🌍 Join the Democracy and Representation Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Workshop!

We invite you to participate in a two-day online workshop on 3 and 4 October 2024, focusing on the challenges of democracy and political representation.

📅 Workshop Details:

• Thursday, 3rd October 2024 (2:30 PM – 4:20 PM UK time / 3:30 PM – 5:20 PM CET)
  • Theme: Multidisciplinary perspectives on political representation
  • Key Speakers:
    • Prof. Michel Troper (Paris X Nanterre)
    • Manuela Albertone (University of Turin)
    • Pierre Brunet (University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)
    • Dario Castiglione (University of Exeter)
• Friday, 4th October 2024 (2:30 PM – 5:30 PM UK time / 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM CET)
  • Roundtables on Democracy:
    • Panel 1: How much does voting matter in electoral democracy?
      • Speakers include Richard Bellamy (UCL) and Ricardo Vasquez Dazarola (Copenhagen Faculty of Law)
    • Panel 2: Representing the ‘voiceless’ in democracy
      • Speakers include Catherine Dupré (University of Exeter) and Pierre Brunet (Sorbonne)

This event, organized by the Observatory of Representation and International Centre for the Study of State, Citizenship, and Democracy, is an excellent opportunity to explore the evolving nature of political representation and the role it plays in democratic citizenship.

The full program can be read here. For more information on how to attend the workshop, 📧 contact:

• Dario Castiglione: d.castiglione@exeter.ac.uk
• Catherine Dupré: C.C.L.Dupre@exeter.ac.uk