On 14^th April in 2010, Professor Jorgen Hermansson of Uppsala University from Sweden was invited to deliver a speech in BAI. The academic lecture was entitled as the Swedish model in theoretical perspective: the rise and decline of participatory democracy. During the lecture he introduced the development of Swedish participatory democracy and some relevant researches into it as well. And he shared questions and answers with the listeners at the end of his lecture. 

        Mr. Hermansson briefly introduced the history and socio-economic background of the development of Swedish participatory democracy and their innovated research methods in this field. He highlighted the famous Swedish civil right movement and its forms and functions with the world view compared by the most western democratic nations. He finally mentioned that in this current world the Swedish democracy is now assimilated by the prevailing trend of modern politics and is going far away from the ideal democratic condition as it was supposed to be.

        Mr. Hermansson enjoyed the lecture with teachers and graduate students of BAI and exchanged his ideas and opinions on related topics with them. The lecture was a fruitful and successful one.