In an article for the Austrian Kurier, Journalist Dorothee Rainer portrays the Brridge project´s contribution to democracy science. By revisiting how the idea for the project grew among UMB scholars and the civil society initiatives around Banska Bystrica, Rainer looks into how the connection between academia, civil society, and democracy can be strengthened through interdisciplinary projects. Interviewing CEU´s Felix Butzlaff as part of the project team, they discuss how the BRRIDGE consortium may contribute to motivating both ambitious research on democratic challenges as well as supporting the resilience and vitality of local, regional, national, and European democracy.

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