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Emanuela Ceva will join the panel “Trustworthy Institutions? Critical Perspectives” and will deliver a talk entitled “What Makes Democratic Institutions Trustworthy? An Accountability-Based Framework.”

The panel will take place on Friday, 13 March 2026, from 10:45 to 12:15, at the Kultur- und Kongresshaus Aarau.

Aarau Democracy Days 2026:
How is trust created in politics, administration and media?
What happens when trust is lost?
Can democracy work without trust?
🗓 12. –13. March 2026
📍 Aarau | Kultur- und Kongresshaus
🎟 Free admission
🎤 Public evening event - without registration
📚 Scientific conference - free, with registration
👉 View the program now & register:

Emanuela Ceva, Director of the Research Center for Corruption Studies, and Project PI, has been elected to the Steering Committee of the Standing Group on (Anti-)Corruption and Integrity of the European Consortium for Political Research, together with Ina Kubbe and Ilona Wysmułek. 

What is political corruption in Donald Trump’s age?

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (LUISS Guido Carli) in conversation with Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva) and Maria Paola Ferretti (Gutenberg University of Mainz) from the Geneva Research Center for Corruption Studies

When: 2 October – 14.30 CET 

Where: Online. Please register here

Independent Expert Report for the European Commission by Emanuela Ceva.

This report presents research findings on and recommendations for addressing core points of democratic fragility in the EU. Drawing on the results of a varied portfolio of EU-funded Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects, this report discusses various forms of democratic fragility that undermine a democracy’s core commitment to accountability. Two main forms of accountability, central to the theory and practice of democracy, are analyzed and discussed.