Herewith I would like to enquire in the opportunities for collaboration in a research project focusing on reversing democratic backsliding in CEE/Hungary.
As a PhD candidate (Corvinus University of Budapest, exp final defense September 2020), but now based in the Netherlands, my research area is the role of Eurscepticism on EU policy in the Netherlands and Hungary. My research interests such lie also in politics and policy in the EU, the Netherlands, but especially Hungary. The political developments in Hungary and Poland call for more research projects in the field.
My number one ambition would be to team up with researchers to look at politics and policy in Central Eastern Europe. One of the issues I would be particularly interested in is the broader question how democratic decline/backsliding could be reversed. I do not have the financial means to conduct such research independently.
Any suggestions welcome!
You will face fierce resistance from the goverment, so you will have to struggle for access to the relevant data. Otherwise I hope you will succeed with finishing the project. I am definitely pessimist about the future of this region.
You asked: "One of the issues I would be particularly interested in is the broader question how democratic decline/backsliding could be reversed."
As of October 2, 2022, we have a paper in submission on this topic, titled: "The detrimental effect of low political truth literacy on democratic systems." Available at: https://www.thwink.org/sustain/publications/papers/index.htm#TruthLiteracy
Abstract: "After a steady transition to more and stronger democracies, a precipitous backward slide to authoritarianism/autocracy has begun. The paper explores why this has occurred and how the backward slide can be reversed. A system dynamics model was developed to forge a path beyond existing theories of “why democracies break down.” Results indicate the main root cause is low political truth literacy. As long as this is low democracy cannot function as intended because citizens are too easily deceived into voting against their own best interests. A sample solution element for raising political truth literacy, Truth Literacy Training, was empirically tested. Study results indicate average political truth literacy is currently low and can be raised to high with a surprisingly small amount of carefully designed training, though a collection of solution elements is likely required for optimal root cause resolution."
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