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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dear colleagues of the Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies,</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">I hope this first part of the semester went fine and you are ready for the Easter break. I would like to provide a couple of updates before we leave:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The upcoming Democracy Studies Advanced Module is on “Democracy and Climate Crisis” and takes place this
June. Please register via email at</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:democracystudies@ipz.uzh.ch" title="mailto:democracystudies@ipz.uzh.ch"><span style="color:#0078D7">democracystudies@ipz.uzh.ch</span></a></span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><u><span style="color:#0563C1"> </span></u></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">with
your affiliation and matriculation number.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#163E64"><a href="https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/index.html#/details/2023/004/SM/51211130/50000007/Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917238/Doctorate%2520Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917259/Politikwissenschaft" target="_blank" title="https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/index.html#/details/2023/004/SM/51211130/50000007/Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917238/Doctorate%2520Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917259/Politikwissensc"><span style="color:#163E64">Democracy
and the Climate Crisis</span></a></span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212">with</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#121212"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212"><a href="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/people/employees/hawern.html" target="_blank" title="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/people/employees/hawern.html"><span style="color:#0078D7">Hannah
Werner</span></a><br>
Thursday 20 and Friday 21 June 2024, h. 09:00-17:00 in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#121212"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212"><a href="https://www.plaene.uzh.ch/AFL" target="_blank" title="https://www.plaene.uzh.ch/AFL"><span style="color:#0078D7">AFL</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#121212"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212">F
172/173<br>
<i>This year’s Democracy Studies Advanced Module deals with "Democracy and the Climate Crisis" and offers PhD students an exploration of the intricate relationship between democratic governance and the urgent challenges posed by climate change. First, we will
look at the capacity – or a lack thereof - of existing democratic institutions to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis. Second, we will focus on the potential threat that climate change poses to the stability of contemporary democracies, for instance through
increased natural disasters, polarization and a growing legitimacy deficit. Third, we will explore the potential of rethinking and redesigning democratic institutions to preserve both planet and democracy.</i></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212"> </span></i><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10<sup>th</sup> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Swiss
Summer School in Democracy Studies</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> on </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#163E64">Democratic Backsliding</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> will
take place from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to 13 September 2024. This
year's programme will deal with theoretical approaches to</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">democratic progress and regression</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
the roles of party </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">competition and citizens for democratic backsliding, and the importance of political psychology for democracy. The four panels will take place </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">person
at the University of Fribourg<b>. </b>The school will start with the Keynote Lecture hosted at the University of Zurich, which you are invited to attend:<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#163E64"><a href="https://www.uzh.ch/de/events/agenda.html?group=172&event=57992" title="https://www.uzh.ch/de/events/agenda.html?group=172&event=57992">Democracy
under Threat: How Education Can Save It</a></span></b></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/anjaneundorf/" title="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/anjaneundorf/"><span style="color:#0078D7">Prof.
Anja Neundorf </span></a>University of Glasgow</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Monday 9 September 2024, 14.30h.<b><br>
</b>moderated by Prof. Natasha Wunsch University of Fribourg</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">University of Zurich, main building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">You can browse our website to read the </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/summer-school/S3DS-2024.html__;!!Dc8iu7o!0Cd0rh5eHDJrnyQs2ORh4DybxqaL69NdSN9b_5cOES3TlfgV_8Ia8ZZIJZPOTDYIviDLKZW2_OnSUzvJNRYdXgh5q-8bh6ma0_IF$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/summer-school/S3DS-2024.html__;!!Dc8iu7o!0Cd0rh5eHDJrnyQs2ORh4DybxqaL69NdSN9b_5cOES3TlfgV_8Ia8ZZIJZPOTDYIviDLKZW2_OnSUzvJNRYdXgh5q-8bh6ma0_IF$"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0078D7">detailed
programme with abstracts</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> and </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/summer-school/application-instructions.html__;!!Dc8iu7o!0Cd0rh5eHDJrnyQs2ORh4DybxqaL69NdSN9b_5cOES3TlfgV_8Ia8ZZIJZPOTDYIviDLKZW2_OnSUzvJNRYdXgh5q-8bhzCslrwQ$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/summer-school/application-instructions.html__;!!Dc8iu7o!0Cd0rh5eHDJrnyQs2ORh4DybxqaL69NdSN9b_5cOES3TlfgV_8Ia8ZZIJZPOTDYIviDLKZW2_OnSUzvJNRYdXgh5q-8bhzCslrwQ$"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0078D7">application
instructions</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">. I have attached the CfA to this email as well.
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appreciate you sharing the CfA with possibly interested PhD participants. If you are interested in attending only as an auditor, you can already register on the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ema.uzh.ch/en/register/s3ds24.html?group=433ae0a4-f7b2-4d2d-ac17-9abd9264f7ba*events__;Iw!!Dc8iu7o!0Cd0rh5eHDJrnyQs2ORh4DybxqaL69NdSN9b_5cOES3TlfgV_8Ia8ZZIJZPOTDYIviDLKZW2_OnSUzvJNRYdXgh5q-8bhzf3U1wh$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ema.uzh.ch/en/register/s3ds24.html?group=433ae0a4-f7b2-4d2d-ac17-9abd9264f7ba*events__;Iw!!Dc8iu7o!0Cd0rh5eHDJrnyQs2ORh4DybxqaL69NdSN9b_5cOES3TlfgV_8Ia8ZZIJZPOTDYIviDLKZW2_OnSUzvJNRYdXgh5q-8bhzf3U1wh$"><span style="color:#0078D7">Event
Portal of the S3DS</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I would also like to infrom all of you that</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/personen/mitarbeitende/ehoes.html" title="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/personen/mitarbeitende/ehoes.html"><span style="color:#0078D7">Emma
Hoes</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">co-organizing
an interdisciplinary workshop on ‘Dynamic Disinformation’ for PhDs and PostDocs, planned to take place in November in Amsterdam. Please feel free to contact her indicating your interest or for any question you might have.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#163E64">Dynamic Disinformation workshop</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212"><br>
<i>Disinformation studies are often based on an outdated understanding of online social networks (OSN). A typical disinformation study is based on scraping static content from social media and further analysis. Interventions derived from these studies often
involve fact-checking, bot detection, advertisement transparency or algorithmic filtering. However, contemporary OSN increasingly feature dynamic content, such as live streamed, real-time AI generated multimedia, dynamic virtual environments (e.g. Fortnight)
or chat conversations (e.g. Discord). On platforms like Snapchat, Twitch and Instagram such content is only temporarily available or live only. Studying the spread and impact of disinformation that is produced, distributed and consumed in this manner is of
growing importance, since younger generations spend increasingly consume such media. However, researchers often lack methods, tools and even the conceptual frameworks to do so. As a result, dynamic disinformation is not accounted for in policy frameworks,
there is a lack of intervention strategies and a reporting gap. The EU Disinfo Code of Practice indicators for example focus on static content such as moderated posts, accounts, advertisements, fake interactions, etc. The aim of this workshop is conceptualize
the notion of dynamic disinformation and develop a new framework. The outcomes will be newly formulated research questions, identification of existing suitable or the need for new tools and methods, and ideas for (policy) interventions.</i></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions. </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">I wish you all a lovely and relaxing holiday.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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