October 6-8, 2021

Vilnius (Lithuania)

Deadline: May 3, 2021

26 years of Lukashenko’s rule, hundreds of thousands of protesters, and the regime’s extremely brutal response have prompted researchers and practitioners to look back into the factors of regime stability, public mobilisation, and the effects of external pressures on and incentives for regime transformation in post-Soviet countries. Though the end result of current events in Belarus remains unclear, there is an agreement among scholars that it would be almost impossible to come back to ‘business as usual’ in relations between the authorities and Belarusian society as well as between Belarus and its external partners, especially Russia. Seeking to enhance research and academic discussion on political developments in the country, we invite scholars and researchers to submit paper proposals for the Conference on political developments after the 2020 Presidential elections in Belarus. The deadline for the paper submission is the 3rd of May.

More information on the event is provided here.