Democracy and Its Discontents
October 9-10, 2015, Budapest
Central European University is hosting the “Democracy and Its Discontents” international
conference in partnership with the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at
Stanford University, U.S., and the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Austria, on October 910.
Tentative Program
October 8, Thursday
Afternoon: Arrival to Budapest
8 pm – 9.30 pm Welcome dinner hosted by CEU President and Rector John Shattuck
October 9, Friday (location: CEU Auditorium, Nador utca 9.)
9 am Opening remarks: CEU President and Rector, John Shattuck/ Francis Fukuyama (CDDRL)
9.30 – 10.30 am Keynote speech: Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd professor of sociology,
Columbia University
10. 45 am – 12.15 pm “Hollowing” panel
Chair and introduction: Bela Greskovits, university professor, Departments of International
Relations and Political Science, CEU
Panelists:
Brigid Laffan, director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and Global
Governance Programme, European University Institute (EUI)
Hans Keman, professor of comparative politics, Faculty of Social Sciences , Vrije University
(VU) Amsterdam
Isabela Mares, professor of political science, Columbia University
Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy professor of law, Stanford University
12. 15 – 1.15 pm Buffet lunch
1.15 – 2.45 pm “Backsliding” panel
Chair and introduction: Larry Diamond, director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the
Rule of Law, Stanford University
Panelists:
Isabela Mares, professor of political science at Columbia University
Zsolt Enyedi, professor, Department of Political Science, CEU
Thomas Carothers, distinguished visiting professor, School of Public Policy, CEU
Vanessa Williamson, PhD candidate, Department of Government and Social Policy, Harvard
University
2.45-3.15 pm Coffee break
3.15 – 4.45 pm “Money and Politics” panel
Chair and introduction: Stephen Stedman, deputy director, Center on Democracy Development
and the Rule of Law, Stanford University
Panelists:
Bruce Cain, professor of political science at Stanford University
Agnes Batory, professor of public policy, School of Public Policy, CEU
Sabine Saurugger, professor of political science, Sciences Po Grenoble
4.45 – 5.15 pm Refreshments
6.30 pm Dinner
October 10, Saturday (location: CEU Auditorium, Nador utca 9.)
10 – 11.30 am – “Democracy and Inequality” panel:
Chair and introduction: Francis Fukuyama, political scientist, political economist, and author
Panelists:
Carsten Schneider, professor, Department of Political Science, CEU, and Kristin Makszin,
visiting professor, Department of International Relations, CEU
Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson
School, Princeton University
Ellen von den Driesch, research fellow, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Ben Ansell, professor of comparative democratic institutions, Nuffield College, University of
Oxford
11.30 am – 12.30 pm Brunch
12.30 – 1.45 Concluding panel
Moderator: Carsten Schneider, professor, Department of Political Science, CEU
Panelists:
Thomas Carothers, distinguished visiting professor, School of Public Policy, CEU
Bruce Cain, professor of political science at Stanford University
Isabela Mares, professor of political science at Columbia University
Larry Diamond, director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford
University
1.45 – 1.50 pm Concluding remarks by CEU President and Rector John Shattuck
2.20 – 3.20 pm Reception
Late afternoon: Departure from Budapest