ČSPV Conference (Brno)
Keynote speech on "Crisis of Representative Democracy: Consequences, Causes and Remedies" at the 8th Congress of the Czech Political Science Association (ČPSV) in Brno (Czechia). View LINK
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09, 2021
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09, 2021
KAS Summer School (Malaysia)
Co-director at the 1st Asian Summer School on “Political Parties and Democracy” in Kuala Lumpur. View LINK View PROGRAM [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
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08, 2021
Presentation in Kenya
Presenting recommendations on how to regulate "electoral campaign spending" (e.g. caps, disclosure, enforcement and sanctions) to representatives of the Kenyan Electoral Commission in collaboration with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD).
2
08, 2021
Report on Kazakhstan
"The Regulation of Party Politics in Kazakhstan" Report. Download PDF (in Russian) -- Download PDF (in English)
30
07, 2021
TV interview (Kazakhstan)
Talking about promoting democracy in Kazakhstan. View INTERVIEW (from minute 11:24) View REPORT
29
07, 2021
MPhil. Thesis Committee (UK)
Member of a MPhil. Thesis Committee, together with Prof. Ramon Pacheco Pardo (KCL), Dr Lee Savage (KCL) and Dr Michael Buehler (SOAS University of London) at King's College London (UK). The PhD. Thesis, titled "Voting Behaviour in a Dramatically Politically Changing Environment", was defence with "major revisions" by Asyraf Afnan Ahmad Murtadza.
13
07, 2021
Moldova’s 2021 parliamentary election: the wind of change is real
By Victoria Olari (Institute for Strategic Initiatives) While the whole of Europe was watching the EURO 2020 final on Sunday night, somewhere in Eastern Europe there was a no less spectacular fight. Early parliamentary elections took place in the Republic of Moldova on July 11th. The vote was called by President Maia Sandu, thus fulfilling [...]
13
07, 2021
Bulgaria’s snap elections – between bad and hard compromises
By Mila Moshelova (Sofia University) While Europeans were holding their breath for the Euro finals on 11 July Bulgaria was playing its second electoral match for 2021. Will there be more? The nine days wonder The regular parliamentary elections on 4 April gave life to the shortest and perhaps the rowdiest parliament but one that [...]
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07, 2021
ECPR/ODIHR Summer School (Poland)
Co-director at the 4th European Consortium for Political Research/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Summer School on “Parties and Democracy” in Warsaw. View LINK View PROGRAM
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06, 2021
The 2021 Early Parliamentary Election in Armenia
By Harout Manougian (Staff Writter, EVN Report) On Sunday, June 20, 2021, Armenian citizens went back to the polls for the third time in five years to elect its eighth parliament. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had come to an agreement with parliamentary opposition parties to hold this early election in the wake of the 2020 [...]