Event information
Date: June 1 2021
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location: Online on ZOOM - register to receive the link
Opening Remarks
Dr. Martine Lagacé, Associate Vice-President, Research, uOttawa
Dr. Norbert Eschborn, Director, KAS Canada
Her Excellency Sabine Sparwasser, German Ambassador to Canada
Moderated by: Annika Weikinnis, Project Manager, KAS Canada
Conference
Dr. Daniel Stockemer, Full Professor, University of Ottawa
Inspired by the desire to deepen bilateral relations between Canada and Germany, and the will to seek solutions to societal issues, the University of Ottawa and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) have partnered to promote social science research. On May 1, 2021, this partnership established the Konrad Adenauer Research Chair in Empirical Democracy Studies at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Social Sciences. Named after the “Father of modern Germany,” the chair will be held by Dr. Daniel Stockemer, a professor at the School of Political Studies and a former KAS scholar. It will examine some of the key challenges faced by representative democracies, including the effects of migration on political attitudes and the populist tide that has swept the world.
This launch event will showcase the first results of the chair’s work: a survey conducted in December 2020 on anti-immigration attitudes in Germany, Canada, and the USA. While all three countries place specific emphasis on skilled migration, they differ in every other respect, including their overall philosophy of citizenship. This raises the question of whether the root causes of anti-immigration sentiment are different or identical in the three countries. The event will conclude with a Q&A session.
Registration
- Attendance is free. Registration is required to obtain a ZOOM link.