Register and join: public talk on the future of democracy by our Ukrainian partners UESA UESA Twit with Roman Petrov Roman Petrov and Tetiana Kyselova
Date: 15 May - register here: forms.gle/sqJgyP6oRk5YFt…

No. 3️⃣ in our series is EMBRACE_Democracy .

The EMBRACE project investigates obstacles to democratisation in the 🇪🇺 neighbourhood and identifies ways to overcome them.

Learn more about the exciting project led by Berghof Foundation & Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg.

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🆕 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 📢 Armenia, for long Russia’s main partner in the South #Caucasus , has recently deepened its collaboration with European actors. What to do of #Armenia ’s turn to the West? And is it really as sudden as it seems? 👉 redemos.eu/2024/03/28/mak…

#REDEMOS_eu

Thanks for a great event and discussions at #ECPR Joint Sessions 2024 at Leuphana together with colleagues from SHAPEDEM-EU and REDEMOS Horizon Europe Project

Prof. Dr. Sonja Grimm, Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg, presents the EU's way to policy adaption towards the ENP countries in light of rising authoritarianism to the participants of the 2024 #ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop on democracy support and protection at #Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Nea Solander of Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg & EMBRACE, discusses innovative paper on European diplomats' perceptions of the #EU 's external image and its impact on democracy promotion policies, presented by Tina Freyburg of Universität St.Gallen (HSG) & @REDEMOS, at #ECPR Joint Sessions 2024 #Leuphana

Prof. Karina Shyrokykh, #Stockholm University, from #EMBRACE presents on the conceptual evolution of the substance of EU democracy promotion, a paper co-authored with Sonja Grimm and Nea Solander, JMU Würzburg, at the #ECPR Joint Sessions 2024 at #Lüneburg #Leuphana University.

Sister projects SHAPEDEM-EU, REDEMOS Horizon Europe Project and #EMBRACE discuss policies and practices of EU democracy support towards the European Neighbourhood at #ECPR Joint Sessions 2024 at #Lüneburg #Leuphana University.

Nebojša recently published on competitive authoritarianism and populism in Serbia, with Aleksandra Krstić. See their publication in Europe-Asia Studies here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Nebojsa Vladisavljevic is Professor at Belgrade University, Faculty of Political Science. He teaches comparative & Serbian politics. Research focus is authoritarianism& democratization, contentious politics, nationalism and ethnic conflict regulation. FPN Beograd Univerzitet u Beogradu

Watch out: EMBRACE colleagues will be at the ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop in Lüneburg 25.-28. March 2024 presenting EMBRACE results #ecprjs24 - together with SHAPEDEM-EU and REDEMOS Horizon Europe Project More info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W…

Meet another team member: Nebojša Vladisavljevic. Nebojša is working with Bojan Vranic FPN Beograd on the Western Balkan case studies in our focus areas on the links between democratisation &popular uprisings and democratisation & elite conflicts about economic modernisation.

Planning and strategising for 2024 & beyond: EMBRACE's project management met to organise upcoming activites and events. We're excited for the field research results & analyis within the consortium and with stakeholders coming up this year! concentris Berghof Foundation Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg

Thank you Laura Luciani for a great and & extremely insightful REDEMOS Horizon Europe Project talk on the geopoliticization of LGBTI+ in Eastern Europe in light of EU-Russia competition! Great synergy with EMBRACE_Democracy sister project. Horizon Europe🇪🇺

Should you happen to be in Trondheim next week, join us for this extremely timely talk by Dr Laura Luciani, happening next Wednesday, 28 February. 👇👇👇

Culture - how is it impacting #democracy ? Watch our researcher Èlia Susanna i Lopéz from University of Leida talk about the role of culture.
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📢Internship opportunity for Arabic speakers!

🌟SEE Programme ELIAMEP is seeking a dynamic intern to contribute to the 🇪🇺 funded project EMBRACE_Democracy.

⏰Deadline: 23/2/2024

ℹ️ Information about the application process and the responsibilities of the position: bit.ly/3uemaqF

EMBRACE colleagues Wicke van den Broek Maastricht University and Roman Petrov Roman Petrov Kyiv Mohyla Fndn meeting in Brussels per chance - but much to discuss and exchange on!

Happy to announce my new article available online Mediterranean Politics. Part of Arab Reform Initiative / مبادرة الإصلاح العربي's project on youth and democratic (de)consolidation in Tunisia. Special thanks to CMES LUND for support and my research partners Malek Lakhal and Zied Boussen. doi.org/10.1080/136293…