Autumn 2016

21 September

Nenad Stojanović (Universität Luzern)

Electoral discrimination: a puzzle in democratic theory.

12 October

Kevin Mulligan (Université de Genève)

The essence of conservatism. 

26 October

Phil Parvin (Loughborough University, UK)

Democracy without participation: a new politics for a disengaged era.

2 November

Rebekka Hufendiek (Universität Basel)

Naturalism, critical theory and the essentialist fallacy.

16 November

Esma Baycan (Université de Genève)

Social cohesion and open borders: a zero-sum game.

23 November

Adam Swift (University of Warwick, UK)

Dethroning democratic legitimacy.

7 December

Michael Raber (Universität Zurich)

Knowing democracy - a pragmatist account of the epistemic dimension in democratic politics.