Second Class: Public Opinion Perceptions of Naturalized Citizens' Rights and Duties Bio Bruno Castanho Silva is an Assistant Professor for Methods in Empirical Social Research at the Institute of Sociology and Otto-Suhr Institute of Political Science at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Central European University (Budapest, […]
Stating the obvious? Far-right frames of climate change acceptance in the European Parliament Abstract In a rapidly warming world, climate obstruction has become a central challenge of global governance - exacerbated by the rising influence of far-right actors. Far-right ideology is understood as inherently incompatible with climate policy, particularly when interpreted through a populist lens. When considered a […]
Register here Building Democracy: Emotions and the Student Movement in Serbia 2024/25 My presentation focuses on the experiences and emotions of students involved in the student protests in Serbia 2024/25. The research looks at how emotions shaped both the mobilization of the movement and the students’ collective identity. What began as a student response […]
The Possibility of Global Governance An ethics of care for our contemporary coexistence. Abstract The Possibility of Global Governance is a reflective exercise in the applied philosophy of ethics, and to some extent also in the poetics of ethics. My aim is to present a normative ethics idea open for reflection and discussion, namely that […]
Register here Beyond Strongmen: Masculinities, Backlash, and the Future of Democracy Abstract Across Europe and beyond, new “strongman” politics mobilize resentment, revive sexist stereotypes, and turn certain masculinities into weapons against gender equality and democracy. What happens to democracy when dominance, aggression, and exclusion are sold as the only “real” masculinity? This lecture asks […]
Children as Climate Citizens – Presentism with Long-Term Interests Abstract: Based on her book, Kata Dozsa presents the concept of “children as climate citizens” across three key avenues of participation: climate governance, grassroots youth social movements, and climate litigation. Presentism is a defining feature of children’s climate citizenship: children living today are directly and disproportionately affected by climate change, with immediate […]
Register here Democracy and resilience in Africa : Case study of Senegal Abstract Following the political and societal debates that have been taking place around the world since the 1960s, the project explores issues specific to Africa in the context of nation building, decolonisation and/or neocolonisation: underdevelopment and precariousness; socio-political changes; the Cold War […]
Challenges of human-centric journalistic innovation in the era of artificial intelligence Abstract While generative AI promises efficiency gains in newsgathering, production, verification, and audience engagement, it also raises significant concerns regarding accuracy, bias,transparency, and professional autonomy. Drawing on a review of public service media AI initiatives and expert insights from Europe and Canada, as well […]
Focus on the “Unusual Suspects”: Exploring Understudied Underrepresented Groups in Representative Democracies The Election, Public Opinion and Parties Working Group of the ABSP and the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS) organise a workshop on Exploring Understudied Underrepresented Groups in Representative Democracies. About the Workshop This workshop focuses on the “unusual suspects” of representative democracies […]
Register here Fake news and Asian perspectives: Lessons learned, problems persisting, and emerging threats This presentation reexamines the evolving landscape of misinformation and disinformation, focusing on the Asian region, drawing on insights from the COVID-19 pandemic, and extending into the current period shaped by rapid technological advancements, such as the rise of GenAI. Building on almost a […]
Foes or Fellow Citizens? Perception of Democratic Legitimacy and Political Polarization Bio Rebekka Kesberg is a senior researcher at the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). She completed her PhD in social psychology at Ulm University (Germany), where she studied how human values shape perception, attitudes, and behavior. Following her PhD, she […]
Why AI Technosolutionism Harms Democracy and Deliberation Abstract Technology has recently entered the scene of deliberative democracy, both as a subject of deliberation and as a way to improve deliberative processes. The hegemonic position in this debate within the deliberative democracy community appears to be that, while it is not a bulletproof solution, technology—and more […]