Claudia Landwehr

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Next week, Alan will be back discussing ways of restoring public confidence in democracy, something we just finished talking about, with Claudia Landwehr, professor of political theory and public policy at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.

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What actually is a healthy democracy and how can we measure it? Have global levels of democracy declined? And if so, how much? How satisfied are citizens with the way democracy works? Do disillusioned citizens want less democracy or rather a different kind of democracy? And have any countries succeeded in stemming or reversing democratic backsliding? To discuss these and related questions, we have a wonderful panel of speakers.

Professor Claudia Landwehr is Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz in Germany, and she's a leading expert on democracy and on public perceptions of democracy.

Professor Jan Teorell is Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University and co-leader of the Varieties of Democracy project, which no doubt he will be speaking about in just a moment.

And Dr. Seema Shah is Head of Democracy Assessment at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, better known as International IDEA.