Conference: Crises and democracy: elections in the Visegrád countries in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic

   31st March 2023 9:00 - 12:00, 31st March 2023 12:00

Conference

organised by the

Institute for Legal Studies, Centre for Social Sciences

 

Crises and democracy: elections in the Visegrád countries in the
shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic

Main conference of research project IVF. no. 22120065.
 

30-31 March 2023.

Institute for Legal Studies, Centre for Social Sciences

H-1097, Budapest, Tóth Kálmán utca 4.

Budapest, Hungary

(with the possibility to participate via zoom

The conference is funded by

International Visegrád Fund – „Crisis and democracy: the long term impects of COVID-19 ön V4 country’s electoral systems” (Nr. 22120065)

and
Hungarian Academy of Sciences – „Resilience of the legal system in post-COVID societies: risks and opportunities” (Nr. PC2022-5/2022)
 

Program

Thursday, 30 March 2023 – Institute for Legal Studies and online

13.00: Opening remarks:

Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, director of Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies (Budapest)

13.15-14.45: Discussion on the regional policy brief
Author: Nóra Chronowski (senior research fellow, Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies)

14.45-15.15: Coffee break

15.15-16.45: Elections in the shadow of the pandemic: experience from neighbour countries of the Visegrád region

Confirmed online speakers:

Kristina Ivanauskaite-Pettinari (Electoral expert, Lithuania)

Dorde Gardasevich (University of Zagreb)

Irena Hadziabdic (former president of the Central Electoral Commission)

16.45-17.15: Coffee break

17.15-18.45: Discussion on the comparative study from Covid and elections in the Visegrád region

Authors: Monika Florczak-WatorIván HalászBoldizsár Szentgáli-Tóth

 

Friday, 31 March 2023 – Institute for Legal Studies and online

9.00-10.30: Roundtable: how to elaborate flexible and resilient post-Covid electoral frameworks in the Visegrád countries

10.30-11.00: Coffee break

11.00-11.45: The role of constitutional review in the adaptation of electoral systems to the rapidly changing environment

Authors: János MécsBoldizsár Szentgáli-Tóth

11.45-12.00: Closing remarks

 

The conference takes place in a hybrid format. The conference will be live streamed via zoom. Participants receive the zoom link per email upon registration. The venue at the conference is the Institute for Legal Studies (Tóth Kálmán str. 4. 1097 Budapest). Mandatory registration: Mr. János Rékasi (JTI.Titkarsag@tk.hu)

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