The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy explores the plurality of democratic experiences and aspirations in an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective.
It seeks to understand what ails democracies worldwide, focusing on the growing disenchantment of citizens with democratic political power, and on the shifts from liberal to illiberal democracy that increasingly blur the divide between the two. It develops projects that bridge theoretical and empirical research, academic and policy work.
Its activities include:
Research on the everyday practices of democratic politics, citizens’ aspirations and dissatisfactions with liberal values, institutions and elites. Building on the seminal insights of Albert O. Hirschman, research at the Centre explores changing forms of civic engagement that produce new configurations of "voice" and "exit”
A series of public lectures, conferences and workshops organised and supported by the Centre
A series of PhD activities to foster interdisciplinary communities
The Centre promotes collaborative activities with academic institutions, international organisations as well as with partners in Geneva, in Switzerland and worldwide. It publishes and disseminates research for an academic readership, policy audiences, the media and the general public.
It was established in March 2017 with the generous support of the Gnosis Foundation (Liechtenstein).
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Mail Address
Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
Maison de la Paix
Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2
Petal 3, 5th floor
Case Postale 1672
CH-1211 Genève 1
Email: democracy@graduateinstitute.ch
Access
The Maison de la Paix is located at Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2A, on the corner of Avenue de France. You may take tram 15 until Maison de la paix stop or, alternatively, walk a few minutes from the stop at Place des Nations.
