In the course of the discussions, the speakers will strive to find answers to the following questions:

• What are the roots and latest developments within the populist and nationalist movements in the EU?
• How are recent developments within populist movements in CEE area associated with the broader situation in the EU? Can any common features be observed?
• Are common European values really in danger? Or is that a temporary state of the art?
• Which role do external influences (non-EU states, Russia, the US, etc.) and tensions play in the spread of populism and far-right nationalism today?
• What specific solutions can civil society actors offer? What kind of support do they need?

Panel Debate 1: The Rise of Populism as an Answer to the Socioeconomic Crisis

Speakers:

• Tomáš Jungwirth, Research Fellow at the AMO Research Centre, Czech Republic
• Dr Barbara Tóth, Journalist at the FALTER Magazine, Austria
• Dr Joanna Tyrowicz, Adjunct Professor at the University of Warsaw, Economic Adviser at the National Bank of Poland, Poland
• Jacek Żakowski, Journalist at the Polityka Weekly and Columnist at Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland

Moderation:

• Dr Jacek Kucharczyk, President of the Board, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland

Panel Debate 2: The Rise of Populism as a Result of the Sociocultural Backlash and Related Political Processes

Speakers:

• Bulcsú Hunyadi, Political Scientist at the Political Capital Institute, Hungary
• Dr Marcel Lewandowsky, Scientific Researcher at the Helmut Schmidt University of Hamburg, Germany
• Dr Anna Materska-Sosnowska, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Political Sciences of the University of Warsaw, Poland
• Anton Shekhovtsov, Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, Austria

Moderation:

• Anna Dryjańska, Columnist at Natemat.pl and Wysokie Obcasy, Poland

Date and time

Thursday, September 29, 2016

11:00-15:00

Location

Nowy Teatr Warsaw

Madalińskiego 10/16

Warsaw

Poland

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Organizer

Institute of Public Affairs

In cooperation with

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Polsko and EU-Russia Civil Society Forum

WORKING LANGUAGES

English