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Open Panel

Comparative Politics
Democracy
Political Theory
Empirical
P380
Stefan Christoph
Universität Passau
Michał Biedowicz
University College Cork
Michael Hoffmann
Georgia Institute of Technology
Threats to Democracy and What to Do About Them: A Sciences of the Democracies Action Guide

Building: Faculty of International and Political Studies, Floor: 2, Room: 238

Wednesday 16:15 - 18:00 CEST (09/09/2026)

Abstract

This Panel is an open panel, which brings together all papers between theoretical and empirical perspectives and practical design thinking, all with a focus on democratic renewal and aiming to connect diagnoses of democratic threats with proposals for innovation and reform.

Title Details
Liberal understandings of democracy in decline? Insights from European party systems View Paper Details
First-Mover Advantage and Cognitive Enhancement: Lessons from AI Competition View Paper Details
Responding to Democratic Backsliding: Elections, Protests and Citizens View Paper Details
Augmenting Democracy Through AI Aligning? Going Beyond Hype and Technophobia View Paper Details