I am happy to announce that we are convening a workshop at the Center for Advanced Studies at the LMU Munich for 26. - 27. June 2017.
The workshop tries to explore current trends and challenges for democratic policy-making. Specifically, the workshop is motivated by the observation that in response to societal demands and problem-solving requirements, all modern democracies have piled up an enormous number of laws, policies, and public programs over the years that deeply affect all aspects of life and even death for their citizens. At the same time, however, the steady accumulation of rules and policies also creates challenges for three cornerstones of democractic governance: the ability to implement and enforce public policies, the ability to evaluate policies' effectiveness, and the ability to have sophisticated policy debates in the public arena. We are looking forward to discuss these issues with the following workshop participants: Christian Breunig (Konstanz / CAS Visiting Fellow), Isabelle Engeli (Bath / CAS Visiting Fellow), Peter John (University College London), Fritz Sager (Bern), Esther Versluis (Maastricht), and Frank Nullmeier (Bremen).
If you are interested in attending, please refer to this link:
http://www.cas.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/tagungen/ws_knill/index.html
The workshop tries to explore current trends and challenges for democratic policy-making. Specifically, the workshop is motivated by the observation that in response to societal demands and problem-solving requirements, all modern democracies have piled up an enormous number of laws, policies, and public programs over the years that deeply affect all aspects of life and even death for their citizens. At the same time, however, the steady accumulation of rules and policies also creates challenges for three cornerstones of democractic governance: the ability to implement and enforce public policies, the ability to evaluate policies' effectiveness, and the ability to have sophisticated policy debates in the public arena. We are looking forward to discuss these issues with the following workshop participants: Christian Breunig (Konstanz / CAS Visiting Fellow), Isabelle Engeli (Bath / CAS Visiting Fellow), Peter John (University College London), Fritz Sager (Bern), Esther Versluis (Maastricht), and Frank Nullmeier (Bremen).
If you are interested in attending, please refer to this link:
http://www.cas.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/tagungen/ws_knill/index.html
