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Dr. Esma Baycan Herzog

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I am a Lecturer in Political Theory in the Dept. of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Geneva, and an associated researcher in the Swiss consortium of research on migration and mobility studies NCCR—On the Move. I am working at the University of Geneva since 2014, with a few brief interruptions, as a holder of Ph.D and postdoctoral scholarships in the framework of the NCCR-On the Move funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). In 2019, I earned my joint Ph.D in philosophy (KU Leuven) and political science (University of Geneva). I also hold degrees in international relations (BA Hons., Université Galatasaray and MA Université Libre de Bruxelles); and philosophy (MA, KU Leuven). I completed my MA in international relations as a Jean-Monnet Fellow (EU,2009), and in philosophy as a Research Council Fellow (KU Leuven, 2011).

 

As a trained political theorist, analytical philosopher, migration and international relations scholar, my research interests lie in contemporary normative political philosophy of migration, theories of justice and citizenship in digital societies, as well as international political theory. Having an eclectic background in philosophy and political science encouraged me to develop an interest in political theory methodology both as a theme apart, as well as a means to enhance reflexivity of my other research interests. Lately, I orient my research on political theory of migration around state system legitimacy, methodological nationalism, differentiated rights and their articulation in digital societies.

 

Much of my research has a practice-based focus, where normative analysis is tightly connected to the empirical realities, policies, practices and experiences. My current and future editorial experience includes special issues in journals such as Ethnicities (with François Boucher and Sophie Guérard de Latour), and Ethics and Global Politics (with Annamari Vitikainen and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen). My extant and future publications found their home at venues in journals such as Ethnicities, Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, Ethical Perspectives, as well as contributions to edited volumes published by Brill, Nomos and ECPR Press. Being among the founding members of the ECPR Standing Group Methods of Normative Political Theory, I convened “The Future of Methods in Political Theory” as a first joint section endorsed by this standing group (with Jonathan Leader Maynard, 2023) and am convening “Methods of Normative Political Theory Section” at the ECPR General Conference (with Simon Stevens, 2024).

 

My scholarship is inspired by short academic visits abroad. So far, I have been a visiting scholar at the Universities of Aarhus and Arctic University of Norway. In spring of 2024, I will be visiting Chaire Hoover (Université Catholique de Louvain) as a holder of a Hoover Honorary Fellowship to work on digital nomad migration policies. I am active in academic self-governance and seek to contribute creating a culture of equal relationships and seek to enhance the position of young scholars in academe. Currently, I am a representative of the young scholars in the Dept. of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Geneva.

 

Curriculum vitae

 

Domaines de recherche

Political Theory: Normative, Democratic and Critical Theories.

  

Intérêts

Ethics and Politics of Migration; Social Cohesion; Political Theory Methodology; Liberal/Sub-State  Nationalism; Liberal Multiculturalism; Legitimacy of International Institutions; Welfare State Policies; Social Justice, Ethics of Digital Societies; and Global Justice.

 Enseignements

Lead Instructor:

  • "Seminar of Specialization in Political Theory (3 ECTS – BA)" taught on different themes on ethics of migration and multicultural citizenship (Spring 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2024).

  • "Rethinking Justice beyond the State Borders (6 ECTS – MA)" teaching fall semesters (2023).

Assisting-Instructor

  • Assisted Matteo Gianni, during the Fall Semester 2016, for the class “Ethical Challenges and Public Policies (6 ETCS- Master Level)”, by teaching three lectures and organized a debate using in inverted classroom technique ‘fish-bowl’.
  

Projets

Collaborative Projects:

2019-2023    --      Perimeters of Multilayered Democratic Citizenship in a Mobile and Multicultural World, embedded in the NCCR-On the Move Consortium, Second Phase .

2014- 2018            Citizenship and Immigration: An Empirical and Normative Analysis of Swiss Philosophy of Integration, embedded in the NCCR-On the Move Consortium, First Phase .

Personal Projects:

Sep. 2023 –           "State System Legitimacy, Differentiated Rights and Methodological Nationalism in Digital Societies"

Jan. – Jul. 2022    SNSF/NCCR Short Postdoc Mobility Grant (CHF 25’000) for the project “Ethics of Immigration and Discrimination,” undertaken during my at the Arctic University of Norway.

Feb. – Nov. 2021    NCCR On the Move, Short Term Mobility Grant (CHF 10’000) for the project “Social Cohesion and Liberal Nationalism: An Empirical and Normative Analysis” undertaken during my visit at Aarhus University.

2014 – 2019      Ph.D Project in Political Science and Philosophy, “Social Cohesion in Post-Migration Societies: In Defense of a Post-Migration Paradigm”, Cotutela Université de Genève (UNIGE) and KU Leuven. Advisor: Matteo Gianni (Institute of Citizenship Studies, UNIGE); Co-advisor: Helder De Schutter (KU Leuven); Committee: Barbara Buckinx (Princeton); Antoon Vandevelde (KU Leuven) and Marco Giugni (UNIGE).

Publications

Edited Journal Special Issues:

In Progress:

 
  • Baycan-Herzog, Esma; Vitikainen, Annamari and Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper (Eds.) (Accepted). “TITLE” Journal Special Issue Proposal, Ethics and Global Politics.

 

Published:

 

 

Contributors: Anna Triandafyllidou (Ryerson University); Helder De Schutter (KU Leuven); Felix Lambrecht (University of Toronto); Matteo Gianni (University of Geneva); Sophie Guérard de Latour (University of Lyon); Patrick Savidan (Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas).

 

Publications:

In Progress:

 

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. (Revise & Resubmit). “TITLE”. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. (In Preparation, Accepted Abstract). “TITLE”. Democratic Theory.

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. (In Preparation, Accepted Proposal). “Book Review: Democracy and Exclusion” (forthcoming book by Patti Tamara Lenard, Oxford University Press). Global Justice: Theory, Practice and Rhetoric.

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. (In Preparation, Accepted Proposal). “TITLE”. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.

Published:

Boucher, François, Guérard de Latour, Sophie, and Baycan-Herzog, Esma. (2023). “Rethinking Liberal Multiculturalism: Foundations, Practices and Methodologies”. Ethnicities. 23(4): 527–46.  https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968231151455. Impact Factor: 2.215

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. (2022). “Inclusive Membership as Fairness? A Rawlsian Case for Provisional Immigrants”, Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, Nationalism and Rationality Special Issue, (Eds. Lasse Nielsen & Nikolaj Nottelmann), pp. 134 – 153. https://doi.org/10.1163/24689300-20221058.

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. (2021). “Immigration, and Common Identities: A Social Cohesion-Based Argument for Open Borders.” In Migration, Stability and Solidarity, Corinna Mieth and Wolfram Cremer (Eds.). Nomos, pp. 155-186. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748924890-155.

Baycan-Herzog, Esma, and Matteo Gianni. (2019). “What Is Wrong with the Swiss Minaret Ban?” In Religion and Political Theory: Secularism, Accommodation and The New Challenges of Religious Diversity, Jonathan Seglow and Andrew Shorten (Eds.). ECPR Press, pp. 175-194.

Baycan, Esma. (2016). “Flemish Pro-Independence Parties and Immigrants: Friends or Foes?” In Pro-Independence Movements and Immigration, Johanna Mitterhofer, Patricia Popelier, and Roberta Medda-Windischer (Eds.). Brill, pp. 86–117.  https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004294394_005.

Turculet, Georgiana and Baycan, Esma. (2016).A Fair Cooperation Scheme in a de facto Uncooperative Institution? The EU and the Current Refugee Crisis. Europolis, Journal of Political Science and Theory, 10(2), pp.243–50.

 

Baycan, Esma. (2016) . “Liberal Multiculturalism and the Fair Terms of Integration” (Eds. Peter Balint and Sophie Guérard de Latour), Political Studies Review, Vol: 14(2), p.237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929916630914c.

 

Baycan, Esma. (2016) . “Equal Recognition: The Moral Foundations of Minority Rights” (by Alan Patten), Political Studies Review, Vol: 14(1), pp. 73-4. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929915609467o.

 

Baycan, Esma. (2015) . “The Ethics of Immigration (by Joseph Carens)”, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie, Vol:77(2),  pp. 427-9.

Baycan, Esma. (2014). “Review Essay: Justice for Earthlings, David Miller”, Ethical Perspectives, Vol: 3, pp. 429-39. https://doi.org/10.2143/EP.21.3.3044852.

 

Selected Academic Events:

 

As an ORGANIZER:

 

Forthcoming

 

12-15 Aug. 2024           “Methods of Normative Political Theory Section” Co-organizer with Simon Stevens (De Montfort University), ECPR General Conference 2024.

Past:

23-28 Apr. 2023             ECPR Joint Session of Workshop, Toulouse:“The Future of Methods in Political Theory” . With Jonathan Leader Maynard (King’s College London), (Endorsed by Methods of Normative Political Theory and Political Theory ECPR standing groups.)

 

28-30 Sep. 2022         “Migration and Discrimination: A Normative Exploration Workshop”, Aarhus University, CEPDISC Denmark. With Annamari Vitikainen and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen.

 

22-26 Aug. 2022               ECPR General Conference in Innsbruck, Democracy, Citizenship and Migration Policy Panel, Political Theory Section. With Matteo Gianni

 

18 – 20 Nov. 2021            “Multicultural Citizenship 25 Years Later”, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. With Sophie Guérard de Latour, Francois Boucher and Juliette Monvoisin.

 

Selected Invited Contributions:

Forthcoming

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. Invited Article Presentation: “Migration, State System Legitimacy and Differentiated Rights: When the Kind of Citizenship Matters…”. Mardi Intimes, Chaire Hoover, Université Catholique de Louvain; 20 Feb. 2024.

Past:

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. Invited Paper Presentation: “Residential vs Statuary Security?
A Commentary on Exclusion and Democracy”. Exclusion, Integration and Democracy Workshop, Arctic University of Norway; 10-12 May 2023.

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. Invited Paper Presentation: “Equal Treatment and International Reciprocity: Are Citizenship-based Rights’ Differentiations Justified?”, GOODINT Workshop: Politics of Social Cohesion, 17-19 May 2022.

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. Invited Paper Presentation: “Rights’ Differentiations and Equal Treatment: What is Wrong with Citizenship-based Rights’ Differentiations?”, International Workshop: Justice for Denizens: Exploring the Normative Grounds of Rights-Differentiation, KU Leuven, Co-organized by François Boucher, Johan Olsthoorn and Eszter Kollar, 24 – 25 March 2022.

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. Invited Paper Presentation: “Inclusive Membership as Fairness? A Rawlsian Case for Provisional Immigrants”, GOODINT Project Launch and Workshop on Equality of Opportunity, Arctic University of Norway, 14-16 Dec. 2021.

  

Actualité / Média

Public Engagement:

Baycan, Esma. Roundtable participation on Turkish-European “Refugee Deal” and the Human Rights Protection in Turkey. Philosophy Night Amsterdam, Together with Tamar De Waal and Laurien De Vos, (the Amnesty International Turkey Coordinator in the Netherlands). Philosophy Night is a general audience philosophy event organized by Filosofie Magazine, a general audience Dutch philosophy journal. 15 Apr. 2016.

 

Baycan, Esma. Two Days Seminar on International Migration and Social Cohesion in Contemporary Normative Political Theory. Yücel Cultural Foundation, Istanbul. 26-27 Dec. 2014.

 

Baycan, Esma. “Roundtable on Gezi Protests in Turkey”, Together with Prof. Gerrit Steunebrink, Soeterbeeck Program, Radboud Universiteit. 11 Jun. 2013.

 

Blog Posts:

Baycan-Herzog, Esma, and Boucher,  François. (2022). “Multicultural Citizenship 25 Years On”, NCCR-On the Move Blog.

 

Baycan-Herzog, Esma. (2020). “Post-Immigration Social Cohesion Requires Open Borders and/or Urban Citizenship”, NCCR-On the Move Blog.

 

Baycan, Esma. (2017). “Le vote sur la naturalisation facilitée est en réalité un vote sur la nature démocratique de la Suisse”, NCCR-On the Move Blog.