PIREDEU - Final User Community Conference

The Final User Conference of the PIREDEU Design Study will take place in Brussels on 18 and 19 November 2010.

The conference will evaluate the PIREDEU pilot study and its added value for the European social science community and other stakeholders. Experts from the PIREDEU community will be invited to employ the data collected in the pilot studies and to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed infrastructure for audiing the functioning of democracy in the EU. The conference will also include ‘proof of concept’ validation sessions for the planned infrastructure viewing software. The conference will be an important input into the PIREDEU feasibility study in view of the establishment of a permanent infrastructure for European research on elections.

The conference will be held in parallel with the annual dissemination conference of the European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO). EUDO is an independent and interdisciplinary academic organisation whose goal is to produce a permanent and periodic assessment of democratic practices within the EU. It is a forum where ideas and good practices can be exchanged, and a resource for policy-makers, academics and EU citizens. EUDO is a fully-integrated part of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) and was launched in 2006.

The combination of the two events will allow bringing together experts from the PIREDEU community as well representatives of each of the EUDO Observatories and other experts, policy-makers, civil-society representatives and media exponents in the field of European democracy and the quality of electoral democracy in Europe.

A call for papers for the PIREDEU Final User Conference (deadline expired on 24 May 2010) resulted in more than 40 submitted paper proposals. The PIREDEU conference team will evaluate the proposed papers, programme decisions will be announced by the end of June 2010.

Registration for the conference will open in June 2010.

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				Final User Community Conference, 18-19 November 2010 The Final User Conference of the PIREDEU Design Study will take place in Brussels on 18 and 19 November 2010. The conference will evaluate the PIREDEU pilot study and its added value for the European social science community and other stakeholders. Experts from the PIREDEU community will be invited to employ the data collected in the pilot studies and to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed infrastructure for audiing the functioning of democracy in the EU. The conference will also include ‘proof of concept’ validation sessions for the planned infrastructure viewing software. The conference will be an important input into the PIREDEU feasibility study in view of the establishment of a permanent infrastructure for European research on elections. The conference will be held in parallel with the annual dissemination conference of the European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO). EUDO is an independent and interdisciplinary academic organisation whose goal is to produce a permanent and periodic assessment of democratic practices within the EU. It is a forum where ideas and good practices can be exchanged, and a resource for policy-makers, academics and EU citizens. EUDO is a fully-integrated part of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) and was launched in 2006. The combination of the two events will allow bringing together experts from the PIREDEU community as well representatives of each of the EUDO Observatories and other experts, policy-makers, civil-society representatives and media exponents in the field of European democracy and the quality of electoral democracy in Europe. A call for papers for the PIREDEU Final User Conference (deadline expired on 24 May 2010) resulted in more than 40 submitted paper proposals. The PIREDEU conference team will evaluate the proposed papers, programme decisions will be announced by the end of June 2010. Registration for the conference will open in June 2010. Related Documents: Draft programme (as of 7 July 2010) [ pdf - 88KB] Call for Papers [ pdf - 63KB - deadline expired]