MUP TRUEDEM

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The final conference of the @TRUEDEM_EU project "Rebuilding Trust in Democratic Institutions: Dialogue, Participation, and Inclusion" took place on November 13, 2025 in Katowice. Members of the @MUP_TRUEDEM team also participated!

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On 8 October 2025, prof. Cabada delivered a lecture on electoral integrity, external interference and trust in political institutions to 25 Bosnian politicians, as part of the sixth Speak Up! Meeting project. The event was organised by the Institut für Donauraum und Mitteleuropa.

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On Monday, 15 September 2025, prof. Cabada engaged in a discussion about electoral processes and trust in political actors with 100 students (and first-time voters) at Mikulášské Gymnasium in Plzeň.

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@LadCabada discussed the polarisation of European societies and ways to strengthen democratic resilience in the public debate together with Czech Minister of Science Marek Ženíšek, Senior Research Officer at Wilfried Martens Centre Peter Hefele & Slovak journalist Arpád Soltész.

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Today, the MUP Truedem team member @LadCabada delivered a lecture on the development and building of democracy and strengthening trust in Czech and European political institutions for 30 visiting students from the University of Utrecht.

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The discussion took place at the Václav Havel Library @KnihovnaVH on 13 November 2024.

Link to the program: https://t.co/bkrBbQJ3mV
Link to the steam: https://t.co/Vb5RO2DVcE

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TRUEDEM Czech team member @LadCabada discussed resilient democracy, confidence building and the fight against populism with Czech Minister of Science @zenisek_m, former Speaker of Austria's National Council @OeParl Wolfgang Sobotka and analyst of the @MartensCentre @PeterHefele.

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link to the 1st episode: https://t.co/F2lqG6BqAm
link to the 2nd episode: https://t.co/I2JoSLlNfg

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@LadCabada recorded two podcasts for the "Prague Student Summit Talks" on the topic of the Czech EU membership and the attitudes of the Central European politicians and societies towards integration, with special emphasis on trust in democracy (for links see below)

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Today MUP TRUDEM team member @LadCabada presented a paper on "(Mis)Trust and democracy: political polarization in Central Europe and its influence on democratic backsliding processes" at the ECPR General Conference in Dublin, Ireland, as part of the TRUEDEM project.

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Today, @MUP_TRUEDEM team member prof. @LadCabada delivered a lecture on the problems and challenges for Czech and European politics for 80 high school students.

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It has been recently a busy time for member of the @univerzitaMUP TRUEDEM team @petr_just analyzing the results of the 2024 EP elections and their impact on Czech politics for several media, incl. public service broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio.

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It has also attracted increased scholarly attention as legislatures face new challenges such as multiple crises and the rise of populism.

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TRUEDEM team members @charvat_jc and Ladislav Cabada presented a paper "Political trust, the populist challenge, and the decline of legislative power: a Central European perspective" at the 3rd Global Conference on Parliamentary Studies held in Prague, on 10 June 2024.

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This process has been further assisted by the growing public dissatisfaction with democracy, with legislatures being the most disliked political institutions. Although “the legislative power decline thesis” is not new, it has regained prominence in recent years among scholars.

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This special issues of Acta Politologica is prepared within the framework of the @TRUEDEM_EU project.

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Call for abstracts: Special issue of Acta Politologica on the topic of "Political Trust, New Cleavages, and Political Polarization" is being prepared with @charvat_jc of the @MUP_TRUEDEM team as a Guest Editor. See the enclosed link for full text of call: https://t.co/xsf4xNVnij

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On 7 May 2024, two focus groups within the TRUEDEM project led by @LadCabada and @petr_just took place. Thanks to all the participants for their valuable contribution to our project.