Networks and seminars

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ECPR Research Network: The Political Theory of Elections

I am the founder and a member of the Steering Committee of the ECPR Research Network The Political Theory of Elections. The network has been set up initiate and support conferences and special issues on the political theory of elections and seek to promote research, dissemination and communication activities in schools and civic fora within and beyond academia. Its purpose is to foster dialogue and the sharing of information amongst scholars interested in the philosophy of elections, whether they focus on context-specific issues (e.g., changes in electoral law in contemporary India), analyse elections at a high level of conceptual abstraction (e.g., discussing respective merits of political appointment by election and by lot), or research the individual ethics of voting in contexts of democratic disenchantment and backsliding. A core activity of the network will be to prepare an application to the ECPR to become a Standing Group.

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Atelier de Théorie Politique – Paris

I am a co-founder and co-organiser of the Atelier de Théorie Politique Paris (ATPP). The ATPP is a forum open to a variety of approaches to political theory and philosophy, promoting the argumentative testing of current thinking at the frontier between political science, social science and normative philosophy. This monthly discussion forum is organised by the Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF - Sciences Po), the Centre d'études et de recherches de sciences administratives et politiques (CECP - Université Panthéon Assas), the Centre des savoirs sur le politique - Recherches et analyses (CESPRA - EHESS/CNRS) and The American University of Paris (AUP). The aim of the seminar is to bring together researchers and students of political theory, regardless of their background and interests, to reflect on the justification and critique of political practices and institutions. By means of summaries, reports and audiovisual productions, the ATPP workshop booklet will make available the presentations of participants to a wider audience.

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Geneva Colloquium in Political Theory

I am the founder and first organiser (2011-2017) of the Geneva Colloquium in Political Theory (GECOPOL). I started the seminar shortly after my arrival at The University of Geneva so that political theorists/philosophers might have a regular place to get together and so that graduate students could explore topics and methods they would otherwise never encounter. The audience was not limited to the university nor, even, the city, as people came from Lausanne and, on occasion, from Zurich to hear each other; and we always had curious and intelligent lay people too. We had no funding, but were lucky to have plenty of local talent (talented junior researchers like Nicolas Tavaglione, Noémi Michel, Antoine Chollet as well as professors like Matteo Gianni, Anna Goppel, Monika Betzler and Markus Stepanians) and generous faculty from abroad, such as David Lametti, Daniel Weinstock, Astrid von Busekist and Adam Swift. Today the colloquium has become a major venue where junior and senior researchers in the field of political theory and philosophy from all of Switzerland and from abroad present and discuss their recent work.