BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: The Data Science Summer School is a series of theoretical and practical workshops on the exciting methods and technologies currently empl oyed by industry\, government\, and civil society to address the world's mo st complex problems. DTEND:20210730T141500 DTSTAMP:20210707T163851 DTSTART:20210709T100000 CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Data Science Summer School UID:117612680@/ URL: mer-School.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: The Liberal International Order (LIO) is increasingly under st ress: Among the transatlantic core\, the Biden Administration will not resu me U.S. leadership in world affairs\, let alone hegemony. (Right-wing) popu list challenges are unlikely to recede on either side of the Atlantic. Chin a is increasingly assertive\, particularly with regard to core liberal valu es such as international human rights and the rule of law. Many states in t he global South contest the LIO as both exclusionary and partial to the wea lthy in the global North. Last not least\, exogenous challenges such as Cov id-19 and climate change further challenge the LIO’s resilience. The roundt able with leading experts from around the world will discuss these and othe r contestations of the global liberal order including possible remedies. DTEND:20210914T160000 DTSTAMP:20210610T184556 DTSTART:20210914T143000 CLASS:PUBLIC SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:DVPW Congress 2021: DiD03 | Challenges to the Liberal International Order UID:117550988@/ URL: iD03-_-Challenges-to-the-Liberal-International-Order.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: The liberal script assigns the free market as the key mechanis m of allocation\, which invariably results in uneven outcomes. Welfare stat es attempt to reduce inequalities via\, for instance\, progressive taxation . Efforts to address one form of inequality may negatively impact another i nequality. For instance\, efforts to increase gender equality may lead to g reater inequality across social class. In addition\, the sustainability of welfare states becomes questionable when faced with reduced tax bases due t o declining birth rates\, aging populations\, and tax evasion. Adding to th at complexity are the rights and opportunities for immigrants in a given co untry. This panel invites contributions on questions such as: Are the curre nt contestations part of a longer-term social history\, or are they more a product of a post-Cold War world? What happens to public support for the we lfare state as inequality increases? Is the crisis of the liberal script a crisis of capitalism? DTEND:20210914T180000 DTSTAMP:20210617T171203 DTSTART:20210914T163000 CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:DVPW Congress 2021: DiE10 | Inequalities UID:117686775@/ URL: 21_-DiE10-_-Inequalities.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: Academic freedom is constitutive of the liberal script in so f ar as it is inherent to individual self-determination and social progress. International and European Law protect academic freedom as a core value\, y et freedom of science and the academic profession are increasingly under pr essure in many countries all over the world. Where academic freedom is cont ested\, we often also observe rejection of scientific evidence and Expertis e\, alongside open attacks on (scientific) facts and findings. Why and how is academic freedom contested? Who contests it and how do different contest ants and contestations relate to each other? Which arguments are employed? The panel invites contributions from various disciplines. DTEND:20210916T160000 DTSTAMP:20210610T184851 DTSTART:20210916T143000 CLASS:PUBLIC SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:DVPW Congress 2021: DoD07 | Fake News\, Truth und Academic Freedom UID:117551105@/ URL: 21_-DoD07-_-Fake-News_-Truth-und-Academic-Freedom.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20210916T160000 DTSTAMP:20210617T170116 DTSTART:20210916T143000 CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Democratic Regression? The Political Causes of Authoritarian Populi sm UID:117551131@/ URL: 21_-DoD04-_-Democratic-Regression_-The-Political-Causes-of-Authoritarian-Po pulism.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: Political polarization has been a much-debated topic in recent years. Strong polarization has the potential to impair society’s ability t o reach consensus\, making it more likely that social groups with irreconci lable interest form and put burdens on pluralistic foundations of liberal d emocracies. To better understand and describe political polarization in Ger many\, this panel brings together four papers with different perspectives o n political polarization. The first two contributions evaluate the extent o f two types of polarization conceptualizations. On the one hand\, Traber et al. focus on public opinion polarization\, the degree to which issue prefe rences diverge between different social groups. Their analysis reveals that the polarization of issue preferences has been surprisingly stable in Germ any. Wagner and Harteveld\, on the other hand\, study affective polarizatio n\, as the dislike between citizens with opposing political identities in m ultiparty-systems. Using 30 years of data from Germany reveals the extend o f out-party animus and proposes explanations for variation between parties. The other two contributions focus on the effect of events on polarization. Ellger studies the effect that politically motivated crimes against politi cians can have on polarization in Germany. The results suggest that violent acts can generate political divides in societies. Similarly\, Hunger and H utter study the polarization in German society that emerges as a consequenc e of protest against the corona measures. Taking together\, the four contri butions of the panel describe the extend of polarization and investigate th e effects of violent and protest events on polarization in Germany. DTEND:20210916T160000 DTSTAMP:20210617T171129 DTSTART:20210916T143000 CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:DVPW Congress 2021: DoD20 | Political Polarization UID:117686824@/ URL: 21_-DoD20-_-Political-Polarization.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: While the typologization and comparison of political systems w ith regard to states had become an established part of political science ea rly on\, international organizations (IOs) have long been analyzed primaril y in individual case studies. Given the more than 400 IOs that states have created since the end of World War II\, it is surprising that the systemati c comparison of IOs has only recently become the subject of political scien ce.   Distinctions between regional and global IOs\, between program and op erational IOs\, and between mission-specific and cross-purpose IOs\, have b een complemented by recent work on the institutional design of IOs.  This n ot only shows that IOs vary in the extent to which they are legalized\, dif fer in terms of the endowment of their own authority\, involve transnationa l actors to varying degrees\, or seek to promote deliberation among state a ctors to varying degrees. These recent studies also seek to explain the obs erved variance and/or discuss possible implications\, for example\, for the effectiveness and legitimacy of governance beyond the nation-state.  Follo wing on from this and similar research\, the panel "International Organizat ions in Comparison" would like to explore the following research questions and invites submissions of relevant papers: How do IOs differ in terms of their effectiveness and how can observed differences in performance be e xplained? How do IOs cope with increasing pressures to reform and what st rategies are particularly promising to address them? What are the forms o f resolution of deficit IOs and why do IOs differ in this respect\, and wha t implications does this have for global governance? DTEND:20210916T180000 DTSTAMP:20210617T171337 DTSTART:20210916T163000 CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:DVPW Congress 2021: DoE11 | International Organizations in Comparis on UID:117686542@/ URL: 21_-DoE11-_International-Organizations-in-Comparison.html END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR