About RDC 

The idea of the colloquium is to offer the wider Institute for Democracy (IfD) community a platform to discuss their work.  

Democracies everywhere are under pressure. They are being tested by complex and interconnected challenges that weaken them over time. Such challenges cannot be understood – or solved – in isolation. The Resilient Democracy Colloquium (RDC) – a colloquium series hosted at IfD – brings together scholars from political science, economics, law, philosophy, sociology and other fields to share their work-in-progress and think across disciplines about how societies build and sustain resilient democracies.  

How to present 

The RDC is open to the wider IfD community, including PhD students, faculty, researchers, fellows, visiting fellows. We are also open to external presenters/audience under petition. We welcome work-in-progress. Speakers are asked to provide a draft version of their paper or pre-registraction protocol or an abstract in advance, so participants can read it ahead of the session. Each session features a 10-minute presentation, followed by remarks by a discussant and then an open discussion.  

Those who wish to attend without presenting are welcome. The seminar series is a space to listen, exchange ideas, and think together – whether or not you are a speaker. We welcome work in any approach – quantitative, qualitative, or theoretical – so long as it follows a clear logic of inference.  

Please contact the scientific organizer Dr. Jozef Michal Mintal ([email protected]), with Klára Kaničárová in ‘cc ([email protected]), if you want to present your work. In that case, send us an email with the following information: 

• Provisional title of your article 

• Abstract (if possible) 

• Preferred dates for the presentation 

Where and when? 

The first session will take place on Thurdsay – 13.11., at 15:00 2025 at the Institute for Democracy at UMB. A hybrid option will be available, with in-person participation strongly preferred.  

The schedule is to be announced. Sessions are expected to be held regularly, with dates announced in advance.  

Scientific Organizer: Dr. Jozef Michal Mintal ([email protected]) 

Contact: Klára Kaničárová ([email protected])