The Case for Democracy Week: Human, Domestic, and International Security

The ‘Case for Democracy’ Week features five 1.5-hour webinars (one webinar each day) bringing together academics and policymakers in a dialogue based on state-of-the art scientific findings on the dividends of democracy for a series of development outcomes: 1) economic development, 2) human development and infrastructures, 3) human development and health, 4) security, and (5) combating climate change.

Chair: Dr. Vanessa Boese, Research Fellow, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg

Presenters: 
Dr. Scott Gates, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo, and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
• ‘Democracy and Peaceful Societies: Civil Peace, and Human Security’ (SDG 16)

Dr. Sirianne Dahlum, Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
• ‘Democracy, female political empowerment, and civil conflict’ (SDG 5 and 16)

Dr. Monika Nalepa, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago.
• ‘Accountability by Numbers: Democracy and Transitional Justice’ (SDG 16)