The line-up for this year’s Tom Johnson Summer School, taking place 1-3 July in Kilkenny, has been announced.

This year’s Summer School will see four panel discussions take place, as well as addresses to the Summer School by Party President Michael D. Higgins, Tánaiste and Party Leader Eamon Gilmore, and Labour TDs Ann Phelan and Ciara Conway.

We’ll be profiling individual speakers in more detail over the next couple of weeks. Here is the line-up of panels for this year’s Summer School:

Moving from Boston to Berlin: creating a fairer economy and society

The fourth wave of democratisation? What next for the Middle East and North Africa

Government: Challenges and Opportunities

Reform