[CFP] THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC DECISION

– Name for papers –

”Stefan cel Mare” College of Suceava

College of Historical past, Geography and Social Sciences

Division of Human and Socio-Political Sciences

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the CARPATHICA Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

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”Ștefan cel Mare” College of Suceava

4th -Sixth June 2026

Suceava, Romania

Deadlines: fifteenth March 2026 – summary submission/ twenty third March Notification of admissions/ 4th -Fifth June 2026 Discussion board / twentieth October – last texts for publication

What does democracy nonetheless stand for? A republican type of the state, a consultant governance, a perception in political equality (Dahl, 1999)? A call-making course of supported and revisited (Sartori, 1987) by ensures of respect for particular person liberties (Letteron, 2025)? How can we reply to those that declare confidently that it not exists? That, in actuality, its observe has by no means lived as much as the grand designs (Dahl, 1999; Hermet, 1989) of essentially the most impressed theorists of the widespread good? This key idea, which structured the political lifetime of Western societies for hundreds of years and whose improvement was suspended in Japanese Europe in the course of the communist interval (Aron, 1987), is present process recomposition, shaken by successive technological revolutions, and now by the omnipresent synthetic intelligence.

On the native and supranational ranges, in an effort to tackle the seen decline on the nationwide stage, evidenced by a waning multiparty system and different older issues associated to the hijacking of democracy to serve the pursuits of an organized minority (Buffin de Chosal, 2024), is there nonetheless a spot for democracy in our societies (Hoppe, 2024)? Are we within the presence of a drained democracy (Hosselet Herbignat, 2022), or a real disaster within the mannequin of in style illustration? Or ought to we, quite the opposite, rejoice at the concept democracy is all the time incomplete, in statu nascendi (Dejours, 2025), and that the world is a piece in progress (Leroy et al., 2025)?

The first version of the Worldwide Discussion board on Democracy and Public Resolution, organized by the College of Historical past, Geography and Social Sciences – Division of Human and Socio-Political Sciences, College “Ștefan cel Mare” of Suceava and the CARPATHICA Centre of Interdisciplinary Research, which can happen from the 4th to the Sixth of June 2026, will enable established researchers, doctoral and postdoctoral college students, grasp’s and bachelor’s college students, professionals and civil society actors to complement the tutorial and societal debate round theoretical and/or empirical analysis on this topic, of their respective fields of experience: political and social sciences, public legislation, historical past, worldwide legislation, European legislation, worldwide relations, economics.

Papers on the next themes, whether or not basic, comparative, or targeted on a selected nation, are significantly welcome:

– Democratic participation: developments in decision-making procedures

– E-democracy and public decision-making

– European governance

– Curiosity teams and decision-making affect

– Nationwide and European lobbying

– Regulation of lobbying actions

– Democracy and the person

– Democracy and human rights

– Institutional and advert hoc ensures for sustaining democracy

– Historical past of political events

– Native democracy

– Democracy and requirements of dwelling

– Democracy, cash, and politics

– Democracy in instances of worldwide battle

– Anti-democratic interference

– Disinformation, anti-democratic propaganda, and hybrid warfare

– Synthetic intelligence (AI), democracy, and public decision-making

– Pedagogics of democracy

– Regulation of the exercise of on-line political affect

– Challenges for tomorrow’s democracy.

The assorted exchanges all through this platform will enable us to look at the present state of our democracies of their most various elements and to reaffirm, successfully, our attachment and dedication to democracy.

Proposals for shows (300 to 400 phrases) with a brief biography ought to be submitted by March fifteenth, 2026 to Marie Leonte ([email protected] et [email protected]). Acceptance of the proposals by the scientific committee can be notified by March twenty third, 2026.

Remaining variations of the papers from 4.000 to 10.000 phrases approx. (format for communications can be accessible on the web site), shall be submitted earlier than October twentieth, 2026, and can be printed within the first quantity of the convention proceedings (bilingual French and English), entitled The Worldwide Journal on Democracy and Public Resolution/ La Revue internationale de la démocratie et de la décision publique.

The Discussion board can be held on the College of Ștefan cel Mare, Suceava, Romania (https://maps.app.goo.gl/beGiRgJXYj6UJ7Q29). On-line participation can also be accessible for our company unable to attend in individual.

For proposed bibliographic references and different particulars regarding the group of the discussion board, please go to the web site of the Worldwide Discussion board on Democracy and Public Resolution: https://www.democracy.usv.ro and speak to us on the e-mail tackle: [email protected].