Research focus
The IOS Platform Futures of Democracy is an interdisciplinary network of scholars who study the major transformations of and challenges to democracy in past and present. The platform is part of one of the strategic themes of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视: Institutions for Open Societies.
To stimulate a dialogue among scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds who all work on the theme of democracy, the platform organizes activities to share ideas, work-in-progress, papers and project applications. The platform hosts monthly brown-bag lunches, and organizes seminars and public lectures.
Themes
The IOS platform Futures of Democracy contributes to the academic and public debate on the state of democracy. The network of scholars works on a number of themes:
- Ideas
- Strategies of democratic legitimacy
- Institutions of liberal and illiberal democracy
- Economics of liberal and illiberal democracy