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Democracy and Development

Conference in Cape Town: Building Democratic Resilience and Economic Transformation in Africa

The Cape Town hub held its final conference in the program.

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Core research themes

Democratizing the Developmental State

Exclusionary Regimes, Autocratization and Democracy

New Patterns of Mobilization for and against Democracy

Populism, Ideology and Discourse in the Global South

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Land, Nature and Democracy: ECO-DEM Workshop in Cape Town

2025.06.05.
The fellows participating in the ECO-DEM crosshub project have come together in Cape Town for…

Conference in Cape Town: Building Democratic Resilience and Economic Transformation in Africa

2025.06.04.
The Cape Town hub held its final conference in the fellowship program.

Publications by Fellows: Vihang Jumle and Vignesh K. Rajahmani: Political Projections and Social Media in India

2025.06.02.
In a new post for the LSE blog, our Fellow Vihang Jumle and Vignesh K.…

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Fellows in the Media: Didem Seyis and Iqra Anugrah in Trouw

2025.02.07.
Our Global Forum Fellows Didem Seyis and Iqra Anugrah commented to Dutch daily Trouw for…

Publications by Fellows: Alex Dyzenhaus: Trump Has Punished South Africa for Something Its Government Has Not Done

2025.03.03.
The US president has claimed the South African government is seizing land from white farmers.…

Fellows in the Press: Jan Yasin Sunca on Euradio

2024.12.01.
Jan Yasin Sunca, our Fellow in the Bogota hub, talked to euradio about the Kurdish…
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Global Forum on Democracy & Development

The Global Forum on Democracy and Development project aims to reimagine democracy in its political, social, and economic dimensions, creating a unique platform for an interdisciplinary and cross-regional exchange of ideas between scholars hailing from the Global South and Global North.

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