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Partnership Launch Event / Democracy: Threats and Challenges

Event is set to celebrate the launched partnership between LSE IDEAS and Faculty of International and Political Studies (FIPS) and the establishment of LSE IDEAS Central and South-Eastern Europe Programme at the Jagiellonian University. The accompanying academic panel Democracy: Threats and Challenges will feature speakers from both IDEAS and FIPS discussing problems faced by liberal democracy, including value crisis, populism, illiberalism, and digital technologies.

The research cooperation focuses on topics of shared interest, such as: the future of democracy in Central and South-Eastern Europe and within the European Union, the appeal of illiberal democracy and populism, issues concerning migration, international and regional security, and energy security.

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The official launch of the LSE IDEAS and LSE IDEAS CSEEP at the Jagiellonian University partnership event will feature opening remarks by:

  • prof. Paweł Laidler, Dean of FIPS
  • prof. Christopher Coker, Director of LSE IDEAS
  • prof. Chris Alden, Director of LSE IDEAS
  • prof. Łukasz Kamieński, Director of LSE IDEAS CSEEP at the JU

Democracy: Threats and Challenges expert panel moderated by prof. Artur Gruszczak (FIPS UJ) will include the following guests:

  • prof. Christopher Coker (LSE IDEAS director): Do We Still Value Democracy?
  • prof. Chris Alden (LSE IDEAS): South African Democracy: From "Rainbow Nation" To State Capture
  • dr. Luke Cooper (LSE IDEAS): Democratic Responses to the Threat of ‘Authoritarian Protectionism’
  • dr. Marcin Fatalski (FIPS JU, LSE IDEAS 2021/22 Visiting Fellow): Liberal Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Rise of Illiberalism
  • dr hab. Magdalena Góra (FIPS JU): Democracy, Differentiation, and Dominance. Segmented Debate on the Future of Europe
  • prof. Garry Robson (FIPS JU): Technocracy Rebooted: Will Democracy Survive ‘Surveillance Capitalism’ and ‘Social Physics’?

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