Democratic Engagement Today Isabele Mitozo

In view of the current Covid-19 situation and how governments around the globe have dealt with the crisis, especially the differences among countries concerning new social dynamics and the economy recovery, this episode focuses on the discussion of how trust can be an important variable for the social and political game. Furthermore, we talk to Myat The Thitsar, co-founder and the Strategic Advisor of Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF - www.emref.org), and a Ph.D. candidate in Global Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, about politics and public engagement in Myanmar.

This is a podcast on democracy, public engagement, and some other political topics. In this second episode, Isabele Mitozo and Alex Prior talk about the parliamentary work during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK and Brazil, and about the challenges that the use of digital tools by parliaments and parliamentarians present to representation. Our guest is Cristina Leston-Bandeira, professor of politics at the University of Leeds (UK).

This is a podcast on democracy, public engagement, and some other political topics. In this firt episode, Isabele Mitozo and Alex Prior talk about the political framework  during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, Brazil, Philippines, and Australia, and about civil liberties in face of the covid-19 outbreak. Our guest is professor Nicole Curato, from the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance (University of Canberra, Australia).