Review of the 2025 Year of Elections: Global Launch Event

Join International IDEA and the Electoral Integrity Project for the global online launch of the ‘Review of the 2025 Year of Elections’. Hosted by International IDEA and co-sponsored by the Electoral Integrity Project, this webinar brings together experts to explore global trends in election quality, discuss emerging challenges to electoral integrity, and highlight innovations and good practices from around the world.

To be published on 13 October, the report examines the key challenges and innovations that shaped elections in 2025. Produced jointly by International IDEA and the Electoral Integrity Project, it draws on global comparative analysis, expert discussion and reflection to offer practitioners, researchers and the wider public evidence-based insights to inform future policy, practice and research.

Chairs:

Erik Asplund (International IDEA)

Toby S. James (Electoral Integrity Project)

Holly Ann Garnett (Electoral Integrity Project)

Speakers:

Khusbu Agrawal (International IDEA) - Campaign finance in elections

Vasil Vashchanka (Radboud University) - Electoral malpractice

Tim Murithi (Institute for Justice and Reconciliation) - Election-related violence

Julia Thalin (International IDEA) - Gender-based violence

Bianca Canevari (International IDEA) - The information environment around elections

Sonali Campion (University of East Anglia) - Electoral management hurdles and malfunctions

Commentators:

Carla Luis (University of Coimbra)

Jennifer Morrell (The Elections Group)

Sarah Johnson (The Carter Center)

Please note the time zones:

06.00–08.00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

08.00–10.00 Central Daylight Time (CDT)

08.00–10.00 Eastern Standard Time (EST)

09.00–11.00 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

14.00–16.00 British Summer Time (BST)

15.00–17.00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)

REGISTER to participate online here.