Democracy in times of pandemic: let’s talk!

1 hrPWYD

Discussion | History, Society & Politics

Have the state and big corporations taken over our lives? Or have we experienced more responsibility and autonomy in times of COVID? Has the pandemic accelerated the advent of a ‘third democratic transformation’, where system rivalry between democracies and authoritarian regimes will reign supreme? Which side are you on: are we now worse or better off in terms of democracy? Join Professor Kalypso Nicolaidis in an interactive conversation on the effect of the pandemic on democracy.

Watch the recording of this live public event held on

14 October 2021 at IF Oxford

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