The new book of Zsuzsanna Szelenyi, Program Director of the CEU Democracy Institute Leadership Academy, entitled Tainted Democracy, offers accessible, nuanced insights into the global rise of populist autocracy, and how it can be challenged.

Our panelists analyzed the results of the Italian elections and its consequences to Europe.

The MIMY project combines analysis with empirical insights, and relies heavily on peer researchers whose role was crucial in building trust, and without whom it would have been impossible to do the research.

We invite applications for a full-time Post-doctoral Fellow position working on the Horizon Europe research project AUTHLIB, led by Zsolt Enyedi.

Our panelists analyzed the results of the presidential elections in Brazil, and discussed the prospects for democracy in the country.

The CEU Democracy Institute invites applications for a research assistant position in the De- and Re-Democratization Workgroup.

Five Polish lawyers and activists, including our Post-doctoral Fellow Barbara Grabowska-Moroz brought the case of wiretapping and mass data collection by Polish security agencies to the European Court of Human Rights.

The event, co-organized by Budapest Municipality, Political Capital and CEU Democracy Institute, hosted domestic and international thinkers and gave space to innovative, unusual, bold ideas and proposals to put the city back on the progressive intellectual map of the region.

Utilizing a new and original framework for examining the role of intellectuals in countries transitioning to democracy, the volume of our Research Affiliate Andras Bozoki analyzes the rise and fall of dissident intellectuals in Hungary in the late 20th century.

We are proud to announce that our Research Affiliate Andrea Peto received the University of Oslo Human Rights Award 2022, for defending academic freedom and institutional autonomy.