Publication
Observatorium 88 – Zivilgesellschaft und Sicherheitsstrategie – Ein Problemaufriß
Observatorium 88 I November 2025 | Zivilgesellschaft und Sicherheitsstrategie – Ein Problemaufriß von Rupert Graf Strachwitz Zusammenfassung Politik und …
Observatorium 87 – Between Repression and Resilience: The Civil Society Struggle in Turkey
Observatorium 85 | November 2025 | An essay by Stefan Wallner on the necessity of abandoning cherished habits and choosing effectiveness in times of
Observatorium 86 – Civil Society in Slovakia 2024-2025: Resisting an Authoritarian Turn
Observatorium 85 | November 2025 | An essay by Stefan Wallner on the necessity of abandoning cherished habits and choosing effectiveness in times of
Israel’s democratic civil society in times of war and democratic backsliding
Observatorium 84 I October 2025 | by Maja Sojref Since the massacres of 7 October 2023 in Southern Israel, the country’s democratic civil society has …
The Anti-NGO Narrative: The attempt to delegitimise civil society
Civil society organisations (CSOs) are increasingly facing allegations and delegitimising attributions. The new publication The Anti-NGO Narrative by Dr. Siri …
Policy Paper: Agitating Against the State with Taxpayers’ Money?
Observatorium 83 | June 2025 | Rupert Graf Strachwitz sheds light on the accusations against civil society organisations and their
Protest and Support – The Dual role of Israel’s Civil Society in 2023
Opusculum 191 | 28.05.2024 | The paper takes a look at various organisations that were active in the protests to preserve democracy and examines their …
Rotary in Ukraine – Findings of an Accompanying Research Project
Opusculum 190 | 21.05.2024 | The surveys show that a large number of Rotary clubs operated independently of centrally collected funds and carried out many …
Civil Society is Here to Stay! A Report on the Shrinking Civic Space Project (2019-2023)
Opusculum 186 | 01.03.2024 | New report on the research and policy project conducted by the Maecenata Institute from 2019 to
Observatorium 69 – Report on the ECSO-Symposium: The Civic Space in Europe – Shrinking, Growing, Enhancing?
Observatorium 69 I 22.08.2023 I Florian Faltenbacher, Flavia Gerner I Report on the ECSO-Symposium: The Civic Space in Europe – Shrinking, Growing,
