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Democracy IDEAs

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

57 episodes

1 week ago

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading to all corners of the world, but its impact varies wildly between the contexts in which it's developed and deployed. If considerations are not made for how AI might interact with national and regional ethics and regulation, it risks exacerbating harmful externalities for already marginalized groups, democratic institutions, and the environment. In this episode, Juliane Müller, Associate Programme Officer at International IDEA's Digitalization and Demo...

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading to all corners of the world, but its impact varies wildly between the contexts in which it's developed and deployed. If considerations are not made for how AI might interact with national and regional ethics and regulation, it risks exacerbating harmful externalities for already marginalized groups, democratic institutions, and the environment. In this episode, Juliane Müller, Associate Programme Officer at International IDEA's Digitalization and Demo...

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Episodes (20/57)

Democracy IDEAs

AI, Elections, and Policy in Asia-Pacific

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading to all corners of the world, but its impact varies wildly between the contexts in which it's developed and deployed. If considerations are not made for how AI might interact with national and regional ethics and regulation, it risks exacerbating harmful externalities for already marginalized groups, democratic institutions, and the environment. In this episode, Juliane Müller, Associate Programme Officer at International IDEA's Digitalization and Demo...

1 week ago

58 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Beyond the Walls – Rethinking Parliament as Public Space

What do parliamentary buildings really say about democracy? Are they open, welcoming spaces for citizens - or distant symbols of power? This special podcast episode launches the fourth guide “Parliament as a Space and Place” - in a series of eight Citizen Engagement Guides, by Inter Pares - Parliaments in Partnership, which is implemented by International IDEA and in collaboration with the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN), with support from the European Union. Timed to comm...

3 weeks ago

26 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Legitimult: Making democracy crisis-proof IV

This is the fourth and final episode in a podcast series featuring LEGITIMULT a project that examines how measures taken during the Covid-19 crisis by international, national, and subnational governments have affected multilevel institutions and intergovernmental relations. The aim of the research is to develop a model of legitimate crisis governance. In this episode, we focus on the citizen juries on crisis management in Europe, convened as part of the project following extensive resea...

1 month ago

43 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

From Billboards to Bots: Rethinking Political Finance for a Digital World

The digitalization of political campaigning has transformed the ways in which political parties and candidates interact with voters. While offering new avenues for political engagement and outreach, digital campaigning also raises critical regulatory and transparency challenges—ranging from opaque online advertising, third-party influence, and data-driven microtargeting to foreign interference. In response to this evolving landscape, International IDEA has produced the report Political ...

2 months ago

31 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Legitimult: Making democracy crisis-proof III

This is the third of a podcast series featuring LEGITIMULT, its findings and tools for addressing and solving future crises. This episode builds “Lessons from Covid-19 – Journalism in a Post-Pandemic Future” media workshop (more details below), and delves into the topic of crisis reporting. The conversation highlights the media’s dual role in both informing the public and holding those in power accountable, as well as the crucial distinction between facts and opinions in journalism—especially...

3 months ago

44 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Facing the climate crisis and democracy backsliding by reforming global governance

Frank Biermann is a research professor of Global Sustainability Governance with the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University. He discusses with International IDEA Communications Director Alistair Scrutton ideas about how to tackle the planetary crisis in the face of rising unilateralism, authoritarianism, and anti-environmentalism. Background reading: The Earth System Governance project

3 months ago

40 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Climate Hazards and Elections in India

In this episode of Peer-to-Peer, we speak to Saket Ambarkhane about the impacts of natural hzards on Indian elections and the growing concern over the effects of climate change on future elections. With Ambarkhane, we explore how different events, such as the heatwaves during the 2024 election, impacted various steps of the electoral process like campaigning, polling day, and voter turnout. Ambarkhane also explains how the different levels of EMBs (federal vs regional) have mitigated such eve...

4 months ago

26 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Scoping the Impact of AI in Electoral Processes

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing in the sphere of electoral administration, still its impact has yet to be fully understood. What lessons on electoral AI from the 2024 Supercycle election year can we bring into 2025? How might Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) plan to incorporate AI into their work and what consequences would this have for democracy? In this podcast episode, Juliane Müller, Associate Programme Officer at the Digitalization and Democracy Programme sits down with Prathm...

6 months ago

33 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

La violencia política de género en la esfera digital es una batalla que recién comienza

A pesar de los avances en la representación política de las mujeres en América Latina, persisten desafíos significativos, como la violencia de género en la política. En esta conversación con Marcela Ríos Tobar, directora regional de IDEA Internacional para América Latina y El Caribe, exploramos hallazgos, repercusión y recomendaciones para hacer frente a este problema que a veces se trivializa o subestima. Según el informe y un estudio de ONU Mujeres, el 80% de las mujeres entrevistadas...

7 months ago

28 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

UN talk with Ambassador Bob Rae: Challenges, democracy, and the way forward

International IDEA's Outreach and United Nations Liaison Officer, Amanda Sourek, talked to Ambassador Bob Rae, who serves as the 80th President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council and has been the Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN since 2020. Bob Rae discussed the role of youth in politics, the deadlock in the Security Council, the crisis in Myanmar, Russia's war against Ukraine, the 2030 Agenda, how democracy is portrayed at the UN, and the role of civil societ...

7 months ago

53 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Why tackling inequality is key to protecting the planet, and democracy

Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Honorary President of the Club of Roam and co-author of Earth For All: A Survival Guide for Humanity’ has gathered the knowledge of an international team of scientists, economic thinkers, and multidisciplinary experts, to five extraordinary turnarounds to achieve wellbeing and prosperity for all, reduce social tension and ensure strong democracies within planetary boundaries. She discussed with International IDEA's Communicators Director Alistair Scrutton how to achie...

8 months ago

34 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Defending democracy, safeguarding our planet – A dual imperative and how to win it

An interview with Luisa Neubauer, a German climate campaigner who is using both the courts and civic groups to push authorities to take climate policy more seriously.Access International IDEA's databases, reports and initiatives on Climate Change and Democracy: https://www.idea.int/theme/climate-change-and-democracy

9 months ago

45 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Legitimult: Making democracy crisis-proof II

This is the second of a three-episode series featuring LEGITIMULT, its findings and tools for addressing and solving future crises. Drawing from the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic the LEGITIMULT (Legitimate Crisis Governance in Multilevel Systems) project aims to identify a model of political legitimate crisis governance that takes into account the interplay between international, national, regional and local governments and institutions.Its guiding research question “Which condi...

10 months ago

43 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Civic Assemblies as a form of public particiation in governance: An interview with Dr Sanskriti Menon

On the sidelines of the launch of IDEA’s latest report on climate assemblies in the Global South, Billie Phillips spoke to Dr Sanskriti Menon about the power of citizen assemblies as a tool of public participation in governance and her experience working with assemblies in both rural and urban communities in India. Guest: Dr Sanskriti MenonBackground Reading: “We need a new story of deliberative democracy” – IDEA launches new report on Climate AssembliesDeliberative Democracy ...

10 months ago

15 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Expert Talks on Money in Politics: Financing Democracy in the EU and the UK

In this episode, Yukihiko Hamada, Programme Manager for Money in Politics, is joined by Dr. Sam Power and Dr. Wouter Wolfs to discuss how political finance shapes the political and electoral landscape in the EU and the UK. In this in-depth conversation on the influence of money in democracy, they dive into the challenges of third-party spending, online campaign finance, and the role emerging technologies—like AI—can play in improving political finance oversight. Background Reading: https...

10 months ago

49 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Storms, Votes, and Reforms: How Climate Change Affects Elections

In this episode of Peer-to-Peer, we speak with Alice Hill and Erik Asplund to explore how extreme weather, intensified by climate change, impacts elections and disenfranchises voters. Alice and Erik share their insights on the challenges disasters pose to voting, the role of climate change in increasing the frequency and/or intensity of extreme weather events, and how natural hazards are already affecting elections around the world. They also discuss the impact of hurricanes Helene and Milton...

11 months ago

30 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Money Talks: The High Stakes of Money in Indian Politics

The influence of money in Indian politics has long been a subject of debate, with concerns over its impact on democracy, governance, and the political landscape.In this episode, Khushbu Agrawal speaks to Milan Vaishnav, exploring this nexus in India, where money is the currency of power. From the soaring costs of elections to the criminalization of politics, this episode uncovers how financial power has the potential to shape policies, politicians, and political outcomes in the world’s larges...

1 year ago

44 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

A conversation on perceptions of electoral integrity with Pippa Norris

The world-renowned elections expert, Professor Pippa Norris, talks to International IDEA's Head of Communications Alistair Scrutton, and to Dr Seema Shah, Head of International IDEA's Democracy Assessment Unit, about the importance of electoral integrity and public perceptions of the credibility of elections around the world. Read the #GlobalStateofDemocracy 2024 Report: https://www.idea.int/gsod/2024/

1 year ago

44 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Connecting democracy and climate change in Asia and the Pacific

Democracy is on trial in the climate crisis. It is charged with having failed—and with continuing to fail—to prevent dangerous climate change. It is indicted on a fundamental breach of a key obligation of legitimate government—to ensure the safety and survival of the people to whom democracies owe their allegiance.”Based on the report Climate Change and Democracy Insights from Asia and the Pacific, International IDEA's Climate Change and Democracy Adviser, David Rosén, talks to Professor Joo-...

1 year ago

34 minutes

Democracy IDEAs

Las controvertidas elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela

En esta conversación con Marcela Ríos Tobar, directora regional para América Latina de IDEA Internacional, se explican las polémicas elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela, desde las irregularidades en el proceso hasta la represión actual, así como alternativas para lograr resultados más democráticos.Invitada: Marcela Ríos Tobar, directora de IDEA Internacional para América Latina y el Caribe.Anfitriona: Yasnaya Guibert, oficial de comunicaciones de IDEA Internacional.Contenido relacionado:&n...

1 year ago

20 minutes