LSE IDEAS and LSE IDEAS CSEEP - Democracy: Threats and Challenges

LSE IDEAS & LSE IDEAS CSEEP at the Jagiellonian University presents:

Partnership Launch Event
Democracy: Threats and Challenges

Event is set to celebrate the launched partnership between LSE IDEAS and Faculty of International and Political Studies (FIPS) and the establishment of LSE IDEAS Central and South-Eastern Europe Programme at the Jagiellonian University. The accompanying academic panel Democracy: Threats and Challenges will feature speakers from both IDEAS and FIPS discussing problems faced by liberal democracy, including value crisis, populism, illiberalism, and digital technologies.

In November 2020, a Memorandum of Understanding Between the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University and LSE IDEAS was signed, establishing cooperation between the two institutions. The partnership aims to contribute to the global exchange of ideas and knowledge-building on the joined interest for academic research and outreach to a broader professional as well as general public.

The research cooperation focuses on topics of shared interest, such as: the future of democracy in Central and South-Eastern Europe and within the European Union, the appeal of illiberal democracy and populism, issues concerning migration, international and regional security, and energy security.

Agenda:
Official launch of the LSE IDEAS CSEEP at the Jagiellonian University with opening remarks by:
- prof. Paweł Laidler, Dean of FIPS
- prof. Christopher Coker, Director of LSE IDEAS
- prof. Chris Alden, Director of LSE IDEAS
- prof. Łukasz Kamieński, Director of LSE IDEAS CSEEP at the JU

Democracy: Threats and Challenges panel
- prof. Christopher Coker (LSE IDEAS director):
Do We Still Value Democracy?
- prof. Chris Alden (LSE IDEAS):
South African Democracy: From "Rainbow Nation" To State Capture
- dr. Luke Cooper (LSE IDEAS):
Democratic Responses to the Threat of ‘Authoritarian Protectionism’
- dr. Marcin Fatalski (FIPS UJ, LSE IDEAS 2021/22 Visiting Fellow)
Liberal Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Rise of Illiberalism
- dr hab. Magdalena Góra (FIPS UJ):
Democracy, Differentiation, and Dominance. Segmented Debate on the Future of Europe
- prof. Garry Robson (FIPS JU):
Technocracy Rebooted: Will Democracy Survive ‘Surveillance Capitalism’ and ‘Social Physics’?

Moderated by: prof. Artur Gruszczak (FIPS UJ)