The Resources Database provides a list of useful links to aid you in further reading and research. It is not intended to be exhaustive but suggestions for additions are most welcome: simply e-mail democraticdecay@gmail.com. In particular, information on any university courses or academic research projects focused on democratic decay is welcome: see the feedback form below.

As emphasised elsewhere on this site, the Democratic Erosion website is highly recommended for those who wish to get a grasp of how this phenomenon is addressed in the social sciences and in media reports. This Democratic Decay Resource is intended to be a complementary tool for researchers.

ACADEMIC & OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS

CODEMC - Research Group on the Constitution, Democracy and Crisis (CODEMC - Grupo de Estudos em Constituição, Democracia e Crise)

National Faculty of Law, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Confronting the Decline of Constitutionalism: Reviving the Rule of Law Through Civil Society (CONstRuCt)

Central European University (CEU) (Hungary)

Constitutional populism: friend or foe of constitutional democracy?

Australian Research Council (ARC) - research will run from 2019 to 2021

CONSTRESS - Constitutionalism under Stress

CONSTRESS is a genuinely interdisciplinary endeavor, bringing together political scientists, political philosophers, sociologists and lawyers. It includes jointly taught seminars and workshops, open to MA- and PhD-students from different disciplines at Princeton and Humboldt University.

Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS): Global Challenges for the Model of Liberal Democracy and Market Economy

Freie Universität Berlin, with 7 German academic partners and a range of cooperation partners worldwide

'Defending Democracy: Civil and Military Responses to Weaponized Information'

Princeton University (USA)

DEMED: 'Democracy under Threat: How Education Can Save It'

Project led by Prof. Anja Neundorf (School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow). Funded by ERC Consolidator grant awarded in December 2019.

Democracy2025

Democracy 2025 is an initiative of the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) and the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra (UC-IGPA) aimed at is strengthening democratic practice in Australia through research, dialogue and innovation.

DEMOS: Democratic Efficiency and the Varieties of Populism in Europe

Horizon 2020 - Explores the practical value of ’democratic efficacy’ as the condition of political engagement needed to address the challenge of populism. The concept combines attitudinal features (political efficacy), political skills, knowledge, and democratic opportunity structures.

Direct Democracy and Populism in Europe

Centre for Democracy Studies in Aarau (ZDA), University of Zurich (note: link is to a job posting; no other English-language information appears available at present)

Evaluating the Challenge of ‘Fake News’ and Other Maliformation

Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project led by Dr Scott Wright and Dr Axel Bruns

Fascism and International Law

Melbourne Law School (DECRA project under PI Dr Rose Parfitt) (Australia)

Fatigue project - Delayed Transformational Fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe: Responding to the Rise of Illiberalism/Populism

Horizon 2020 (EU) - 6 partner universities across EU

Illiberal constitutionalism in Poland and Hungary

National Science Centre, Poland, under researchers Prof. Tímea Drinóczi and Prof. Agnieszka Bień-Kacała

Judges under Stress - the Breaking Point of Judicial institutions (JuS)

University of Oslo (Norway)

NORFACE: Democratic governance in a turbulent age

Horizon 2020 (EU) - call issued December 2018 for applications

Parliaments Under Fire

School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London - supported by British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award (held by Dr Ben Noble)

Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL)

American University, Center for University Excellence (Washington, D.C., USA)

PolDem: Observatory for Political Conflict and Democracy in Europe

European University Institute, and Edgar Grande and Swen Hutter at the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative by the WZB Social Science Center and Freie Universität Berlin.

Political Concepts in the World – Rule of law and constitutionalism

University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)

Political Concepts in the World – Sovereignty and the state

University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)

Populist rebellion against modernity in 21st-century Eastern Europe: neo-traditionalism and neo-feudalism (POPREBEL)

Horizon 2020 (EU) - 6 universities from Central and Eastern Europe

RECONNECT (Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and Rule of Law)

Horizon 2020 (EU) - 18 partner universities across EU + Israel

Reshaping European Democracy

Carnegie Democracy and Rule of Law Program - USA

re:constitution – Exchange and Analysis on Democracy and Rule of Law in Europe

Joint initiative by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) and Forum Transregionale Studien (FTS) to improve European exchanges on constitutional law and values that leads from common words to shared, concrete, concepts.

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