MEP-Panel1

Mapping European Populism: Panel 1 – Populist Authoritarian Tendencies in Central and Eastern Europe, and Challenges to the EU 

Moderator

Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska (Professor, the chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism, the Institute of Political Science, University of Wrocław, Poland).

Speakers

“Populism in Poland 2015-2021. A short journey from theory to praxis,” by Dominika Kasprowicz (Professor of political science, the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Poland).

“The Orbán regime after 12 years, before the April 2022 general elections,” by Zoltan Adam (Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Economic Policy and Labour Economics, Institute of Economic and Public Policy, Corvinus University of Budapest).

“Scanning the far right in Croatia and Serbia,” by Vassilis Petsinis (The University of Tartu, Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies).

“Comparison of authoritarian and populist tendencies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,” by Miroslav Mareš (Professor, the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University).

 

EckartWoertz

Dr. Eckart Woertz: “The need for multilateral institutions against global challenges: The impact of populism on Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation 25 years after the Barcelona Process.” 

Dr. Eckart Woertz (Director, GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies; Professor for Contemporary History and Politics of the Middle East at the University of Hamburg) made this presentation at the Second Panel titled “Pandemic of authoritarianism/populism: The state of democratic institutions, rights, and freedoms” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.

SheriBerman

Dr. Sheri Berman: “Populist and non-populist governance performance during the COVID pandemic and prospects for democracy in the West moving forward.” 

Dr. Sheri Berman (Professor of Political Science. Department of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University) made this presentation at the Third Panel titled “What’s next in a post-COVID-19 world?” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.

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Dr. Brett Meyer:“An analysis of populist leaders’ responses to Covid-19.”

Dr. Brett Meyer (Global Populism and Voting Behaviour in Advanced Democracies. Tony Blair Institute for Global Change) made this presentation at the Third Panel titled “What’s next in a post-COVID-19 world?” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.

JensMaesse

Dr. Jens Maesse: “Post-neoliberalism in Europe? How economic discourses have changed through COVID-19 pandemic.”

Dr. Jens Maesse (Institute of Sociology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen) made this presentation at the Third Panel titled “What’s next in a post-COVID-19 world?” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.

AlexKlein

Dr. Axel Klein: “Is there populism in Japan? A closer look at the oldest Asian democracy.”

Dr. Axel Klein (Professor of Social Sciences on East Asia / Japanese Politics, Institute of East Asian Studies, Duisburg-Essen University) made this presentation at the Second Panel titled “Pandemic of authoritarianism/populism: The state of democratic institutions, rights and freedoms” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.

NeilRobinson

Dr. Neil Robinson: “Future course of global governance under the rising hybrid regimes that cohabitate with populism.”

Dr. Neil Robinson (Professor of Comparative Politics, the University of Limerick) made this presentation at the Second Panel titled “Pandemic of authoritarianism/populism: The state of democratic institutions, rights and freedoms” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.

Panel2

ECPS Symposium – Panel 2: “Pandemic of authoritarianism/populism: The state of democratic institutions, rights and freedoms”

The Second Panel of the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in the Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.

Moderator
Dr. Werner Pascha

Speakers
Dr. Eckart Woertz
Dr. Neil Robinson
Dr. Axel Klein