The launch of the 2nd edition of the Portuguese version of the Varieties of Democracy Report 2025 – 25 Years of Autocratization – Democracy Trumped? will take place on October 30 at 6 p.m. in Auditorium B1.04 (Building 2, Iscte).
The event analyses the global state of democracy, with a focus on Portuguese-speaking countries. For the first time, the report includes a variety of original articles on recent political developments in several Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Angola, Brazil and East Timor.
The Portuguese report is available here.
Programme:
• Introduction: Professor Ana Mónica Fonseca, Director of CEI-Iscte
• Conference: ‘Democratisation and Autocratisation in the Portuguese-speaking World: Recent Developments’, by Professor Tiago Fernandes, Director of the V-Dem Regional Centre for Southern Europe and researcher at CEI-Iscte
• Commentary and Debate: Professor Helena Carreiras (Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Pioneer Aliance, Iscte) and Professor Pedro Adão e Silva (Director of IPPS, Iscte)
