Call for Applications Summer School on “Challenges to Electoral Democracy” July 1-5, 2025, Sciences Po, Paris We are inviting applications from doctoral students for a doctoral summer school on the topic of “Challenges to Electoral Democracy.” The summer school will take the form of a five-day program, and consists of lectures by experts in […] Read more
Institutions and Rapid Religious Reversals: Understanding the Secularization of Canada Benjamin Tremblay-Auger-Stanford Graduate School of Business Why was the decline of religion much more pronounced in Europe than in the US after World War II? The Canadian case holds the key to understanding divergent secularization patterns since it is a hybrid case: most of the […] Read more
Do Emotions Drive the Link Between Winning and Satisfaction with Democracy? Leveraging the Super Bowl, the World Cup, and The Lion King Patrick Fournier-Université de Montréal Electoral winners are more satisfied with democracy than losers, but there is debate over whether this is due to emotions or policy considerations. We leverage the fact that the […] Read more
The Future of Electoral Democracy Conference Université de Montréal Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, C-6070-9 29-30 November 2024 Join us for a two-day conference organized by the Canada Research Chair in electoral Democracy. The full program can be consulted here. Registration is now closed. For more information, contact Ruth Dassonneville. Read more
Mapping ethics self-regulation within political parties: Norms, oversight and enforcement Luís de Sousa-ICS-ULisboa Political parties are highly regulated organizations, both internally and externally, and yet, levels of trust in political parties are systematically low across many countries. Low levels of trust are associated to party related scandals and a poor record in upholding higher ethical […] Read more