Public Lecture – Centre for British Studies – June 2026
On June 1, 2026, Dr. Mariua Guderjan from the Centre for British Studies delivered a lecture in Berlin at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Her presentation focused on “The Political Legitimacy of the UK’s Socio-Economic Crisis Management During Covid-19.”
LEGITIMULT Newsletter – January 2026
Welcome to our first LEGITIMULT newsletter, we hope you will like it as much as we do!
LEGITIMULT Final Conference, 3-4 September 2025
The LEGITIMULT Final Conference took place in Brussels on 3–4 September 2025. This event marked the culmination of the project.
ECPR General Conference 2025
“How Intergovernmental Interactions Can Shape Citizens’ Political Trust in Times of Crisis: Results from a Survey in Six Countries” was the presentation delivered by Jakob Frateur and his team at the ECPR 2025 General Conference, held at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
International IDEA Podcast – episode 3
Join us for an in-depth discussion on how policy-making and multilevel governance adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LEGITIMULT Practitioners Webinar Series
The Institute of Federalism, EURAC and the Forum of Federation organised a LEGITIMULT Practioners Webinar Series to bring research into practice.
Media Workshops
Four of our partners (Eurac in Bolzano, the University of Antwerp, IES in Slovenia, and International Idea in Sweden) organized workshops aimed at journalists and institutional communication experts. Media and communication professionals play a pivotal role as channels of information and discussion within the triangle of science, policy, and the broader public.The primary objective of these workshops was to share insights from the LEGITIMULT project, which is now concluding its final official year. Furthermore, we aimed to strengthen the role of media in the governance of a crisis in a legitimate way. Participants also had the opportunity to collaboratively reflect on the relevance of the project’s findings for the media, and more importantly, on the critical role of information during times of crisis—a cornerstone for legitimate governance.The media workshops took place between April and May 202 in Italia, Bolzano; Belgium, Huldenberg; Sweden, Stockholm and Slovenia, Ljubljana. The insights from the media workshop will contribute to LEGITIMULT’s research, which seeks to develop a model for legitimate crisis governance.
IPSA World Congress – Seoul 2025
The team made has again made a notable presence at IPSA Seoul, with Marius Guderjan Soeren Keil, Edina Szöcsik and Elisabeth Alber.
Divided Societies XXV and XXVI
Mitja Žagar from LEGITIMULT has presented “Is a New Social Contract possible? Polarisation vs.Open Inclusive Public Dialogue” in the interdisciplinary postgraduate programme “Divided Societies XXV: Polarisation and the Politics of Division” held at the Inter‑University Centre in Dubrovnik from 6 to 12 May 2024.
The University of Antwerp hosts third citizens’ jury
On 29 March 2025, the University of Antwerp convened a new jury in the Belgian town of Huldenberg, gathering local residents to discuss a critical issue: citizens’ trust in government during times of crisis.
The participants engaged in in-depth deliberations, drawing on research findings from the LEGITIMULT project. Their discussions focused on how trust is built, maintained, or challenged when governments at different levels — local, regional, national, and EU — respond to emergencies.
While participants expressed a strong level of trust in national authorities during crises, they also agreed that local governments must play a more active role in decision-making processes. The jury formulated several recommendations for strengthening crisis governance, emphasizing the importance of including local perspectives to enhance legitimacy and public trust.
This event marked another milestone in LEGITIMULT’s broader effort to examine how citizen participation and democratic innovation can improve the fairness, transparency, and effectiveness of crisis response across Europe.
