Activating European Citizens’ Trust in Times of Crisis and Polarization Towards a New Era of Representative Democracy

Dr. Michael Kaeding is the Jean Monnet Professor for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Institute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany). He is also Director of Studies at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies, part of the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium), a Visiting Fellow of the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht (the Netherlands), and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia).

Dr. Daniela Braun is a Professor of Political Science with a focus on European Integration and International Relations at Saarland University in Saarbrücken (Germany). 

Dr. Kristina Weissenbach is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science, and Research Coordinator at the NRW School of Governance, at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany). She is also an Affiliate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington in Seattle (USA).

Dr. Zoe Lefkofridi is a Professor for Politics & Gender, Diversity & Equality at the Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg (Austria). 

Dr. Alex Hartland is a postdoctoral researcher with a focus on European Integration and International Relations at the Department of Political Science, Saarland University in Saarbrücken (Germany).