CEU Democracy Institute
@ceudeminst.bsky.social
The CEU Democracy Institute builds on CEU’s tradition of world-class research and societal engagement, focusing on the decline and revival of democracies.
🔗 https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/
🔗 https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/
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🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c
Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion!
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion!
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🔴 LIVE NOW 🔴
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi!
📹👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi!
📹👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...
Crisis and Renewal: Rethinking Democracy in the 21st Century
YouTube video by CEU Democracy Institute
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW 🔴
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi!
📹👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi!
📹👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...
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🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr and @fromagehomme.bsky.social reflect on why projects of re-democratization after periods of authoritarian rule often fail in the long term.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/pasz7maz
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/pasz7maz
October 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr and @fromagehomme.bsky.social reflect on why projects of re-democratization after periods of authoritarian rule often fail in the long term.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/pasz7maz
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/pasz7maz
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✍️ Being considered the architect of the BRICS group, China successfully blends both far-left and far-right elements to design a hybrid ideological identity, aligned with its worldview, Giullia Neagu writes in her op-ed. 🇨🇳🇨🇳
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4y3cta8d
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4y3cta8d
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
✍️ Being considered the architect of the BRICS group, China successfully blends both far-left and far-right elements to design a hybrid ideological identity, aligned with its worldview, Giullia Neagu writes in her op-ed. 🇨🇳🇨🇳
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4y3cta8d
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4y3cta8d
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🎙️ In the new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @semuhi.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social reflect on capitalism’s enduring imperfections while presenting it as a plausible force for democratic change.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2mdcv2cw
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2mdcv2cw
September 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🎙️ In the new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @semuhi.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social reflect on capitalism’s enduring imperfections while presenting it as a plausible force for democratic change.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2mdcv2cw
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2mdcv2cw
👥 The Budapest Forum, co-organized by the Municipality of Budapest, Political Capital, and us returns to discuss the most pressing issues facing citizens of democratic and nominally democratic countries.
📅 Sept 17
Details and registration:
👉 budapestforum.org
📅 Sept 17
Details and registration:
👉 budapestforum.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
👥 The Budapest Forum, co-organized by the Municipality of Budapest, Political Capital, and us returns to discuss the most pressing issues facing citizens of democratic and nominally democratic countries.
📅 Sept 17
Details and registration:
👉 budapestforum.org
📅 Sept 17
Details and registration:
👉 budapestforum.org
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🎙️ In this new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @stanleysbill.bsky.social and @benstanley.eu discuss the challenges, dilemmas, and paradoxes of liberalism after illiberalism in Poland. 🇵🇱🇵🇱
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3kaezn2y
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3kaezn2y
September 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎙️ In this new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @stanleysbill.bsky.social and @benstanley.eu discuss the challenges, dilemmas, and paradoxes of liberalism after illiberalism in Poland. 🇵🇱🇵🇱
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3kaezn2y
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3kaezn2y
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🎙️ In Part 2 of our latest episode in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social explains how Turkey’s opposition is pushing back against an increasingly hegemonic regime. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/te3m6wkr
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/te3m6wkr
August 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🎙️ In Part 2 of our latest episode in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social explains how Turkey’s opposition is pushing back against an increasingly hegemonic regime. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/te3m6wkr
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/te3m6wkr
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🎙️ In Part 1 of our latest podcast in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social unpacks how Turkey’s competitive authoritarian regime is veering toward full autocracy. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mw9dpb83
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mw9dpb83
August 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🎙️ In Part 1 of our latest podcast in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social unpacks how Turkey’s competitive authoritarian regime is veering toward full autocracy. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mw9dpb83
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mw9dpb83
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🎙️ In this new episode of our podcast series created in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @richheydarian.bsky.social discusses the Philippines’ dynastic democracy and political prospects in a truly global framework. 🇵🇭🇵🇭
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/bdhmynrn
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/bdhmynrn
August 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🎙️ In this new episode of our podcast series created in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @richheydarian.bsky.social discusses the Philippines’ dynastic democracy and political prospects in a truly global framework. 🇵🇭🇵🇭
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/bdhmynrn
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/bdhmynrn
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🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @paolososa.bsky.social and Moisés Arce discuss the rise of legislative authoritarianism and explore its implications both in theory and in practice.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5vm466x8
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5vm466x8
July 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @paolososa.bsky.social and Moisés Arce discuss the rise of legislative authoritarianism and explore its implications both in theory and in practice.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5vm466x8
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5vm466x8
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🎙️ In our new podcast, Balazs Trencsenyi offers a sweeping re-narration of modern European intellectual history through the lens of “crisis,” not only as an analytical category, but as a powerful tool of political mobilization.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4jjek43h
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4jjek43h
July 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, Balazs Trencsenyi offers a sweeping re-narration of modern European intellectual history through the lens of “crisis,” not only as an analytical category, but as a powerful tool of political mobilization.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4jjek43h
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4jjek43h
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🎙️ In our new podcast, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social discusses the risks of focusing too heavily on legality in the fight against rising authoritarianism.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tkf9ymj
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tkf9ymj
June 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social discusses the risks of focusing too heavily on legality in the fight against rising authoritarianism.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tkf9ymj
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tkf9ymj
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🎙️ In the new, special episode of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and Beatriz Magaloni discuss with Ece Özbey why democratic legitimacy increasingly hinges on governments’ ability to deliver tangible results.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/w4y8x92b
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/w4y8x92b
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🎙️ In the new, special episode of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and Beatriz Magaloni discuss with Ece Özbey why democratic legitimacy increasingly hinges on governments’ ability to deliver tangible results.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/w4y8x92b
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/w4y8x92b
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🎙️ In the new episode of our monthly special in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Serhii Plokhii discusses the key aspects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the clash between democracy and autocracy. 🇺🇦🇷🇺
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mvuszh6y
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mvuszh6y
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🎙️ In the new episode of our monthly special in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Serhii Plokhii discusses the key aspects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the clash between democracy and autocracy. 🇺🇦🇷🇺
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mvuszh6y
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mvuszh6y
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✍️ Mexico is preparing for an unprecedented judicial election. @micaelaalterio.bsky.social explores how a process framed as democratization could entrench power, undermine judicial independence, and usher in a new phase of autocratic legalism. 🇲🇽🧑⚖️
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d
May 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
✍️ Mexico is preparing for an unprecedented judicial election. @micaelaalterio.bsky.social explores how a process framed as democratization could entrench power, undermine judicial independence, and usher in a new phase of autocratic legalism. 🇲🇽🧑⚖️
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d
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✍️ In the second part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social analyzes the impact of the termination of US Government Assistance on the implementer landscape and the indirect political implications in the CEE region.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7
May 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
✍️ In the second part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social analyzes the impact of the termination of US Government Assistance on the implementer landscape and the indirect political implications in the CEE region.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7
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✍️ In the first part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social recounts the background of the termination of US Government Assistance and its immediate financial consequences for the CSO sector in Central and Eastern Europe.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj
May 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
✍️ In the first part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social recounts the background of the termination of US Government Assistance and its immediate financial consequences for the CSO sector in Central and Eastern Europe.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj
How does excessive wealth harm democracy?
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?
🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.
🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?
🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.
🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu
May 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
How does excessive wealth harm democracy?
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?
🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.
🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?
🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.
🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu
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The very last day of cross-hub workshops in the project in Budapest @ceudeminst.bsky.social 🥹
The fellows discussed how they could use AI for their own research projects.
@littvay.bsky.social
The fellows discussed how they could use AI for their own research projects.
@littvay.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The very last day of cross-hub workshops in the project in Budapest @ceudeminst.bsky.social 🥹
The fellows discussed how they could use AI for their own research projects.
@littvay.bsky.social
The fellows discussed how they could use AI for their own research projects.
@littvay.bsky.social
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At @michalwawrykiewicz.bsky.social stellar Rule of Law panel with ia @verajourova.bsky.social @jmorijn.bsky.social at🇪🇺EP I mentioned @ceudeminst.bsky.social RoL Clinic's Shadow Report papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
& EU's own lawless practices: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @weareceu.bsky.social
& EU's own lawless practices: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @weareceu.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
At @michalwawrykiewicz.bsky.social stellar Rule of Law panel with ia @verajourova.bsky.social @jmorijn.bsky.social at🇪🇺EP I mentioned @ceudeminst.bsky.social RoL Clinic's Shadow Report papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
& EU's own lawless practices: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @weareceu.bsky.social
& EU's own lawless practices: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @weareceu.bsky.social
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✍️The CJEU decision to declare “golden passport” schemes incompatible with EU law is a victory for anti-corruption activists and journalists, but it also has some perils. @anjabossow.bsky.social examines the potential implications of the judgement. 🧑⚖️🛂
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2hdyfhem
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2hdyfhem
May 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
✍️The CJEU decision to declare “golden passport” schemes incompatible with EU law is a victory for anti-corruption activists and journalists, but it also has some perils. @anjabossow.bsky.social examines the potential implications of the judgement. 🧑⚖️🛂
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2hdyfhem
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2hdyfhem
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🎙️ In our new podcast, investigative journalist and historian @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social discusses the little-known origins of the Schengen Agreement—long celebrated as a cornerstone of European integration and free movement. 🇪🇺🛃
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3h3eamhw
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3h3eamhw
May 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, investigative journalist and historian @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social discusses the little-known origins of the Schengen Agreement—long celebrated as a cornerstone of European integration and free movement. 🇪🇺🛃
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3h3eamhw
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3h3eamhw