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11 December 2025

Introducing New Blog Series featured by TheLoop on Representative Disconnect

Representative democracy is under strain. Rising voter abstention, declining trust in institutions, and shrinking spaces for citizen participation are deepening a global “representative disconnect.” As traditional democratic channels weaken, powerful…

1 December 2025

Engaging Youth on Democracy’s Crisis: Highlights from the REDIRECT Lunch Debate

On 1 December 2025, REDIRECT held an online Lunch Debate bringing together a distinguished panel of scholars and student activists to discuss how universities can engage young people in…

1 December 2025

EuroConnect: Strengthening Civic Competences to Counter Democratic Disconnect — UNISI Expands REDIRECT’s Mission

UNISI joins the new Erasmus+ project EuroConnect, coordinated by the Johan Skytte Institute (University of Tartu), which develops innovative tools to strengthen civic competences and democratic participation among young…

28 November 2025

Can Representative Democracy Still Be Saved? A REDIRECT Workshop in Florence

REDIRECT is pleased to highlight the study day “È ancora possibile salvare la democrazia rappresentativa?”, hosted on 28 November 2025 by the University of Florence and CIUSPO. The workshop…

24 November 2025

Italy, Germany and the Democratic Regression: REDIRECT at Villa Vigoni

From 24–26 November 2025, Villa Vigoni hosts the conference “Italia e Germania nel processo di regressione democratica”, a high-level Italian-German dialogue on the state of democratic institutions, socio-economic pressures,…

21 November 2025

Universities and Democratic Reconnection: Insights from the Coimbra Seminar on Reinventing Campus Democracy

At the Coimbra Group’s 40th Anniversary High-Level Seminar on “Reinventing Campus Democracy”, the University of Siena led a breakout session exploring how universities can help repair and rethink…

7 November 2025

Conference: Democracies and participation: a relationship that needs to be rethought?

🏛️ Conference – Democracies and Participation: A Relationship That Needs to Be Rethought? | Brescia, Italy | November 13, 2025 🇮🇹 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Sala della Gloria…

7 November 2025

Seminar: Distant Democracy? Mapping Democratic Disconnect in Europe

🎓 Seminar – Distant Democracy? Mapping Democratic Disconnect in Europe | Florence, Italy | October 31, 2025 🇮🇹 Campus delle Scienze Sociali, D6 1.11 – University of Florence 🕛…

3 November 2025

Introducing REDIRECT Keys & Pills

💡 Launch – Introducing REDIRECT Keys & Pills | Siena, Italy | November 3, 2025 🇮🇹 REDIRECT is thrilled to introduce Keys & Pills, a new series of concise, visual,…

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