Anthony Ridge-Newman
Seminar
This seminar will question how the British Conservative Party's campaign strategies have responded to changes in wider socio-political and technocultural trends, like Brexit and digital democracy, from 2006-19, under the leadership of David Cameron (2006-16) and Theresa May (2016-19). Using…
The Changing Landscape of Terror: From 9/11 to Right-Wing Extremism
Seminar
Five leaders in policy, counter-terrorism operations, journalism and academia come together for a discussion on the evolution of terror. In the post-9/11 era, counter-terror efforts have focused on the threat of Islamist terrorism. Yet the same technologies that allowed violent jihadists to…
National past and populism: the re-elaboration of fascism and its impact on right-wing populism in Western Europe
Seminar
The electoral performance of right-wing populism depends on the type of reelaboration of countries’ national past and their collective memories. Complementing socio-economic and political-institutional factors, the article analyses cultural opportunity structures. Given the link between fascist and…
European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG)
Conference
ECPG is the world-leading conference on politics and gender. ECPG offers a platform for exchange and dialogue about how understanding gender is central to understand politics and where diversity and plurality in analytical perspectives and methodologies is enhanced. At ECPG, the field of…
Russell Smyth - What Determines the Institutional Legitimacy of the High Court of Australia
Seminar
Judicial legitimacy is fundamental to ensuring public acceptance of courts’ decisions when judges have no electoral mandate. Yet, in Australia, we know very little about the legitimacy of the courts in the eyes of the general public or the factors associated with judicial legitimacy. Drawing on a…
Min Reuchamps - Towards permanent deliberative democracy in Belgium
Seminar
from the G1000 to the Ostbelgien Model Democratic innovations are on the rise in most Western democracies. Belgium, like Australia, has always been a land of democratic innovations. Back in the 19th century, both countries were pioneers with compulsory voting, electoral formulae or the -…