Research conferences from partner institutions

Democratic backsliding and electoral autocracies | 13 October 2023

The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe (FROMDEE) invites paper submissions to a one-day conference on “Democratic backsliding and electoral autocracies” with a keynote lecture by Arturas Rozenas (New York University). 

Important dates:
15 June 2023 - Submission deadline (full papers or extended abstracts >10 pages)
July 2023 - Notification of acceptance
13 October 2023 - SITE Academic Conference on “Democratic Backsliding and Electoral Autocracies” in Stockholm (Sweden)

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Scholars at risk in the social sciences | 12 June 2023

The research of particular topics and in specific regimes is continuing to put scholars at great risks, ranging from imprisonment and movement restrictions to loss of position and expulsion from study. Subjection to such threats commonly leads to the direct or indirect silencing of scholars.

Scholars at risk from the social sciences are invited to join this hybrid conference at the EUI to present their research, discuss challenges faced when conducting this research, and the related strategies to mitigate relevant threats.

Learn more here.

Applications have closed. 

Workshop on research methods in fundamental rights | 7-8 June 2023

The Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School is hosting its fourth annual workshop on research methods in fundamental rights in Berlin, Germany and online. The workshop aims to provide doctoral and early-career legal researchers with an opportunity to reflect on diverse research methods in human rights research. Over three days, successful candidates will attend master classes with faculty who will provide guidance and reflections on the methods they have applied in key pieces of their own research.

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Applications have closed.

Fourth annual POLEMO symposium | 1-2 June 2023

The political, moral and legal philosophy research group (POLEMO) at CEU is holding its fourth annual POLEMO symposium in Vienna, Austria. The symposium provides a professional, stimulating, and international environment for PhD and early-career researchers in political theory to discuss their works in progress, establish informal networks, and initiate future collaborative research. 

Learn more here. 

Applications have closed.

First EUI ECO PhD workshop | 20-21 June 2023

The European University Institute is hosting its first ECO PhD workshop in Fiesole, Italy. The theme of this years workshop is social mobility and inequality. 

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Applications have closed.