19. February 25 | News

The EDP Has a New Member: Welcome, Malin Nissen!

We are happy to announce that Malin Nissen has joined the EDP Network as a member and are looking forward to working with her. Malin Nissen is a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Heisenberg Chair of International Relations …

12. December 24 | News

Karina Mross and Julia Leininger Contribute to Expert Exchange on Protecting Democracy in the Global North and South

Two participants, Karina Mross and Julia Leininger, both members of the network, took part in the expert exchange meeting titled “Democracy Protection in the Global North(s) and Global South(s): Strategies, Effectiveness, and Challenges” organized by IDOS on 28 November. The …

12. December 24 | News

From Research to EU Policy Circles

Sonja Grimm and Tina Freyburg presented research findings from HE projects to EU Commission officials & Horizon Europe sister and cousin projects. On 6 December, EDP network members Sonja Grimm (representing EMBRACE) and Tina Freyburg (representing REDEMOS) presented the results …

12. December 24 | News

Successful Application for Network Funding by the DFG

Our application for network funding has been approved! The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved network funding for the EDP-Network for the project “On the Conceptualization and Theorization of International Democracy Promotion in Times of Global Autocratization” in the amount …

In: Democratization, 1–24

In: Aurel Croissant / Luca Tomini (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization, London: Routledge, 289-304

In: Global Society

In: PLoS ONE 19 (8)

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 …

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 …