Dear colleagues, Registration is now open for the FREE Summer School on 'Declining democratic health: Methods for diagnosis, treatment, and recovery' run by the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton (UK). Aimed at PhD students and early career researchers, the Summer School aims to equip them with a wide range of methodological tools in their democracy-related research. The Summer School is pitched at intermediate-to-advanced level, with a mix of instructor-led ‘masterclasses’ and more collaborative sessions aimed at helping participants think through dilemmas, questions and problems in their current projects. Sessions on offer cover survey approaches, ethnographic approaches, experimental approaches, and the theory and practice of participatory governance models. When: June 23 and 24, 2025 Where: Boldrewood Campus, University of Southampton The two-day course is free to attend (including refreshments and lunch for all participants). There are also a limited number of bursaries available to support travel and accommodation for those who cannot access adequate funding at their home institutions. We want to ensure a high-value experience, so space at the event is limited. Please register on or before Monday, June 2, to be considered. Register on MS Forms here<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=-XhTSvQpPk2-iWadA62p2OlR5Yl62vFOrfTU1jTutQRURFBGUzdJVTYyVU9OTFVLRTJVNklIU1I3UC4u&route=shorturl>. If you have any questions, please contact John Boswell (j.c.boswell@soton.ac.uk). All information here: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci/news/2025/04/pair-methods-summer-school-2025.page ——- Prof Annika Werner | Department of Politics and International Relations<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/faculties-schools-departments/economic-social-and-political-sciences/department-of-politics-and-international-relations> University of Southampton<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/> Website: annikawerner.com<http://annikawerner.com> Selected recent publications: 2025: Young Radicals, Moderates, and Aligned: Ideological Congruence and Incongruence in Party Youth Wings<http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.70000>. European Journal of Political Research, with D. McDonnell, S. Ammassari, N. Bolin, M. Valbruzzi, R. Heinisch, A-C Jungar, C. Wegschneider. 2024: Ideological Beasts or Effective Organisations? Do Voters’ Views of Democracy Affect Their Expectations of Political Parties?<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2023.2278709> Democratization 31(4): 741–764, with R. Heinisch<https://reinhardheinisch.com/>. 2024: Using Survey Experiments for Construct Validation: ‘Strong Leader’ Questions and Support for Authoritarian Leadership<https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QVG9K6UMAFAZCRQXWJ7H/full?target=10.1080/17457289.2024.2341127>. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, with F. Snagovsky<https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/snagovsk>.