LiDiA Events 

• Schuman Lecture 2020 - Solidarity and Unity: Charting a course for the EU in troubled times
  The ANU Centre for European Studies is delighted to present this contribution to our Schuman Lecture Series, to be delivered by Ambassador of Germany Australia, His Excellency Dr Thomas Fitschen. 

• Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Colloquium, A diplomatic perspective from Europe, 28 March 2022
  As part of the Jean Monnet Liberal Democracy in Action (LiDiA) Project, a colloquium was held in March 2021. It comprised two distinguished panels of European diplomatic representatives.

1. H.E. Dr Michael Pulch, Ambassador of the European Union
2. H.E. Mr Michał Kołodziejski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland
3. H.E. Ms Satu MattilaBudich, Ambassador of the Republic of Finland
4. H.E. Ms Kersti Eesmaa, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia

1. H.E. Mr JeanPierre Thébault, Ambassador of the French Republic
2. H.E. Ms Pernille Dahler Kardel, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark
3. H.E. Dr Thomas Fitschen, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
4. H.E. Ms Betty Bernardica Pavelich, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia

The Jean Monnet Project Leader of the LiDiA Project, Dr Rita Parker, moderated the wide-ranging discussions of both panels during colloquium which was opened by the Chancellor of the Australian National University Ms Julie Bishop. The colloquium was live-streamed to enable access to a wider audience. For more details see here. 

LiDiA Publications

• Briefing Paper: Liberal Democtracy in Action - Background Paper
• Policy Paper: The nature of, and challenges to, liberal democracy

LiDiA Activities 

• Masterclass Liberal democracies and threats to the rules-based international order, 30 March 2022

The Masterclass was organized as a second day of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Colloquium. The leader of the LiDiA Project, Dr Rita Parker, welcomed and introduced the Ambassador Designate of Ukraine, Mr Vasyl Myroshnychenko, who opened the session. The Masterclass addressed several aspects of challenges to the liberal democratic model from the perspective of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and implications for the future. Academics from a broad range of areas provided their insights into those issues. The speakers included Dr Robert Horvath (La Trobe University), A/Prof William Partlett (The University of Melbourne), Dr Stephen Fortescue (UNSW), Mr Petr Kuzmin (President of Svoboda Alliance VIC), Mr Bertil Wenger (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung), Dr Matthew Sussex (Australian Defence College), Dr Sonia Mycak (ANU), Dr Elena Govor (ANU). The Masterclass was open to students and the public.