The Department of Political Movements and Ethnic Research is among the oldest scientific units of the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. One of the chief research areas of the Department is the study of direct democracy and how the democratic theory and practice is being influenced by technological changes in the contemporary world. The Department has organised 21 scientific conferences and seminars on the topic of direct democracy and civic participation. Head of the Department of Political Movements and Ethnic Research and the project coordinator, professor Maria Marczewska-Rytko is one of the leading Polish experts in the field. She wrote and edited nine books on democracy, direct democracy and civic participation. Part of project participants (prof. Maria Marczewska-Rytko and dr Dorota Maj) have conducted scientific research in the project “Direct Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. Formal-Legal and Practical Aspects. Political Analysis” co-financed by the National Centre of Sciences (Poland).
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