Center for Democracy Aarau
| Center for Democracy Aarau | |
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| founding | 2009 |
| Sponsorship | Canton of Aargau , City of Aarau, University of Zurich , University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland |
| place | Aarau , Switzerland |
| Website | http://www.zdaarau.ch |
The Center for Democracy Aarau ( ZDA ) is an academic research institute in Aarau . It deals with basic research and teaching in the field of democracy . The sponsorship consists of the University of Zurich , the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland , the City of Aarau and the Canton of Aargau . The ZDA is based in Villa Blumenhalde . It comprises the departments: General Democracy Research (ADF), Center for Research on Direct Democracy (c2d) and Center for Political Education and History Didactics (PBGD).
Location with history
The ZDA was founded in January 2009. It is housed in the Villa Blumenhalde , which was built in 1817/18 according to plans by the democracy pioneer Heinrich Zschokke . Politician, philosopher and bestselling author Zschokke played a key role in founding modern Switzerland and building up the canton of Aargau. He lived with his large family until his death in 1848 in the Villa Blumenhalde. In 1959 the local community of Aarau acquired the classicist building. In 1989/90 it became a training center for district school teachers (didactic).
Research areas
The main task of the ZDA is the scientific research into questions of democracy. The following research areas are exemplary of the range of topics:
- Votes and elections
- E-democracy
- Populism and Direct Democracy
- Implementation of popular initiatives
- Democracy in the community
- Political education
- Educational research
The ZDA also operates the Democracy Barometer, an online database on referendums, a database of Swiss elections and votes, and the Political Education platform, which offers teachers materials, information and suggestions for teaching political education.
Aarau Democracy Days
The Aarau Democracy Days, which have been held annually since 2009, represent an established vehicle for the transfer of research findings to the public. Examples of previous events:
- 150 years of direct democracy in Aargau (2019)
- Forum Direct Democracy: Hotspots in Aargau (2018)
- The role of the media in direct democracy (2017)
- (In) equality and democracy (2015)
- Democracy in the community (2014)
- Democracy and the European Union (2013)
- Democratization in the Arab region (2011)
- Financial Crisis and Democracy (2010)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ University and innovation funding. Department of Education, Culture and Sport of the Canton of Aargau, March 8, 2011, accessed on February 11, 2012 .
- ^ Samuel Hunziker: Research in Aarau. A history of the Center for Democracy . In: Argovia . tape 129 . Here and Now, Baden 2017, ISBN 978-3-03919-431-5 , p. 119 .
- ^ Hans Fahrländer: Five Years Center for Democracy. How Aarau became a university city after all . In: Aarauer Neujahrsblätter . tape 68 . Hier + Jetzt, Aarau 2013, ISBN 978-3-03919-295-3 , p. 24 .
- ↑ Biography of Heinrich Zschokke (1771-1848). Retrieved October 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Küttigerstrasse 21, Blumenhalde, 1817-1818 (Dossier (monument protection inventory)). Retrieved October 31, 2017 .