Democracy Drinks #4

Join us at Democracy Drinks, where the democracy sector comes together to share insights and get things moving. A sector across systemic and everyday democracy where experts, decision-makers, professionals and activists share the latest democracy research, studies, strategies, projects, legislation and ideas.

Speakers d. 16/11:

– Nikolaj Neven

He won best thesis in political theory 2023. It is titled “Self-organizing Democracy and the Politics of Swarming”

– Mikkeline Thomsen, Analysis & Numbers.

Mikkeline will talk about how news media, people and algorithms speak to the anger in us – and what we can do about it.

– Carolina Magdalene Maier, Head of Egmont Foundation’s signature project, SygtStærk

– Jakob Rask, Associate Professor of Economics at Roskilde University and co-author of the book ‘Kooperativ Håndbog – Iværksætteri i fællesskab’

– Jakob Falk, Evaluation and research at Dream Town

Dreamtown works to create urban spaces with young people in African cities. Urban spaces give young people a platform for political engagement. In Zimbabwe, we have found that we can use the language of art to create change. Art is not seen as political in an otherwise repressive regime, where expressing your political views can be life-threatening. But a prerequisite for young people to be able to challenge those in power and question policies is that they know their rights. Therefore, in Zimbabwe, we have focused on strengthening young people’s democratic engagement and understanding of their rights both in the civilian physical space and in the digital space. Jakob Falk from Dreamtown would like to tell you more about this.

Host: Ziga Friberg, Managing Director at We Do Democracy