Wednesday (25th August)
11.50-12.00 Online connection with Fellows
12.00-12.15 Welcome by KAS PDA Director, OSCE Academy Director and UoN-Malaysia Head of School
12.15-12.40 Welcome by the Summer School co-directors
12.40-13.00 Virtual tour de table
13.00 -14.30 Keynote speech on “Global Democratic Recession” by Prof. Larry Diamond
14.30-15.00 Virtual warming up of fellows
Wednesday (1st September)
Topic: “Democracy Backsliding and Populism”
Speakers: Prof. William Case (University of Nottingham-Malaysia) and Chua Yee Ling (Malaysian People’s Justice Party)
Guest Expert: Dr. Alexander Wolters (OSCE Academy)
14:00-15:30 Debate and discussion with the guest speakers
15.30-15.45 Break
15:45-16:45 “Opposing Populism in Power: Anti-Populist Coups in Third Wave Democracies” (Cleve V. Arguelles)
16:45-16:50 Break
16:50-17:50 “An Analysis of Effects of Voting Behavior on the Rise of Populist Communication” (Uuganbayar Tumurkhuu)
17:50-18:00 Wrap up and next session preparation
Thursday (2nd September)
Topic: “Elections and Election Campaigning”
Speakers: Dr. Christian Shafferer (Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan), Malou Tiquia (PUBLiCUS Asia) and Loh Ker Chean (Malaysian People’s Justice Party, Women’s Wing Communicator Director)
Guest Expert: Dr. Don S Lee (University of Nottingham)
14:00-15:30 Debate and discussion with the guest speakers
15.30-15.45 Break
15:45-16:45 “Midterm Elections and Populist Electoral Campaigning in the Philippines” (Arjan Aguirre)
16:45-16:50 Break
16:50-17:50 “Overview of the Caste System Among the Southern Muslims of Sri Lanka” (Mohamed Faslan)
17:50-18:00 Wrap up and next session preparation
Friday (3rd September)
Topic: “Party Funding and Corruption”
Speakers: Dr. Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham) and Dr. Yukihiko Hamada (International IDEA)
Guest Expert: Dr. Erik Mobrand (Seoul National University)
14:00-15:30 Debate and discussion with the guest speakers
15.30-15.45 Break
15:45-16:45 “Party Regulations in the Authoritarian Regime of Kazakhstan” (Dimash Alzhanov)
16:45-16:50 Break
16:50-17:50 “Election System Design and Political Party Conflict in Indonesia Post Reform Era” (Dahliah Dahliah)
17:50-18:00 Wrap up and next session preparation
Saturday (4th September)
15:00-15:45 Special Session (voluntary): “How to Get Published?” with Dr. Fernando Casal Bértoa (co-editor of the Routledge Book Series on “Political Parties, Party Systems and Elections”) and Dr. La Toya Waha (Analytics and Consultation)
15.45-16.45 One-to-one (voluntary) meetings with Dr. Fernando Casal Bértoa (University of Nottingham) and Rey Padit (KAS PDA)
Sunday (5th September)
Free day
Monday (6th September)
Topic: “Political Parties and Representation – Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities”
Speakers: Dr. Bridget Welsh (University of Nottingham-Malaysia) and Hon. Elvina Sousa Carvalho (MP Timor Leste) (TBC)
Guest Expert: Dr. Carole Spary (University of Nottingham)
14:00-15:30 Debate and discussion with the guest speakers
15.30-15.45 Break
15:45-16:45 “Women’s Rights and Democratization in South Asia” (Aashiyana Adhikari)
16:45-16:50 Break
16:50-17:50 “State feminism in Socialist Vietnam and China” (Trang Hong Vu)
17:50-18:00 Wrap up and next session preparation
Tuesday (7th September)
Topic: “Political Parties, Social Movements and New Technologies”
Speakers: Prof. Julio Teehankee (De La Salle University, Philippines) and Neha Joshi (Indian Bharatiya Janata Party, Media and Youth Wing National Head)
Guest Expert: Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
14:00-15:30 Debate and discussion with the guest speakers
15.30-15.45 Break
15:45-16:45 “Tajik Political Parties’ Role in Building Political Pluralism in the Country” (Khurshed Rakhimov)
16:45-16:50 Break
16:50-17:50 “Accommodating Party Members in Local Government Institutions” (Krishna Kumar Saha)
17:50-18:00 Wrap up and next session preparation
Wednesday (8th September)
Topic: “Political Party (System) Institutionalization”
Speakers: Prof. Allen Hicken (University of Michigan) and Ledia Hanifa Amaliah (Indonesia MP)
Guest Expert: Dr. Emil Juraev (Soros Foundation-Kyrgysztan)
19:15-20:30 Debate and discussion with the guest speakers
20.30-20.45 Break
20:45-21:45 “How Pakistan Parties Institutionalized from the Bottom Up?” (Tricia Yeoh)
21:45-21:50 Break
21:50-22:50 “Political Representation and impact of Social welfare policy in Non- quota constituencies” (Biswajit Hazam)
22:50-23:00 Wrap up and next session preparation
Thursday (9th September)
Topic: “Democracy Promotion: Pros and Cons”
Speakers: Dr. Bann Seng Tan (Ashoka University, India) and Christian Echle (Director, Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)
Guest Expert: Dr Maiko Ichihara (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
14:00-15:30 Debate and discussion with the guest speakers
15.30-15.45 Break
15:45-16:45 “Democratic Backsliding in India?” (Naheed Shabbir)
16:45-16:50 Break
16:50-17:50 “Is There a Future for Parliamentary in Kyrgyzstan?” (Alina Murzaeva)
17:50-18:30 Wrap up and farewell to participants