<font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div><div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Default Sans Serif", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Dear colleagues,</span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">This is a kind reminder about the approaching deadline for submitting applications for the 7th Swiss Summer School of Democracy Studies on “</span><a href="http://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/s3ds" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><font color="#105cb6"><font color="#105cb6" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Frontiers of Democratic Innovations”</font></font></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">. </span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">The 2020 Summer School will be held in Zurich from 22 to 26 June and the program will feature the following panels</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"> taught by well-known international scholars:</span><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; border: none;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Monday 22 June</i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>Panel 1: "Participation and development” </div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>with <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-indent: -24px;">Prof. Brian Wampler (Boise State University) and </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: justify;">Prof. </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: justify;">Katja Michaelowa (University of Zurich)</span></div><i class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></i><i class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Tuesday 23 June<br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>Panel 2: “Democracy in digital public spheres: On algorithms, dissonance and disruption” </blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; border: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>with <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-indent: -24px;">Prof. Ulrike Klinger (Free University Berlin) and </span><span class="" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: justify;">Prof. Frank Esser </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: justify;">(University of Zurich)</span></blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; border: none;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Keynote</i>: Maija Setälä, “Renewing Democracy through Democratic Innovations: A Functionalist Perspective”</blockquote><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; border: none;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Wednesday 24 June</i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>Panel 3: “Innovations in Direct Democracy” </div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>with <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-indent: -24px;">Prof. Maija Setälä (University of Turku) and </span>Prof. Thomas Widmer <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: justify;">(University of Zurich)</span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><i class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Thursday 25 June</i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>Panel 4: “Deliberation and Democracy: A (surprisingly) contestable relationship” </div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>with <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-indent: -24px;">Prof. André Bächtiger (University of Stuttgart) and </span>Prof. Marco Steenbergen <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: justify;">(University of Zurich)</span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><i class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Friday 26 June</i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>Panel 5: “Participatory Budgeting in Asia: Democratic Innovations in Democratic, Semi-democratic and Authoritarian Systems” </div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="box-sizing: inherit; white-space: pre;">        </span>with <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-indent: -24px;">Prof. Baogang He (Deakin University) and </span>Prof. Daniel Kübler <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: justify;">(University of Zurich)</span></div></blockquote><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border: none;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><div class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div class="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The deadline for submission is 1 March 2020. Please <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/democracy-studies/swiss-summer-school-democracy-studies.html" title="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/democracy-studies/swiss-summer-school-democracy-studies.html">download the flyer</a>, read the </span><a href="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/democracy-studies/swiss-summer-school-democracy-studies/application-and-fees.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;">application instructions</span></a> <span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and find further information on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/s3ds" title="http://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/s3ds">website</a>.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;">For any other enquiry, please contact Sofia Bollo at the Summer School Office at </span><a href="mailto:democracyschool@ipz.uzh.ch" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;">democracyschool@ipz.uzh.ch</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;">.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;">Please forward this message to any potential candidate. </div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;">Wish you a nice day!</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;">Best Regards, </div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div></div></div></div><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Default Sans Serif", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div class="ApplePlainTextBody" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Sofia Bollo<br style="box-sizing: inherit;">Coordinator - Swiss Summer School of Democracy Studies<br style="box-sizing: inherit;">________________________________________________</div><div class="ApplePlainTextBody" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;">University of Zurich<br style="box-sizing: inherit;">Departmen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