Panel 1: 14.00 – 15.45
Chair: Dr. Nic Cheeseman, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford
1. Changing discourses on democracy
Professor Kjetil Tronvoll, International Law and Policy Institute, Oslo
2. The Ethiopian politics machine: a view from below
Marco di Nunzio, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford
3. The ‘democratic developmental state’: a product of 2005?
Dr. Lovise Aalen, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen
4. EPRDF’s Ethiopia: changes and continuities
Professor Christopher Clapham, Centre for African Studies, University of Cambridge
15.45 – 16.00 Coffee Break
Panel 2: 16.00 – 17.30
Chair: Jason Mosley, Africa Programme, Chatham House
1. Media and politics after 2005
Dr. Nicole Stremlau, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), University of Oxford
2. A Miscarriage of the paradigm shift: churches and the Ethiopian ‘Election 2005’
Merid Desta, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, University of Oxford
3. New media: building or challenging the state?
Dr. Iginio Gagliardone, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), University of Oxford