On 16 May 2022, RC34 co-organized a workshop on the BRI's Impact on Human Rights, a follow-up on the 2021 IPSA RC34/OSCE Academy workshop on 'China's BRI: curse or blessing for democracy?'. The event took place at Maecenata Foundation in Berlin, Germany, with both face-to-face and online participation.
Events
29Apr
International Workshop "The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its Impact on Human Rights Compliance along the 'New Silk Road'"
14:46 - By Brigitte Weiffen - Events
01Mar
International Workshop "China's Belt and Road Initiative: curse or blessing for democracy in Eurasia?"
05:24 - By Brigitte Weiffen - Events
From 12-14 March 2021, RC34 held the international workshop “China's Belt and Road Initiative: curse or blessing for democracy in Eurasia?”, hosted by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and organized by Brigitte Weiffen (The Open University, Milton Keynes, and Chair of RC34) and Anja Mihr (OSCE Academy Bishkek).
03Sep
International Workshop "Rising Democracies, Interrupted"
08:18 - By Brigitte Weiffen - Events
From 1-3 June 2020, RC34 organized the Interrnational Workshop "Rising Democracies, Interrupted".
With a focus on the fate and role of “rising democracies”, the workshop studied the current crisis of democracy,
Watch the video of the Opening Roundtable "The quality of democracy in times of Covid-19"
15Dec
RC 34 Perfomed a Seminar in Chile: “Quality of Democracy: NEW RESEARCH AGENDA”
08:13 - By Jose Verissimo - Events
Seminar “Quality of Democracy: NEW RESEARCH AGENDA”
Santiago de Chile, September 14th and 15th, 2016
The development of democratic quality in Latin America displays a mixed record. Latin Americans today live in freer and more democratic countries than ever before, nearly all Latin American countries have resumed a growth path and most governments are governing more effective than their predecessors did. At the same time, scholars state a persistently low quality of democracy across a large number of countries.
Organizers with Chilean President, Ms Michelle Bachelet
23Jan
Conference “Communication, Democracy and Digital Technology”, Rovinj (Croatia) | 2-3 October 2015
06:52 - By Aileen Bolling - Events
RC 34 together with RC 10 (Electronic Democracy), RC 22 (Political Communication) and the University of Zaghreb will organize a conference on "Communication, Democracy and Digital Technology" in Rovinj (Croatia) from 2 to 3 October 2015.
29Sep
IPSA World Congress 2014
11:12 - By Aileen Bolling - Events
We thank all members of Research Committee 34 for joining our panels on the IPSA World Congress 2014 in Montreal. It was a pleasure to discuss a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives on “Quality of Democracy” and to see that we could successfully continue the cooperative and productive work we started in this Committee in Madrid 2012.
10Oct
International Workshop “Measuring Democracy”
19:36 - By Brigitte Weiffen - Events
International Workshop “Measuring Democracy” held from 29 September to 1 October 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany
28Nov
IPSA World Congress 2012
17:28 - By Aileen Bolling - Events
Looking back on the IPSA 2012 conference in Madrid we thank all members of Research Committee 34 for their participation and their contribution, which resulted in fruitful discussions and an inspiring atmosphere.