Local Democracy Academy 2019

In June 2019 researchers from around the world gathered for the first Local Democracy Academy organized by the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) in Umeå, Sweden. The objective of the academy was to discuss and present the latest research in the field of local democracy, explore directions for future research and foster collaborations.

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Are you interested in local democracy, international development or human rights? Are you a master´s student at a Swedish university or newly graduated?
Apply for an internship for the spring 2020 semester at our head office in Visby.

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Zapata Campos, Barinaga, Kain, Oloko & Zapata (2019) Organising grassroots initiatives for a more inclusive governance: constructing the city from below

Faye, Ribot & Turner (2019) Climate change is not the cause, migration is not the problem: Local representation and precarious young farmers leaving Senegal

Ewald & Mhamba (2019) Recentralisation? Interrogating the state of local democracy, good governance and development in Tanzania

Barinaga, Oloko, Ruddick & Zapata Campos (2019) - Community Currencies as means of Local Economic Empowerment

Vargas & Valencia (2019) Beyond state regulation of informality: understanding access to public space by street vendors in Bogotá