12: Authoritarianism on the Rise: A New Global Competitor for Democracy
In cooperation with CAS SEE - Center for Advanded Studies Southeastern Europe
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in englischer SpracheIn Eastern and South Eastern Europe, in the Caucasus, in Asia and in Latin America we are witnessing the resurgence of authoritarian regimes, be they “old-fashioned” ones adjusting to global circumstances or newly emerging forms of such governments. Authoritarian rule seems to be attractive, flexible and adaptable; it challenges democracy and its values. What makes contemporary authoritarianism attractive to citizens? How and where is it challenging democracy, globally and in specific regional settings like the Ukraine-Russia-nexus, Southeastern Europe, Turkey or Asia (Singapore, China)?
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Nicholas DUNGAN
Senior Advisor, IRIS - Institut de Relations Interntionales et Stratégiques, Paris; Adjunct Faculty, Collège Universitaire, Sciences Po, Paris
| 1969 | St. Paul's School, Concord, NH |
| 1973 | Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| 1978 | Sciences Po, Paris |
| 1978-1982 | Assistant Vice President, Chemical Bank, New York |
| 1982-1991 | Director, Merrill Lynch, New York, London and Paris |
| 1991-1996 | Executive Director, Sanwa International, London |
| 1996-2000 | Senior Banker, Société Générale, Paris and New York |
| 2000-2002 | Managing Director, Jefferies & Company, London and New York |
| 2002-2005 | President, Dungan Associates LLC, London and New York |
| 2005-2008 | President, French-American Foundation, New York |
| 2009-2010 | Author, New York University Press, New York |
| since 2010 | Senior Advisor, Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, Paris |
| 2011-2013 | Private Advisor on Strategy / Influence / Competitiveness, New York |
| since 2011 | Senior Fellow, Programme on Transatlantic Relations, Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. |
| since 2014 | Adjunct Faculty, Collège Universitaire, Sciences Po, Euro-American Campus, Reims |
Dr. Christian GÖBEL
Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna
| 2003-2008 | Lecturer, and Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2009-2012 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Asian Studies, Lund University, Lund |
| 2012-2013 | Assistant Professor for the Economy and Society of China, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg |
| since 2012 | Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Lund University, Lund |
| since 2013 | Professor of Contemporary China Studies, University of Vienna |
Dr. Bihter SOMERSAN
Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies, Beykent University, Istanbul
| 1995-1998 | Political Science, Law, Sociology, Pedagogy, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1997 | Fellow, Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung, Potsdam |
| 1998 | Master, Political Science, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2001-2010 | Lecturer of Political Sociology, Gender Studies and International Relations, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Yeditepe University, Istanbul |
| 2010 | Ph.D., Political Science, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main |
| Marshall Memorial Fellow, German Marshall Fund, Washington D.C. | |
| since 2010 | Founding Member, Equality Watch Women's Group (ESITIZ), Istanbul |
| since 2011 | Adjunct Professor of International Relations and Gender Studies, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Bahçe_ ehir University, Istanbul |
| 2013-2014 | Expert in the Project Enhancing Democracy pre and post EU Accession, Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Brussels |
| since 2014 | Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies, Beykent University, Istanbul |
| 2014 | Leading Women's Rights Expert Scholar, Trust Women - Putting the Rule of Law Behind Women s Rights, Thomson Reuters Foundation, London |
| 2015 | Invited Speaker, Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), Feminism in Theory, Practice, and Policy, Washington |
Jordi VAQUER
Regional Director for Europe, OSF - Open Society Foundations, and Director, OSIFE - Open Society Initiative for Europe, Barcelona
| MA, College of Europe, Bruges | |
| Ph.D., International Relations, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London | |
| Director, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, Barcelona |
Dr. Vedran DZIHIC
Senior Researcher, oiip - Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Vienna; Lecturer, University of Vienna
| 1995-1999 | Study of Political Sciences, Communication Sciences, History, University of Vienna |
| 1999 | M.A., University of Vienna |
| 1999-2000 | Researcher. UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Vienna |
| 1999-2002 | Teaching assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna |
| 1999-2008 | Consultant, United Nations Organization, lectures on various UN-topics, United Nations Office in Vienna |
| 2001-2003 | Researcher, Office for Science of the City of Vienna; Holder, Forschungsstipendium der Stadt Wien |
| 2002-2004 | Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna |
| 2003-2005 | Leading Researcher, project "Reporting of Western Print Media about the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina", founded by the Austrian National Bank, Vienna |
| Researcher, Project of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) conducted within the NODE-framwork (Perspectives of the EU-Enlargement for the Western Balkans), Vienna | |
| since 2003 | Various lectures, Workshops, Seminars, Media Activities in the USA, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Sweden, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo, China |
| since 2004 | Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna |
| Lecturer on Western Balkans and European Integration at the postgraduate MA-studies "Balkan-Studies" | |
| 2005-2006 | Research Analyst, Association Bosnia-Herzegovina 2005 |
| Project Leader and Senior Researcher, Project Design and Management, Coordination of Public activities in Austria, Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia; Title of the Project: Imaginations of Europe, Comparing Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, New Orientations for Democracy in Europe (NODE), Vienna | |
| since 2006 | Director, Austrian Office of the Center for European Integration Strategies (CEIS) |
| Lecturer, Department of Slavic Studies, University of Vienna | |
| 2008 | Ph.D., University of Vienna |
| since 2008 | Senior Researcher and Co-Chief of Party, Project: Transformation and Democratization of the Balkans |
| Co-Chief of Party, Project: Europäisierung von Bosnien-Herzegovina, Kroatien und Serbien. Interne Voraussetzungen und Folgen eines (Nicht)EU-Beitritts | |
| Coordination of the Research Platform "POTREBA" (www.univie.ac.at/potreba) | |
| 2010 | Establisment and Co-Leading of the "Kosovo-Study-Group" dealing with the EU-performance in Kosovo and the Western Balkans |
| 2010-2011 | Austrian Marshall Plan Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR), Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. |
| 2010-2012 | Co-Chief of Party - Research Project "Demokratie in sozial unsicheren Räumen. Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Migration und Demokratie in Serbien" (together with Prof. Dieter Segert and Prof. Heinz Fassmann) |
| since 2011 | Non-Resident Senior Fellow, CTR, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. |
| since 2012 | Affiliated Researcher, Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) |
| Co-Director of Center for Advanced Studies, South East Europe |
