
CIVICA RESEARCH WELDECO – FINAL EVENT
The CIVICA WELDECO research is devoted to analyse the relationship between populism, welfare and health policies, and democratic backsliding in the particular context of the Covid19 pandemic. Our collaborative research applies an interdisciplinary approach across social policy, political economy, and comparative politics in order to examine the content of policy responses to the pandemic as well as vital aspects of populist policy-making, such as procedures and discourse in a diverse set of countries including Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, Hungary and Poland. In line with our interdisciplinary approach, we developed a three-dimensional analysis of policy responses to the pandemic employing (and partially constructing) governance, public health and welfare generosity indices. Our comparative analysis contributes to a new theorising of varieties of populist governance under the current era of crises. This final event is aimed to share and critically debate our findings.
If you would like to attend in-person, please register here.
If you would like to follow the event online, the Zoom meeting will be available here.
Organizers
- Dorottya Szikra | Central European University / CEU Democracy Institute (Host)
- Gabor Scheiring | Bocconi University
- Alexandru Moise | European University Institute
- Prof. Francisco Panizza | London School of Economics and Political Science
Agenda
16:00 - 16:10
Welcome and brief introduction to the CIVICA WELDECO - Welfare, democracy, and populism under the Covid19 crisis - research project
Dorottya Szikra, Central European University / CEU Democracy Institute
16:10 - 16:30
Populist governance and the Covid19 pandemic (theoretical framing and conclusions)
Prof. Francisco Panizza, London School of Economics and Political Science
16:30 - 16:45
Discussant 1 Zsolt Boda, General Director, Center for Social Sciences, Budapest
16:45 - 17:00
Results of the cross-country comparison along governance, public health and welfare generosity indices
Joint presentation (Diego Sazo, Kerem Gabriel Öktem, Alexandru Moise and Adrienn Győry)
17:00 - 17:15
Discussant 2 György Hajnal, Head of Institute, Corvinus University, Budapest
17:15 - 17:55
Q&A Discussion
17:55 - 18:00
Conclusion and final remarks
18:00 - 18:30
Reception
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101017201 |