Alexander Busch
– Ph.D. Student in Management Science, Massachussetts Institute of Technology; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairAdrian Scheibler
– Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
and
Jonathan Zait
– Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Sotiris Sideris
– Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University; Data Editor, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism
ChairNicolas Prevelakis
– Associate Senior Lecturer on Social Studies & Assistant Director of Curricular Development, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Benjamin Waldman
– Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairAdrian Scheibler
– Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
and
Jonathan Zait
– Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Vicky Fouka
– Bing Professor of Human Biology and Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
ChairVolha Charnysh
– Ford Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Local Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Ben Ansell
– Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions & Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Cathie Jo Martin
– Professor Emerita of Political Science, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairPeter A. Hall
– Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Senior Advisor, Executive Committee, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
and
Kathleen Thelen
– Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Faculty Associate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Ailish Lalor
– Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University
ChairAdrian Scheibler
– Ph.D. Student in Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
and
Jonathan Zait
– Ph.D. Student in History, Harvard University; Graduate Student Affiliate & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Jonathan Mijs
– Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Muriel Rouyer
– Professor of Political Science, Nantes Université; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Stan Veuger
– Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Moderated byColin Brown
– Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University; Local Affiliate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
ChairDavid Armitage
– Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University; Faculty Associate & Seminar Co-chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
and
Erez Manela
– Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Harvard University
Edward Luce
– U.S. National Editor and Columnist, Financial Times
Graham Allison
– Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Introduction byDaniel Ziblatt
– Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies & Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University; Unit Director, Transformations of Democracy, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
