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DPP students' Policy Lab report published

May 6, 2024
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Lisa Korir and Yuliia Ushchapovska, enrolled in the one-year MAPP program, wrote their Policy Lab report in collaboration with the European Center for Social Welfare Policy and Research.

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CFP: 8th Populism Specialist Group Annual Workshop

April 29, 2024
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CALL FOR PAPERS

8th Annual Populism Specialist Group Workshop

Populism, Anti-Populism, Polarisation

19-20 September 2024
Democracy Institute, CEU, Budapest (on-site event)

Keynote Speakers:

Oliver Marchart
University of Vienna
Emilia Palonen
University of Helsinki

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Daniel Muth's research has been awarded by the Frontiers Research Foundation

April 25, 2024
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23 scientists selected as finalists for the second edition of the international sustainability science competition by Johan Rockström

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DPP Assistant Professor Cameran Ashraf has just published a chapter on "Online Assemblies and Artificial Intelligence" in the Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly

April 15, 2024
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DPP Assistant Professor Cameran Ashraf has just published a chapter on "Online Assemblies and Artificial Intelligence" in the Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly.  The chapter provides a framework to understand AI and the potential threat it poses to exercising the right of peaceful assembly online by examining content moderation and content display on social media platforms.  The chapter further argues that we can only develop effective remedies and successfully harness the positive power of AI for peaceful assembly only by understanding the risks that AI poses to exercising that right on

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Inaugural meeting focuses on strengthening academic freedom and democracy in higher education

April 3, 2024
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The Group on Experts on the Democratic Mission of Higher Education, convened by the Council of Europe, held its first meeting in Paris on 28 March 2024, marking a pivotal moment in the quest to reinforce academic freedom and the democratisation of science across Europe.  The new project “Academic Freedom in Action” underscores the critical role of higher education in fostering democratic societies and highlights the Council commitment to addressing the contemporary challenges facing higher education institutions as autonomous democratic actors in our societies. 

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