Reflections on the Science of Democracy: An International Roundtable

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At the birth of democracy, basic research is abandoned as a professional field of academic enquiry.

On ECPR’s blog site The Loop, democratic theorist Jean-Paul Gagnon, therefore, proposed a ‘science of democracy’.

Since his first blog piece was published, back in July 2021, more than forty essays have been penned in response, by contributors around the globe.

Join us in tackling the following questions:

• What is this burgeoning academic interest?
• What does it portend for the future of democracy in theory and practice? 

Free and open to all

Our 90-minute Roundtable discussion will digest the Loop's popular 🦋 Science of Democracy essay series and reaches for the next rung on what seems to be a new ladder of global research into the nature of democracy.

Our experts

Matthew Flinders University of Sheffield
Jean-Paul Gagnon University of Canberra
Gergana Dimova Florida State University (London Program) / University of Oxford
Petra Guasti Charles University in Prague
Yutang Jin Princeton University

About the House Lecture Series 

• Inspired by Harbour House – our HQ in the UK – a literal and metaphorical ‘home’ for the ECPR community
• Reaching beyond academe and shining a light on the work of our discipline
• Delivering insightful talks followed by extended Q&A sessions 
• Open to all, ECPR members and non-members

Find out more about our House Lectures.