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On 11-13 June 2025, a workshop titled "Democracy, System, Design" organised by Anke Grundel (Humboldt University) and Michael Saward (Warwick) was held and the University of Warwick.This genuinely interdisciplinary workshop brought together leading democratic theorists, design scholars and practitioners from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the Basque Country to explore these debates and the pressing issues they address.The event was a major success, establishing a new cross-national and cross-disciplinary dialogue

To read more about the event click here.

On 1 May 2025, the Centre for Democratisation and the PAIS Environmental Politics research cluster held a PAIS Departmental Seminar titled "Democracy and Climate Change - A roundtable discussion". This Discussion was chaired by Mitya Pearson and featured Simon Caney, Marit Hammond and Keith Hyams.

You can find the audio recording of this discussion here.

On 25 February, 2025, The Centre for Studies in Democratisation held an online event lead by Maria Koinova (Professor at Warwick’s Politics and International Studies Department) and Taras Romashchenko (Visiting Professor at Bielefeld University and Associate Professor at Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy). This event titled, "Three Years On: Global Ukrainians and Their Transnational Engagement with Ukraine", examined political, economic, and social contributions to Ukraine’s recovery, democratic activism, reverse remittances, prospects for return, and emerging developments amid a shifting global landscape and the recent establishment of the Ukrainian Ministry of Unity.

On 27 December 2024, the Centre for studies in Democratisation held a roundtable discussion titled "American Democracy: Saved or Doomed?"- A roundtable on the 2024 US elections outcome. This discussion was chaired by Michael Saward and featured Trevor McCrisken, Joe Haigh and Jessica Underwood from PAIS.

The audio recording and some responses to this event are available here.

On 6-7 July, 2023, "Rethinking Democracy Today" was held as a two part, half day online seminar, bringing together researchers from the University of Warwick and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. The event included a range of perspectives on the meanings, status and challenges of democracy today. This seminar also enabled the two institutions to clarify the potential for further events on this theme along with potential work for further events on this theme.

You can find out more about the contents of the seminar and the key takeaways here.