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General news and activity relating to the CEU Democracy Institute.

New RevDem Editors: Call for Applications - OSUN Forum on Democracy and Development - CLOSED

RevDem is recruiting three new editors to expand its geographic and sectoral reach and to work closely with the Open Society University Network (OSUN), especially with the consortium members of the OSUN Forum on Democracy and Development project.

Zsuzsanna Szelényi at the Guadalajara International Book Fair

Zsuzsanna Szelényi, author and Program Director of the CEU Democracy Institute Leadership Academy participated in the Guadalajara International Book Fair, in Mexico at the beginning of December 2023.

Opening: Post-doctoral and Senior Research Fellowships

Our OSUN Forum project invites applications for post-doctoral and senior research fellows for an 8-month residential fellowship program between October 2024 and May 2025 in each four regional hubs. Starting date of selection: February 15, 2024.

Adam Bodnar Appointed Minister of Justice in Poland

We are thrilled to announce that our Senior Research Fellow Adam Bodnar was appointed Minister of Justice in the new Polish government.

Deadline Extended: Call for Papers: Utopia and Democracy - CLOSED

The organizers invite papers for the 24th Conference of the Utopian Studies Society/Europe: Utopia and Democracy, to be held in Budapest on July 3-5, 2024.

DILA 2023 Program Concludes Successfully

The beginning of December saw the conclusion of the 2023 CEU Democracy Institute Leadership Academy (DILA) program. This year’s cohort consists of 19 outstanding fellows from Central Europe. Participants include mid-career local and municipal leaders, civil society activists, political party representatives, and policy experts.

Balkan Csárdás: Hungarian Foreign Policy Dance

Did you miss our discussion co-organized with Political Capital, and the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID), on Hungary's foreign policy in the Western Balkans? Watch the recording.

Research on Scholars at Risk and Scholars at Risk Programs

If you consider yourself a scholar at risk or if you work for a scholars at risk program, please fill out our survey to assess the strengths and weaknesses of scholars at risk programs.

Nationalism, Populism, and the Politics of Religion. Towards an Illiberal Reframing of Fundamental Rights

Did you miss the lecture by Professor Susanna Mancini under our Organised religion, constitutions and democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe project? Read a summary or watch it now.

Call for Papers: Breaking the Dynamics of Political Polarization

The organizers invite papers for the DRD Annual Workshop (6-7 June, 2024, Budapest): Breaking the Dynamics of Political Polarization. When Do Conciliatory Actors Fail or Succeed?