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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">We hope the first month of 2025 went fine and you are ready to start the spring semester with new energy.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Below are the upcoming Democracy Studies events to mark in your calendar and advertise within your network.
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">11-12 June 2025</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/?sap-language=EN&sap-ui-language=EN#/details/2024/004/SM/51264064/50000007/Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917238/Doctorate%2520Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917259/Political%2520Sciences" target="_blank" title="https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/index.html#/details/2024/003/SM/51234146/50000007/Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917238/Doctorate%2520Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917259/Political%2520S"><span style="color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Empirical
Approaches to Democracy</span></a></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/people/employees/dkuebl.html" target="_blank" title="https://www.philosophie.uzh.ch/de/seminar/people/research/politics_cheneval/kim.html"><span style="color:black">Daniel
Kübler</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.plaene.uzh.ch/AFL" target="_blank" title="https://www.plaene.uzh.ch/AFL"><span style="color:black">AFL</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">F
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The intensive "Empirical Approaches to Democracy" course with lectures and seminar work aims to familiarize students with the most critical topics in
<b>empirical democracy research</b>. Lectures will provide an overview and introduce international debates. Interactive sessions will focus on critical discussion of cutting-edge research and identify current debates and open research questions. Topics covered
include the following: <b>citizen perceptions of democracy</b>, <b>direct democracy</b>,
<b>governance and democracy</b>, <b>deliberative democracy and democratic innovations</b>, and
<b>representation beyond democracy</b>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Registration via e-</span><span lang="IT-CH" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">m</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">ail to Sofia Bollo (<a href="mailto:democracystudies@ipz.uzh.ch" target="_blank" title="mailto:democracystudies@ipz.uzh.ch"><span style="color:black">democracystudies@ipz.uzh.ch</span></a>).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#215F9A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">27-28 June 2025 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#FF9300"><a href="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/summer-school/summer-school-2025.html"><span style="color:#FF9300">Inequality and Deliberation Summer
School</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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T</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">he “Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies” and the “Deliberative Democracy Summer School” series join forces to create a premier event
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">in Switzerland </span>
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">for PhD students committed to exploring the depths of <b>deliberative democracy in theory and practice</b>.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The 2025 Summer School promises rich insight into deliberation, encompassing a broad array of subfields, including democratic theory, public opinion, political communication, political psychology and more.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">
The</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> 2025 Summer School places special emphasis on the interplay between <b>inequality and deliberation</b>, examining not only how inequalities affect deliberation but also how deliberative and participatory
tools can be harnessed to address existing disparities.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Speakers include <b>Cristina Lafont</b>, Northwestern University;
<b>John Dryzek</b>, University of Canberra; <b>Thamy Pogrebinschi</b>, Berlin Social Science Center;
<b>Edana Beauvais</b>, Simon Fraser University; <b>Jean Benoit Pilet</b>, Université Libre de Bruxelles. The p</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">rogramme poster is attached.
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Applications instructions</a>. Deadline: 28 February 2025. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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h. 16:00 KEYNOTE </span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Cristina Lafont</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">, Northwestern University</span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Deliberative Minipublics and the Struggle for Political Equality</span></i><b><span lang="DE-CH" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Céline Colombo</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">, Office for Participation, Canton of Zurich; <b>John Gastil</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> Penn
State University; <b>André Bächtiger</b> University of Stuttgart; <b>Fabian Reidinger</b> State Ministry Baden-Württemberg</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Daniel Kübler, Director - Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="IT-CH" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Sofia Bollo, Manager - Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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