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DemocracyNet: the highlights of 2023
Events Democracy Net members meetup @ECPR General Conference, Prague Virtual Retreat for members, September 28, 2023, organized by Giada Gianola Social media Two new social media: • BlueSky @democracynet.bsky.social • YouTube @democracynet New members • Valentina Petrović • Max Steuer • Aris Trantidis Many thanks ….as usual to the wonderful members, organisers, guests, hosts, and partners of our association! And of course welcome to our amazing new DemocracyNet presidential team: Dannica Fleuss (president) and Francesco Veri (vice-president)!
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DemocracyNet: the highlights of 2022
Research events “Liquid Democracy” workshopWith 35 participants and presentations by 12 international scholars Publication of the edited volume “PhD confessions“Edited by Lea Heyne and Christian Ewert, with 31 contributions Transfer events Public roundtable on “Liquid Democracy” Abstimm-Bar on the “Frontex Referendum” Abstimm-Bar on the “AHV Reform Referendum” New members Stefan Eugen Kalberer Zoé Kergomard Many thanks to the wonderful members, organisers, guests, hosts, and partners who made this year so exciting for our association! And happy holidays!
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Video: Liquid democracy roundtable
The video recording of the public roundtable on liquid democracy is now available here. The exchange between interdisciplinary experts of liquid democracy Prof. Dr. Karsten Donnay (University of Zurich), Prof. Dr. Bryan Alexander Ford (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne), Prof. Dr. Davide Grossi (University of Groningen) and Prof. Dr. Christina Zuber (University of Konstanz) took place on December 15, 2022, at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Zurich. Manon Revel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) moderated the discussion. This event, which was part of the Liquid Democracy workshop, was organized by Lucien Heitz (University of Zurich), Cristina Sarasua (University of Zurich), Manon Revel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Chiara Valsangiacomo…