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POPULISM EUROPE
POPULISM in CENTRAL and EASTERN EUROPE

Democracy and Populism: marriage made in heaven or recipe for disaster?

08-09 December 2022, Warsaw

Report (in Polish)

The POPREBEL in cooperation with Fundacja Batorego and Collegium Civitas organized the conference Democracy and Populism: marriage made in heaven or recipe for disaster? in Warsaw (Pałac Kultury i Nauki – 12th floor, aula A Collegium Civitas) on 08 and 09 December 2022.

Programme

WELCOME: Jan Kubik (POPREBEL project leader, University College London and Rutgers University) and Jarkko Siren, the European Commission.

Session 1. Genealogy – interpretations of the sources of right-wing populism

  • István Benczes (Corvinus University in Budapest)
  • Michał Sutowski (Krytyka Polityczna)
  • Katarzyna Sztop-Rutkowska (SocLab Social Research and Action Laboratory Foundation, Institute of Sociology of the University of Bialystok)
  • András Tétényi (Corvinus University in Budapest)
  • Paweł Wodziński (formerly Biennale Warszawa)
  • Maja Vasiljević (University of Belgrade)

Commentators: Paweł Marczewski , PhD (Batory Foundation’s Ideas Forum), Justyna Orchowska (EUROREG University of Warsaw, The City is Ours), Michał Syska (F. Lassalle Center for Social Thought), Piotr Czarnowski (Jagiellonian Club)

Led by: Agnieszka Sadecka (Jagiellonian University)

Session 2. Consequences – right-wing populism in power

  • István Benczes (Corvinus University in Budapest)
  • Krzysztof Izdebski (Batory Foundation Ideas forum, Open Spending EU Coalition)prof. Isidora Jarić (University of Belgrade)
  • István Kollai (Corvinus University in Budapest)
  • Elżbieta Korolczuk (Södertörn University in Stockholm)
  • Dariusz Standerski (Kalecki Foundation, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw)

Commentators: Marzena Cypryańska-Nezlek (SWPS University), Grzegorz Laszuk (Komuna Warszawa), Danuta Przywara (Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights), Aleksy Wójtowicz (Anti-Fascist Year, SZUM Magazine)

Led by: Joanna Orzechowska-Wacławska (Jagiellonian University)

Session 3. How to counteract populism?

  • Haris Dajč (University of Belgrade)
  • Robert Hojda (Congress of Civic Democratic Movements)
  • Jiří Kocián (Charles University in Prague)
  • Mirosława Makuchowska (Campaign Against Homophobia)
  • Richard Mole (University College London)
  • Joanna Wowrzeczka (Political Critique Club in Cieszyn, Institute of Fine Arts of the University of Silesia)

Commentators: Liliana Kalinowska (Ukrainian House in Przemyśl), Zuzanna Karcz (educational activist), Jakub Karyś (KOD), Bart Staszewski (Basta Foundation)

Led by: Natasza Styczyńska (Jagiellonian University)

Session 4: Workshops – future scenarios

Moderation: Vello Pettai (University of Tartu) and his team

The participants will be divided into three groups to discuss one of the three scenarios. Within each scenario, participants will be encouraged to think about specific political roles or perspectives.

Session 5: What have we learned? What to do? Conclusions from the conference

13.00-15.00

  • Edwin Bendyk (Stefan Batory Foundation),
  • Magdalena Halina Góralska (Kozminski University)
  • Jan Kubik (University College London, Rutgers University)
  • Jacek Zakowski (Collegium Civitas)

Led by: Krzysztof Kowalski, PhD (Jagiellonian University)

Commentators: Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer (Kozminski University, London School of Economics and Political Science), Piotr Cykowski (Action Democracy), Magdalena Jakubowska (Visegrad Insight, Res Publica), Jadwiga Klata (Climate Solidarity Movement), Dominik Kuc (Free School, GrowSpace Poland), Maia Mazurkiewicz (Alliance for Europe, Front European), Agata Szczęśniak (OKO.press), Jana Szostak (Polish-Belarusian activist)