DemoTrans: The Interchange between Democratic Institutions and the Globalisation of the Economy
DemoTrans is an impact-driven research project that will provide theoretically and empirically robust recommendations on how to reinvigorate democratic governance by improving the accountability, transparency, effectiveness and trustworthiness of rule-of-law based institutions and policies.
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Following World War II, globalisation and market liberalisation triggered a period of unprecedented growth. Recently, these trends appear to reverse, whereby globalisation and corporations started to pose challenges for liberal democracy, social cohesion and environmental sustainability. The EU-funded DemoTrans project will provide theoretically and empirically robust recommendations on how to reinvigorate democratic governance by improving the accountability, transparency, effectiveness and trustworthiness of rule-of-law based institutions and policies. Moreover, it will provide robust recommendations on strengthening democratic governance through the expansion of active and inclusive citizenship empowered by the safeguarding of fundamental rights, thus showing pathways to a secure, open and democratic European society.
The DemoTrans project started on 1st September 2022, and ends 31st August 2026. The DemoTrans consortium integrates key scholars and experts from KU Leuven (Belgium), Utrecht University (The Netherlands), Charles University (Prague), University of Bergen (Norway) and the Tax Justice Network.
DemoTrans has asked questions in the Panel of Public Administrators.