Knowledge Transfer

Grimm, Sonja; Stolzenberger, Roman; Solander, Nea (2025): Synthesis Report: Comparative findings on EU democracy promotion. Deliverable D2.3 of the Horizon Europe funded Research Consortium “EMBRACE - EMBRACing changE - Overcoming Obstacles and Advancing Democracy in the European Neighbourhood". Coordinated by the Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH and the Julius-Maximilians-University of Wuerzburg. Accessible here.

Grimm, Sonja, Weiffen, Brigitte & Mross, Karina (2025): How democracy promoters respond to global autocratization. IDOS Policy Brief (34/2025).

Grimm, Sonja, Shyrokykh, Karina and Solander, Nea (2025). Obstacles and facilitators of EU democracy promotion. EMBRACE Policy Brief 08.

Grimm, Sonja, Shyrokykh, Karina and Solander, Nea (2025). Democracy and the effects of democracy promotion in the European neighbourhood. EMBRACE Policy Brief 09.

Grimm, Sonja; Freyburg, Tina ; Leininger, Julia; Richter, Solveig; Wolff, Jonas
(2025): USAID Facing its End? Likely Consequences for International
Democracy Promotion. EPD Wire, 6 February 2025. Accessible here.

Grimm, Sonja und EMBRACE Consortium (2023): Theory Framework Paper. Deliverable D2.2 of the Horizon Europe funded Research Consortium “EMBRACE - EMBRACing changE - Overcoming Obstacles and Advancing Democracy in the European Neighbourhood". Coordinated by the Berghof Foundation Operations gGmbH and the Julius-Maximilians-University of Wuerzburg. Accessible here.

Steinert, Janina/Grimm, Sonja (2015): From the Battlefield to Ballot Boxes: How Effective is the United Nations’ Post-War Democracy Promotion? In: Political Violence at a Glance, posted 9 December 2015.

Grimm, Sonja (2015): Conflicting Objectives, Neglected Relationships, and Authoritarian Backlash: The Crisis of EU Democracy Promotion. In: Democratic Audit UK, posted 2 September 2015.

Grimm, Sonja/Schneider, Gerald (2011): Predicting Social Tipping Points, Discussion Paper 8/2011, Bonn: German Development Institute.

Grimm, Sonja (2011): Germany’s post-1945 and post-1989 education systems. Background Report for World Development Report 2011, Washington, D.C.: World Bank.

Merkel, Wolfgang/Grimm, Sonja (2007): The Limits of the EU: Enlargement, Deepening and Democracy. Estudio/ Working Paper 76/2007, Máster en Democracia y Gobierno, Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Grimm, Sonja (2004): Verpflichten Menschenrechte zur Demokratie? Über universelle Menschenrechte, politische Teilhabe und demokratische Herausforderungen [Do Human Rights Oblige to Democracy? On Universal Human Rights, Political Participation and Democratic Challenges], Discussion Paper IV 2004-201, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB).