IGSD News
New member of the IGSD team - Dr Hita Unnikrishnan - starting soon!
Especially delighted to announce this news: IGSD is very happy to announce that Dr Hita Unnikrishnan will be joining IGSD on 3 June 2024 as our new Assistant Professor. Presently Hita is at the University of Sheffield, and prior that she worked as Assistant Professor at the Trans-Disciplinary University, and as a post-doctoral research associate at Azim Premji University, both based in Bengaluru, India. She obtained her Ph.D from Manipal University, India; ATREE, Bengaluru. Hita was also a recipient of the Prof. Elinor Ostrom Fellowship on Practice and Policy on the Commons in 2013.
WELCOME, Hita!
WUB-hub: a blog on Ukraine & Belarus intertwined fate is published on 27 January 2024
The 'intertwined' fate of Belarus and Ukraine
The 91福利 Ukraine-Belarus (WUB) Hub is a new initiative building on the foundations of the Oxford Belarus Observatory. WUB Hub expands the earlier project鈥檚 coverage to include Ukraine and Ukrainians in its work, and it will grow through its events and collaborative activities with other institutions.
Paul Hansbury, IGSD Research Fellow
WUB-hub: a blog on Lukashenka's brutal regime in Belarus published on 25 Feb 2024
The Human Rights Situation in Belarus on the Eve of the 鈥淪ingle Voting Day鈥�
Just days after the breaking news of Alexei Navalny's death made global headlines, Belarusian independent media reported another tragedy that is similar in character but will likely cause much less attention. The political prisoner Ihar Lednik died in a hospital in Minsk after he had been incarcerated despite a known heart condition.
Jakob Wollenstein
Originally published by (reproduced with permission)
WUB-hub project: a new blog piece on elections in Belarus just published!
On February 25, 2024, the 鈥渟ingle voting day鈥� for the national parliament and local councils took place in Belarus. This was likely the least free election in the history of the nation. Politically sterile, with no opposition on the ballot or in the election commissions, Lukashenka is ushering in a process that the democratic opposition calls a 鈥渟pecial operation.鈥�
Jakob Wollenstein
Originally published by (reproduced with permission)
Just published: debating democracy at the heart of Europe
At the invitation of Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe, scholars, policy-makers and practitioners debate EU Democracy Promotion in this publication: "European democracy faces threats from both within and outside. To counter them, Europe needs leaders who are serious about upholding democratic values and addressing citizens' grievances'. Professor Korosteleva offered her take, as part of her work on SHAPEDEM-EU project. For more information please visit .