Dear colleagues,



You are cordially invited to the one-day research workshop/seminar titled "Researching the Varieties of Democracy through V-Dem." The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is an innovative new approach to measure democracy with worldwide coverage from 1900 to the present. This one-day event first introduces V-Dem's approach and database, then offers three research presentations using V-Dem.



When: October 20 (Sat), 2018

Where: G-Lab, East Building, Mita Campus, Keio University

https://www.keio.ac.jp/ja/maps/mita.html

Language: English

No registration required



Program

Part I V-Dem Database Workshop

10:00-12:00

Introducing the V-Dem Approach, Data and Online Tools for Analysis

Staffan Lindberg (University of Gothenburg)



Part II Research Seminars

13:30-14:40

Varieties of Democracy: Has Democracy Research Been

Misleading for 60 Years?

Staffan Lindberg (University of Gothenburg)


14:50-16:00

Authoritarian Legacies and Democratic Party Building

Allen Hicken (University of Michigan)


16:10-17:20

Political Party Institutionalization in the Asia-Pacific:

V-Dem Case Studies

Julio Teehankee (De La Salle University)


17:20-18:20 Drinks reception



Inquiries: Yuko Kasuya (ykasuya@law.keio.ac.jp <mailto:ykasuya@law.keio.ac.jp>)


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粕谷祐子

慶應義塾大学法学部 教授

108-8345 東京都港区三田2-15-45

TEL: 03-5427-1075(直通）

FAX: 03-5427-1578（代表）

E-MAIL: ykasuya@law.keio.ac.jp <mailto:ykasuya@law.keio.ac.jp>

ykasuya@a7.keio.jp <mailto:ykasuya@a7.keio.jp>

Yuko KASUYA, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Political Science,

Faculty of Law, Keio University

2-15-45, Mita, Minato,

Tokyo, 108-8345 JAPAN

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