Lecture I

We are pleased to announce the first Public Lecture Series with Dr. Marcus Brand on Current Federal Democracy Charter: What Everyone Needs to Know.

Dr. Marcus is an expert on democratic governance, constitutional and rule of law reform. He currently serves as the Head of Mission (Country Director) at the International IDEA.

He has significant experience working on democratic governance, constitutional and rule of
law reform in Myanmar. Brand has worked with various organizations to design and implement their governance programming from 2011 to 2015.

He has more than 20 years of experience working with the United Nations, the OSCE, the EU and other entities, and has lived and worked in Thailand, Nepal, Poland, Sweden, Kosovo, the United States, and Ukraine, where Brand led UNDP’s work on democratic reform for five years prior to his assignment with IDEA.

Brand has a doctoral degree in international and constitutional law and has authored and published a number of articles and studies on constitutional change, international conflict and sustainable development.