda, and the issue of Swiss neutrality - @CordobaCyril and I will discuss our books on Switzerland & China in the Cold War in Fribourg on 28.11. Come and join us!

It is finally published: our volume: "China - US Competition: Impact on Small and Middle Powers' Strategic Choices" is available since January 2nd: lnkd.in/eKafPXzs Join us for a lively discussion on January 20, 2023: lnkd.in/eGB9B8t4

Mark your Calendars! 🗓️ Crisis Management in Federal Democracies This roundtable for experts and decision-makers is hosted by @forumfed and @zdaarau (the Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau). 📆 May 8 🕒15:00 - 18:00 CEST For more info ➡️forumfed.org/event/crisis-m…

Enriching exchange today with the Forum of Federations at the @zdaarau discussing the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from different perspectives. #democracy #federalism

𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 Hosted by @forumfed @zdaarau and University of Zurich Thank you to all who attended and watched online for this compelling discussion and all the great questions.