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Academic research has tended to focus on electoral system reform. However, the electoral cycle approach to elections emphasises that elections involves many sets of laws, institutions and practices beyond electoral systems.
This conference is a collaboration between the Electoral Integrity Project and The Westminster Foundation for Democracy. Paper proposals are welcome on the following themes and questions:
What principles should underpin the electoral reform process?
What are the barriers to ensuring that the electoral reform process is democratic, inclusive, transparent and consensus oriented?
How can public trust be maintained?
What interventions can be adopted to help to ensure ‘good’ electoral reform?
Case studies of electoral reforms where the electoral process was strengthened / undermined.
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