Knappt en månad innan Almedalsveckan samlas ett 70-tal forskare från hela världen i Visby för att utbyta kunskap och erfarenheter om hur man stärker demokratiutvecklingen på lokal nivå. Under en eftermiddag intar forskarna Almedalsscenen där de presenterar konkretiserade handlingsplaner och policies för ett mer demokratiskt samhälle.
Blog by Mawa Karambiri, Doctoral candidate, Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland and one of the participants at ICLD´s Local Democracy Academy in Umeå 10-14th of June.
"Umeå, a city that I heard about but never get the chance to visit until now. As part of the first Local Democracy Academy organized by the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy, I attended a
Author: Rebecca Abers, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Brasília attending ICLD Local Democracy Academy in Umeå 10-14th of June and have lectures under the thematic stream: "Social accountability and alternative forms of participation in local democracy" .
All throughout the world, politics is increasingly under attack. Research has shown that voters in many countries are
Author: Liza Cirolia, Researcher,Centre for African Cities attending ICLD Local Democracy Academy in Umeå 10-14th of June and have lectures under the thematic stream "Urban creativity and inclusive cities".
The scale and nature of the growth of cities in the global south is both daunting and exciting. After decades of (poorly informed) efforts to stem migration to cities, the global policy tid
This blog is written by Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University and one of the professors attending ICLD Local Democracy Academy in Umeå 10-14th of June and will discuss the role of Local Governments to address migration under the theme of “Global migration: rebel cities and communities in search of inclusion”.
Ana-Maria Vargas, Research director ICLD and responsible for the Local Democracy Academy in Umeå 10-14th of June is sharing the five key ingredients for innovative academic conferences to contribute to the SDGs based on the upcoming conference.
Internationellt Centrum för Lokal Demokrati, ICLD, arrangerar konferensen "Local Democracy Academy" den 10-14 juni vid Umeå Universitet. Konferensen samlar internationellt ledande forskare, och doktorander från över 30 länder runt om i hela världen. - Det är fantastiskt att vi får möjligheten att vara värdar för denna spännande konferens! säger Anders Lidström, professor vid Umeå universitet.