Why do some democracies extend social benefits to the poor while others don’t? Join Candelaria Garay (@candelariagaray.bsky.social) & @emisimison.bsky.social for new evidence from 18 Latin American countries.
📅 April 22, 15:00 CEST, Zoom
events.ceu.edu/2026-04-22/d...
Starting soon at 17:00 on YouTube
Join Dorottya Szikra the lead of our Welfare and Democracy Observatory; Balazs Majtenyi, Andrew Arato and Andrew Ryder for a discussion of the Hungarian election results.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHsU...
How Do We Square Democratic Rights with Green Industrial Policies? 🌱⚖️
Today at 14:00 (Zoom).
A panel on critical raw materials, mining, geopolitics, and the green transition—with Jojo Nem Singh, Henry Sanderson, Karin Buhmann and Lindsay Whitfield.
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/wha...
* Tomorrow at 15:00 CEST, Zoom *
What does the rise of the populist state welfare regime tell us about the politics of redistribution, democratic backsliding, and authoritarian resilience in the 21st century? Join Erdem Yoruk (Koc Univ.) to find out.
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/gf-...
Can welfare strengthen democracy - or entrench authoritarianism? Join us for an online discussion w/ Erdem Yörük on how social assistance in the Global South has become a powerful tool of populist, authoritarian rule.
📆 April 15
⏰15:00 CEST
Registration: globalforum.ceu.edu/seminar-series
Today at 17:00 CEST
Follow it live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/yL_4f-l...
CfP is out for our workshop in November. Deadline for submissions is May 15. Hope to see many of you in Brussels!
“Coloniality of the modern state”
repi.phisoc.ulb.be/fr/cfp-colon...
✍️ Hungary is awaiting a decisive election, which may cement autocratization or open a path for democratic recovery. In his article, Balint Mikola summarizes the most important expectations, potential outcome scenarios, and their respective implications. 🇭🇺🗳️
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3uetsb5f
Final countdown! 1 week left for MethodsNET Summer School with @weareceu.bsky.social .
Last chance to join tracks in:
🧪 Causal Inference
💻 LLMs & Webscraping
📊 Network Analysis & R
📝 Qualitative/CHA
Register now: methodsnet.org/course-list/
#ResearchMethods #MethodsNET
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**Today at 15:00 CEST, on Zoom**
Do democracies really “fail to deliver” - or is that a myth?
Angelo Vito Panaro on regimes & social performance in the age of #autocratization.
More info, registration:
globalforum.ceu.edu/seminar-seri...
🌱Does the #GreenTransition open pathways out of the periphery?
Online debate with @iliasalami.bsky.social, Aldo Madariaga, Elvis Alvenyo & Stine Haakonsson, moderated by @lindsaywhitfield.bsky.social
📅 Tomorrow, Apr 8, 2 pm CET
globalforum.ceu.edu/hybrid-debat...
I started working on a new paper on Govtech in Ukraine and as I am searching for literature on Govtech I found this interesting paper by the IMF!
The Political Economy of Govtech
"The main innovation of GovTech is more social than technological"
Interesting IMF!
www.imf.org/-/media/file...
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Democracy vs. autocracy - which delivers better social outcomes?
Join the discussion in our seminar series, w/ Angelo Vito Panaro on April 8, 3 PM CET for new global evidence challenging conventional wisdom. More info, registration:
globalforum.ceu.edu/seminar-seri...
@ceudeminst.bsky.social
Do you want to know how ruling parties subvert inclusion to entrench dominance? Anirvan Chowdhury will discuss this in the Indian context today at 3pm CET in our online seminar series. @ceudeminst.bsky.social
Join us -> globalforum.ceu.edu/seminar-seri...
Join us today az 15:30 CET on Zoom.
Why is studying Ukraine’s EU integration so hard? 🇺🇦🇪🇺
Find out at the opening lecture of our new IUFU course with László Bruszt (CEU) & Ivan Nagornyak (CEU DI) as they unpack the hidden analytical challenges.
🗓 March 30, 15:30 CET
More info, registration: events.ceu.edu/2026-03-30/c...
In time for the weekend:
🎙️ Episode 2 is out!
Hosts Inna Melnykovska and Marta Beska dive into Ukraine’s defence‑tech ecosystem & what it means for EU enlargement with @mattian.bsky.social and Ihor Masiakin.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZpL...
🚨 CFP: Democratic Expeditions Workshop 2026
What are the risks and opportunities of #AI for democratic politics?
📍 Vienna | 🗓️ Nov 19–20
Submit by 31 March
Convened by @zsofiabocskay.bsky.social and Simge Andi
More info: democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/cfp...
🎙️ In our new podcast, produced in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Luciano Da Ros and @manoelgehrke.bsky.social examine how courts can confront authoritarian behavior by elected leaders and why judicial action sometimes succeeds. 🧑⚖️🧑⚖️
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/48k3vrkm
Are we accurately interpreting election results? In our new paper, forthcoming in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Tim Vlandas and I discuss the risks associated with drawing inferences about national level outcomes based on individual-level analyses- i.e. the 'atomistic fallacy'.
📚 Here comes the list of five book recommendations by our editor @konstantinkipp.bsky.social from 2025 and 2026, related to the rule of law. 🧑⚖️🧑⚖️
Read the list here:
👉 tinyurl.com/4sfkjnru
Today at 9pm CET!
Join us for a discussion of the ties between democracy, authoritarianism and welfare, w/ Linda Cook, Dorit Geva, Luciana Souza de Leao, @josephwongut.bsky.social, Erdem Yoruk and @dnsltr.bsky.social, by @umich.edu's Center for Emerging Democracies.
events.umich.edu/event/144144
Our Researcher David Karas spoke to Reuters about how batteries became a liability for Orban
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www.reuters.com/business/hun...
✍️ Donald Trump’s second term exposes how the structural logic of populism breaks down under its own expansion. What once relied on a clear moral divide now operates through thinning legitimacy and the staging of permanent confrontation, Ece Özbey argues.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4nw23536
@davidkaras.bsky.social spoke to @szde.bsky.social about the economy in 🇭🇺
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www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/u...
Monday, 5pm CET:
Deep dive into gov't propaganda, independent journalism & social media in Hungary before the elections. With Peter Kreko, Veronika Kovesdi, Balint Mikola and @boralexander.bsky.social.
At @ceudeminst.bsky.social + YouTube.
More info:
events.ceu.edu/2026-03-02/c...
Research on the global climate movement underlines the importance of learning and diffusion processes for adopting similar master frames and movement tactics. At the same time, participation research suggests regionally different patterns of mobilisation and protest behaviour. Due to different historical socialisation processes, Western and Eastern European citizens show differences in political activity despite some signs of convergence. This article examines the sociodemographic characteristics and attitudes of climate activists from Eastern and Western Europe. Using protest surveys of Fridays for Future participants in 15 Western and Eastern European countries, we show significant differences between them. Western European climate activists tend to have stronger leftist attitudes, while in Eastern Europe apolitical stances are more common along with higher confidence in market solutions to solve environmental problems. Such differences are likely to affect the cohesion and success of the global climate movement.
New article!
Differences within global movements: insights from FFF climate protests in Western and Eastern Europe by Aron Buzogány, Dániel Mikecz & Piotr Kocyba.
@buzogany.bsky.social @piotrkocyba.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2026.2623726
What does a year of German rearmament get you? If you're China, almost decade of cash to change the world's electricity infrastructure. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/the-china-...
📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September.
The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe.
🗓 Deadline: May 17
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Mark your calendar for the second event in our series! 🇭🇺🇭🇺
🗣️ Peter Kreko
🗣️ Veronika Kovesdi
🗣️ Balint Mikola
🗣️ @boralexander.bsky.social
🗓️ Mar 2, 5pm CET
📍 Budapest / YouTube
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/1tnq3bkY
Registration:
👉 shorturl.at/2rN2p