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… “External Democracy Promotion” (EDP) is an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional working group of scholars from the social sciences. Our main focus is on international and comparative studies. Participants come from universities and research institutes in Europe.

News

10. July 25 | News

Reflections on the Research Workshop: International Democracy Promotion at Times of Global Autocratization

On April 14-15, the University of St. Gallen (HSG) hosted our research workshop International Democracy Promotion at Times of Global Autocratisation. The event marked the launch of a new phase of the External Democracy Promotion academic network, which over the …

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29. June 25 | News

Brigitte Weiffen Participates in Workshop on the Role of External Actors in Young Democracies

Brigitte Weiffen was an invited participant in the workshop “Democracy at 10: Understanding the Role of External Actors in Young Democracies” on 22 April 2025 in Lisbon. The workshop was organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in cooperation …

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1. June 25 | News

Sonja Grimm Advances Research on External Influences in Democratization: International Workshop Leadership in Prague

Sonja Grimm and her Chair of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg made another contribution to international research through their participation in the ECPR Joint Sessions, held from 23 to 25 May 2025 …

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20. May 25 | News

Sonja Grimm’s Visit to Ilia State University, Georgia: Deepening Erasmus+ Partnership and EU Dialogue

As part of the EMBRACE project, Sonja Grimm visited Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia, in early May. The visit centered on discussions about the state of Georgian higher education and the further development of the Erasmus+ partnership between the …

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Publications

Inken von Borzyskowski, Felicity Vabulas | 2025

Exit from International Organizations – Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change

In: Cambridge University Press; 2025

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Brigitte Weiffen, Júlia Battistuzzi Penachioni | 2025

Interrogating Transitional Justice: The Multiple Meanings of a Concept

In: Societies, Vol. 15, no. 5, article 123

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Tainá Siman | 2025

Non-democracy tolerance: Venezuela in Mercosur and Hungary in the European Union

In: Region and Cohesion. Vol. 13, No. 2, 105-118

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EDP Wire

6. February 25 | Sonja Grimm, Tina Freyburg, Julia Leininger

USAID Facing its End? Likely Consequences for International Democracy Promotion

The US government under President Donald Trump has announced a comprehensive shakeup of the US development aid agency USAID. The talk ranges from restructuring or integration into the State Department to the complete closure of the organization. Immediately after the …

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12. December 24 | Karina Mross

The Dream of Dictatorship

Bonn, 24 April 2024.‘Under certain circumstances‚ a dictatorship is the better form of government.’ Only six out of ten people eligible to vote in Germany reject this statement outright. More than 20% at least partly agree, as a representative survey …

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