As part of the Jean Blondel Tuesday Seminars at CIRCaP, REDIRECT presented ongoing research by Elisabetta Mannoni (University of Siena) on climate politics, democratic attitudes, and governance preferences. The paper,…

18 March 2026

‘The Trouble with Liberal Democracy’ Workshop

A REDIRECT Workshop was held at the University of Exeter exploring the current state of liberal and representative democracy and possible alternatives to it. The workshop, titled The Trouble with…

24 February 2026

‘The Representative Disconnect: How to Study It and How to Fix It’ Workshop

A REDIRECT event was held at the University of Exeter exploring how the representative disconnect can be studied and addressed in contemporary democracies. The workshop, titled The Representative Disconnect: How…

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…

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

Workshop on Democratic and Anti-Democratic Discourses in 19th-Century Britain

A REDIRECT event was held at the University of Exeter exploring historical debates on democracy and anti-democratic thought in nineteenth-century Britain. The workshop, titled Democratic and Anti-democratic Discourses in…

18 September 2025

More than 20 researchers gathered in Oslo for discussing the role of parties in disconnected democracies

🗳️ Workshop – Political Parties and the Representative Disconnect | Oslo, Norway | September 18–19, 2025 🇳🇴 Hosted at the ARENA Centre…

22 May 2025

22 May – The Representative Disconnect – University of Salento

On May 22, 2025, the University of Salento will host a public presentation of the REDIRECT project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme. The event will take place at 14:30 in the Conference Hall of the…

6 May 2025

May 8-9 – Student Engagement & Deliberation on the University’s Climate and Sustainability Agenda – University of Exeter

🌍 Students Take the Lead on Climate Action at the University of Exeter – May 8–9, 2025 🌿 On May 8–9, 2025, the University of Exeter will host a dynamic…

6 May 2025

19-20 May – Public Deliberation and the Climate Crisis – Two-Day Workshop at the University of Exeter

🗳️ Public Deliberation and the Climate Crisis: Two-Day Workshop at the University of Exeter | May 19–20, 2025 🌱 Following the student-led sustainability event…

7 March 2025

DEMOPE-REDIRECT Joint Workshop

DEMOPE-REDIRECT Joint Workshop – A must-attend event for scholars and enthusiasts in political science, democracy studies, and policy analysis! 📅 When? Friday, 7 March 2025📍 Where? University of Siena,…

18 November 2024

Workshop on Social Intermediation and Democratic Representation

REDIRECT research was presented at a workshop titled “Back to Society: Studying Social Intermediation as a Component of Democratic Representation”, held at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy.

2 October 2024

Democracy and Representation Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Workshop

🌍 Join the Democracy and Representation Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Workshop! We invite you to participate in a two-day online workshop on 3 and 4 October 2024, focusing on the challenges of democracy and political representation.

27 February 2024

REDIRECT Online Workshop – Inclusion and Exclusion in Representative Democracies

Welcome to the second of our REDIRECT Online Workshops! On Thursday 29 February at 5:30 P.M. (GMT) / 4:30 P.M. (CET) / 11:30 A.M. (ET), this workshop will explore the issue…

7 February 2024

REDIRECT Online Workshop – Formation and Principles of Modern Representative Democracy

Welcome to the first of many REDIRECT Online Workshops! On Friday 9 February at 3:30 P.M. (GMT) / 4:30 P.M. (CET) / 10:30 A.M. (ET), this workshop will focus on the formation…

7 February 2024

Workshop on ‘Representative Democracy: The Early Modern Formative Period’

A REDIRECT event was held at the University of Exeter exploring the early modern formative period of representative democracy. The workshop, titled Representative Democracy: The Early Modern Formative…

14 June 2023

Exploring Survey Experiments in the Study of Democratic Satisfaction

On June 14, 2023, Zsófia Papp (Centre for Social Sciences – HUN-REN) led a PhD workshop at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, focused on the use…