The research workshop “Citizenship and Democracy,” organized by DemocracyNet.eu and the Doctoral Program Democracy Studies (DPDS), took place at the University of Zurich on September 11-12. It enabled all 17 participants to engage in interdisciplinary academic discussions with other DPDS students, members of the association DemocracyNet.eu, and other researchers working in the field of democracy studies. Three panels The academic discussions were structured in three panels: Citizenship in (Non-)Democracies, Patterns of democratic participation, and Challenges to democracy. The 7 papers presented offered a variety of approaches and focused on different issues regarding citizenship and democracy. Each speaker received detailed and constructive feedback from their discussants and from all the participants to the workshop,…
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DemocracyNet.eu à La Dérivée: APÉRO VOTATIONS
Les prochaines votations fédérales arrivent le 24 septembre, et comme chaque fois, on comprend pas toujours tout. Du coup, si vous non plus vous ne voulez pas nécessairement passer des heures à tout lire sur ces sujets tout-e seul-e, ou si vous voulez partager votre savoir éclairé avec d’autres personnes intéressées, on vous invite à venir en apprendre plus sur les sujets soumis au vote populaire et à papoter AVS et sécurité alimentaire lors d’un APÉRO VOTATIONS le dimanche 3 Septembre de 18h à 19h30 à La Dérivée au Quai de Nogent Yverdon-les-Bains DemocracyNet.eu a invité à La Dérivée deux experts concernés par ces votations (Noémie Roten, collaboratrice scientifique à…
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“Citizenship and Democracy” Research Workshop
Research workshop “Citizenship and Democracy” September 11-12, 2017 University of Zurich, Switzerland Organizers: DemocracyNet.eu and Doctoral Program Democracy Studies (NCCR Democracy) The objective of this research workshop is twofold. First, we aim at fostering interdisciplinary academic discussions between DPDS students, members of the DemocracyNet.eu network, and other junior researchers interested in the study of citizenship and democracy. Each participant to the workshop will have the opportunity to present a research project or a working paper, and receive feedback from other scholars on their current research. Second, we aim at fostering collaboration and team-work among researchers by exchanging ideas, creating a network of researchers in the field, and sharing knowledge to…