Webinar on "Democracy in the Neighbourhood and EU Enlargement" with Prof. Sonja Grimm
02/11/2026Prof. Sonja Grimm appears in an online Webinar organized by the European Commission and the Western Balkan Info Hub on "Democracy in the Neighbourhood and EU Enlargement: Horizon Europe Research Insights" on 26 February 2026, 9:30-12:30.
The webinar brings together leading SSH researchers and Horizon Europe projects to discuss democracy, rule of law, disinformation, and democratic resilience across the Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership countries, and Türkiye. The event is framed as a policy-relevant briefing, offering direct access to project-level research insights. Sonja Grimm presents findings from the EMBRACE project.
- Opening Remarks by Maria Pilar Aguar Fernandez, Director of the Directorate ‘People:Health and Society’, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Panel 1 (09:30–11:00) | Western Balkans
Democracy, rule of law, disinformation, and enlargement dynamics, with Sonja Grimm, Anamarija Velinovska, Morten Bøås, and Florian Bieber
- Panel 2 (11:00–12:30) | Eastern Partnership & Türkiye
Democratic resilience, autocratization, and the future of EU enlargement, with Karina Shyrokykh, Maryna Rabinovych, Magdalena Góra, and Funda Tekin
