The Future of Democracy 2024: European & US Elections
The University of Notre Dame Dublin and European Movement Ireland invite you to join in a reflection and dialogue on the recent European Parliament Election results as we prepare for the US Presidential Election this fall.
The Future of Democracy | 2024: European and US Elections event will feature a keynote address from Professor Gary Murphy (Dublin City University) followed by a panel discussion, focusing on transatlantic youth perspectives on the rising threats to global democracy and strategies for reinvigorating democracy in the United States, Europe, and Ireland.
This event is part of the 2023-24 University of Notre Dame Forum topic, a campus-wide dialogue on The Future of Democracy:
In recent years, democratic norms and institutions have come under attack in the United States and around the world. Ideological extremism has exacerbated polarization, partisan animosity, and social distrust. Large swaths of the voting public have started to doubt the integrity of electoral processes. Authoritarian countries and alternative government systems are on the rise. And in August 2022, then United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet reported that the global state of democracy is fragile.
These challenges have caught scholars and citizens off guard, and a robust discussion is needed to address strategies for reinvigorating democracy to meet the most pressing challenges of our time.
Professor Gary Murphy
Dublin City University
School of Law and Government
Professor Gary Murphy has published extensively in the politics of modern Ireland and is a leading expert in lobbying regulation and electoral competition, featuring regularly in Irish print and broadcast media as an analyst for Irish, British, European, and US elections.
Isabel Cabezas
Associate at Bully Pulpit International, Schuman Trainee in the European Parliament, Masters in PR & Corporate Comms from Georgetown University, BA in Art History from the University of Notre Dame, Fulbright Scholar Ireland.
David Giles
Youth Policy Specialist at the World Food Forum in Rome, Master's student of Human Rights & Humanitarian Action at Sciences Po Paris, Former UN Youth Delegate for Ireland, BCL in Law and Business from University College Cork.
Henry O'Riordan
President and Director of European Youth Parliament Ireland CLG, LLB Law Student at Queen's University Belfast, Youth Activist and Public Speaker, Debating Member of QUB's Literary and Scientific Society.