The National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Democracy is a multi-disciplinary research program launched by the Swiss National Science Foundation in 2005. The program examines the key challenges to democracy today and traces them to two major trends: globalization and the growing influence of the media on politics.

The NCCR’s basic research questions are: How are established democracies changing under the conditions of globalization and the mediatization of politics? And how can democracy be promoted horizontally (to non-democratic countries) and vertically (to supra-national regimes like the EU, the WTO, etc)? More

Public roundtable discussion on multilateral democracy

24 May, 18:30-20:00, Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, Niederdorf, Zürich. Discussion in German with Daniel Binswanger (Das Magazin), Francis Cheneval (NCCR Democracy, University of Zurich) and Susanne Boshammer (University of Bern). More

New NCCR book series devoted to democracy research

In December, Palgrave Macmillan launched a new book series on the challenges to democracy in the 21st century. The series was initiated by NCCR Democracy and publishes latest research on established democracies, democratization processes and democracy in multi-level governance structures. More

NCCR Newsletter December 2011

Download the latest NCCR Democracy Newsletter. The focus of this issue is on democracy promotion. More

Call for papers: Scientific conference on civic education

7/8 September 2012 at the Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau (ZDA). The conference will be held in German. More