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V-Dem Institute produces the largest global dataset on democracy with almost 30 million data points for 202 countries from 1789 to 2020. Involving over 3 500 scholars and other country experts, V-Dem measures hundreds of different attributes of democracy.

V-Dem enables complex ways to study the nature, causes, and consequences of democracy embracing its multiple meanings. V-Dem also releases an annual report with the key findings from the dataset.

Please join us for the launch of the V-Dem dataset and Democracy Report 2021.

- Introductory Note: Robert Rydberg, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

- Presenter: • Staffan I. Lindberg, Founding Director of the V-Dem Institute & Professor of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.

- Commentators:

• Dr. Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

• Dr. Yuko Kasuya, Professor, Keio University and Director, V-Dem Regional Center for East Asia

• Dr. Sandra Botero, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) - Roundtable Discussion (all above) - Q&A