Event Series – Continuity and Change after Authoritarian Rule
KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Mass protests and regime dynamics: Why have revolutionary movements achieved so little over the last two decades?
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Inside the Transition: Insider Perspectives on Obstacles and Opportunities of Regime Change
From 02.02. to 03.02., 17:00-18:30
02.02.2026 – 03.02.2026
RESOWI SZ 15.21, Universitätsstraße 15 (section A, 2nd floor)
Graz School of Interdisciplinary Transnational Studies, Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, FBA
What happens when autocrats lose power?
The fall of autocratic governments usually raises high expectations of democratic transformation. Yet political ruptures often produce ambiguous political trajectories. This event series explores why democratisation remains so difficult after regime change.
02.02. – 18:30 Welcome & Keynote
Gianni Del Panta, Junior Assistant Professor in Political Science, University of Pavia: Mass protests and regime dynamics: Why have revolutionary movements achieved so little over the last two decades?
03.02. – 17:00 – 18:30 Roundtable Discussion
Inside the Transition: Insider Perspectives on Obstacles and Opportunities of Regime Change
Ghia Nodia, Minister of Education and Science of Georgia (2008)
Jovana Marović, Minister of European Affairs of Montenegro (2022)
Nikola Dimitrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia (2017-2020)
Božidar Đelić, Minister of Finance of Serbia (2001-2004)
Moderation: Claudia Laštro, Centre for Southeast European Studies
https://suedosteuropa.uni-graz.at/de/veranstaltungen/continuity-and-change-after-authoritarian-rule