Case for Democracy Conference Day II

What are the dividends of democratic governance? On Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st, 2021, the Case For Democracy Conference, organized by the V-Dem Institute with support from the European Union, provided answers to this question.

This video is from the second day of the conference. The first day of the conference can be found in a separate video.

The Case for Democracy Conference brings together leading scholars from various fields of expertise to share the latest, cutting-edge scientific knowledge on dividends of democracy with policymakers and practitioners, on a series of policy-relevant outcomes:

1. Economic development (SDG #1, 8, 10)
2. Human Development and Global Health (SDG #2, 3, 6)
3. Education and Empowering Women and Girls (SDG #4, 5)
4. Sustainable Environment and Climate Change Mitigation (SDG #13, 14, 15)
5. Peace and Human Security (SDG #16)
6. Public goods and Corruption

Programme Day 2: December 1, 2021

10:00-11:00
Session III: Dividends for Peace and Human Security

- Professor Håvard Hegre, Uppsala University
Title: Democracy and Peace: What Do the Data Tell Us?
- Professor Scott Gates, PRIO
Title: Democracy, Stability, and Peace
- Professor Anke Hoeffler, University of Konstanz
Title: The Role of Democracy in Violence Reduction

11:15-12:30
Session IV: Dividends for Sustainable Environment and Climate Change Mitigation

- Professor Thomas Bernauer, ETH Zürich
Title: What are Democracy’s Dividends for Environmental Protection?
- Dr. Julia Leininger, Head of Program, German Development Institute
Title: No Climate-Neutral Future Without Democracy?
- Professor Amanda Murdie, University of Georgia
Title: Is Democracy Good for Environmental NGOs?
- Professor Sverker Jagers, University of Gothenburg
Title: On the Importance of “Feasible” Environmental Policies in Democracies

14:00-15:00
Session V: Dividends for Human Development and Global Health

- Professor Thomas J. Bollyky, Council on Foreign Relations
Title: Democracy Matters in Global Health
- Assoc. Professor Masaaki Higashijima, Tohoku University
Title: Political Liberalization and Human Development
- Assist. Professor Susumu Annaka, Waseda University
Title: Political Regimes and COVID-19

15:15-16:30
Session VI: Dividends for Public Goods and Corruption

- Professor Mansoob Murshed, Erasmus University & Coventry University
Title: Does Democracy Facilitate Inequality and Poverty Reducing Social Protection Expenditure in the Developing World
- Assoc. Professor Brigitte Seim, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Title: Does Democracy Mitigate Corruption?
- Professor Nils Weidmann, University of Konstanz
Title: Democratic Dividends in Digital Communication
- Professor Morten Jerven, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Title: Politics of Precision: Statistics and Data for Development

16.30 – 18.00
Plenary: Draft Concept Note on the Establishment of an International Scientific Panel on Democracy

- Professor Amaney A. Jamal, Dean, Princeton School for Public and International Affairs, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics
- Arvinn Gadgil, Director, UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
- Dr. Joseph Asunka, CEO, Afrobarometer
- Professor Larry Diamond, Hoover Institute, Stanford University
- Dr. Julia Leininger, Head of Program, German Development Institute
- Assist. Professor Vanessa A. Boese, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
- Professor Staffan I. Lindberg, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg