ELECDEM: Training Network in Electoral Democracy

The Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) will bring together 11 expert teams from 9 European countries to provide substantive and methodological training in elections research to a cohort of early stage and experienced researchers. The research projects draw on cross-national election studies, European Election Study, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, and industry partners TNS-Opinion and Kieskompas to provide training and research opportunities.

ELECDEM proposes a comprehensive approach to the study of electoral democracy using cross-nationally comparative databases, content analysis and experiments in order to examine the impact of globalisation, technological developments in communication and institutional change on representation and accountability. The three network themes are:

Globalisation, Diversity and Elections
Institutions, Mobilisation and Preferences
Communication, Mobilisation and Preferences.

Research work packages

Partner Organisations

Summary of Workshops & Conferences

Secondment opportunities

Kick off conference presentations

Useful documentation which includes the Description of Work, Finance Regime and European Commission presentations.

18 Research Positions

List of externally run training opportunities