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The conference will analyze the current state of democracy and re-democratization efforts in Poland and Hungary. It will be a platform for knowledge-sharing and peer learning among researchers and practitioners engaged in public life.
Contributors will explore the social and political processes in Poland and Hungary in a global context and re-democratization efforts in a contested environment in the two coultries. Academics and practitioners will present research findings and practical experiences and engage in discussions on the dilemmas influencing democratic trajectories and decision-making processes.
9.30 Opening remarks:
László Bruszt, Professor of Sociology, CEU, Founding Director of the CEU Democracy Insitute
Jakub Wiśniewski, Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation
10.00 Panel dicussion
Zsolt Enyedi, Professor, CEU, Senior Research Fellow, CEU Democracy Institute
Barbara Grabowska-Moroz, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Rule of Law Clinic at CEU Democracy Institute
Grzegorz Gil, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University / Member of the Council of the Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation
Marcin Zaborowski, TVP World Europe Editor; Senior Fellow at GLOBSEC
Chair: Viktória Serdült, Journalist, HVG
11.30 Panel discussion
Ewa Kulik, European Economic and Social Committee
Zsuzsanna Szelényi, Program Director, CEU Democracy Institute
Edit Zgut-Przybylska, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences; CEU DI
Marcin Czyżniewski, professor, Faculty of Political Science and Security Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń / Member of the Council of the Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation
Chair: Péter Magyari, Journalist at Válasz Online
12.45 Closing remarks
Miklós Mitrovits, Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation
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The conference will analyze the current state of democracy and re-democratization efforts in Poland and Hungary. It will be a platform for knowledge-sharing and peer learning among researchers and practitioners engaged in public life.
Contributors will explore the social and political processes in Poland and Hungary in a global context and re-democratization efforts in a contested environment in the two coultries. Academics and practitioners will present research findings and practical experiences and engage in discussions on the dilemmas influencing democratic trajectories and decision-making processes.
9.30 Opening remarks:
László Bruszt, Professor of Sociology, CEU, Founding Director of the CEU Democracy Insitute
Jakub Wiśniewski, Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation
10.00 Panel dicussion
Zsolt Enyedi, Professor, CEU, Senior Research Fellow, CEU Democracy Institute
Barbara Grabowska-Moroz, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Rule of Law Clinic at CEU Democracy Institute
Grzegorz Gil, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University / Member of the Council of the Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation
Marcin Zaborowski, TVP World Europe Editor; Senior Fellow at GLOBSEC
Chair: Viktória Serdült, Journalist, HVG
11.30 Panel discussion
Ewa Kulik, European Economic and Social Committee
Zsuzsanna Szelényi, Program Director, CEU Democracy Institute
Edit Zgut-Przybylska, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences; CEU DI
Marcin Czyżniewski, professor, Faculty of Political Science and Security Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń / Member of the Council of the Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation
Chair: Péter Magyari, Journalist at Válasz Online
12.45 Closing remarks
Miklós Mitrovits, Wacław Felczak Institute for Polish-Hungarian Cooperation
Learn more:
https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/
Central European University is an institution of advanced research and teaching, dedicated to socially and morally responsible intellectual inquiry.
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