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06-07.06.2024 | Northeastern University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities (Boston MA)
Resisting and Contesting Institutional Failures.
Citizens and Public Servants Perspectives
EnTrust Project's Conference
Thursday 06.06, 12:30 - 18:30
12:30 - 13:00 | Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva), Exogenous and Endogenous Institutional Trustworthiness. An Introduction.
13:00 - 14:00 | Keynote talk: Kimberley Brownlee (University of British Columbia), Why We Circle the Wagons: Social Cohesion and Institutional Failure.
14:00 - 15:00 | Jenny Yi-Chen Wu (University of California, Los Angeles), Is It Morally Permissible to Exploit a System that Fails You?
15:00 - 15:30 | Break
15:30 - 16:30 | Pascal Mowla (University of Oxford), What Makes Nepotism Wrong?
16:30 - 17:30 | Cheyney Ryan (University of Oxford), Institutional Betrayal and the Politically-Correct Bystander.
17:30 - 18:30 | Patti Tamara Lenard (University of Ottawa), Allyship and Distrust in Institutions.
Friday 07.06, 9:00 - 16:30
9:00 - 10:00 | Michele Bocchiola (University of Geneva), The Quest for Institutional Trust
10:00 - 11:00 | Marta Giunta Martino (University of Geneva), Public Servants’ Duties and Expressions of Dissent
11:00 - 12:00 | Max Emmett (University College London), Citizens Inside the Machine: An Argument against a Special Form of Resistance by Policy Bureaucrats.
12:00 - 13:00 | Break
13:00 - 14:00 | Candice Delmas (Northeastern University), Toward a Public Ethic for the Prison.
14:00 - 15:00 | Eric Beerbohm (Harvard University), The Moral Limits of Protest Voting.
15:00 - 15:30 | Break
15:30-16:30 Keynote Talk: Erin Kelly (Tufts University), Morally Injured Societies.
This is an in-person workshop. Attendance is open but requires registration. To register please send an email to Marta.Giunta@unige.ch by 15 May 2024.
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Call for Abstracts
Resisting and Contesting Institutional Failures. Citizens and Public Servants Perspectives
(PI: Emanuela Ceva, University of Geneva)
6-7 June 2024
Keynote speakers
Kimberley Brownlee (University of British Columbia) Erin Kelly (Tufts University)
Resistance to and contestation of such institutional failures as injustice, illegitimacy, and corruption play crucial roles in shaping the life of a polity. Philosophers have extensively discussed the conceptual and normative contours of different forms of resistance and contestation, such as principled (civil and uncivil) disobedience, direct action, rioting, conscientious objection, whistleblowing. However, the vast majority of such discussions have concentrated on the justification of the rights and duties of resistance and contestation of citizens. A lesser attention has been devoted to the rights and duties of resistance and contestation of public servants.
The conference welcomes contributions that variably investigate forms of internal or external reactions to institutional failures, shed light on the (remedial) duties of the members of dysfunctional institutions, explore the impact of institutional dysfunctions for the quality of institutional action (e.g., institutional trustworthiness) and/or explore the emotional landscape such dysfunctions may elicit.
We welcome submissions from junior philosophers (max 5 years after PhD) addressing different aspects of citizens’ and public servants’ resistance to and contestation of institutional failure from an analytical, normative, or critical point of view.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
• Comparative conceptual and normative accounts of citizens’ and public servants’ resistance
• Conceptual discussions of political resistance and its instances
• Resistance’s role and function in the public institutional context
• Normative attitudes towards resistance and (unlawful) contestation
• Resistance: moral right or moral duty?
• Resistance, contestation and institutional and professional obligations
• Practical emotions and resistance’s affective dimension
Submitting a proposal:
1. Prepare an extended abstract as an attachment in MS Word or a .pdf (500-1000 words, including selected bibliography). The abstract should be suitable for blind review.
2. Include in the body of the email relevant contact information: the author(s), department(s) and affiliation(s), mailing address(es), email address(es); and phone number(s) and declaration of the status of junior scholar (PhD +5years max)
3. Email the abstract and contact information to Marta Giunta Martino at marta.giunta@unige.ch by 17:00 UTC, Monday, 8 Jan. 2024.
Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by mid-January 2024. The conference will provide all attending invited participants with refreshments and offer suggestions for area lodging. No financial contribution to travel and accommodation / living costs can be offered. There is no conference fee.
Organizers:
Professor of Political Theory Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science
Department of Political Science & International Relations College of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Geneva Northeastern University
40 bd. du Pont d'Arve, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland 406 Reinassance Park, Boston, MA 02115 USA
emanuela.ceva[at]unige[dot]ch c.delmas[at]northeastern[dot]edu
24.03.2023 | University of Geneva, Switzerland
Affective and Contestatory Reactions to Institutional Failures - Third EnTrust Research Project's Workshop
9:25 - 10:40 | Alfred Archer (Tilburg University), Shame in Response to Institutional Failure (co-authored with Benjamin Matheson)
Discussant: Julien Deonna (University of Geneva)
10:40 - 11:55 | Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva), The Mixed Affective Fabric of Dysfunctional Institutions
Discussant: Roberto Keller (University of Geneva)
12:10 - 13:25 | Chiara Destri (Goethe University Frankfurt), Political Trustworthiness: What It Is and Why It Matters
Discussant: Michele Bocchiola (University of Geneva)
14:40 - 15:55 | Candice Delmas (Northeastern University), Hunger Strikers' Response to Prison's Failures
Discussant: Marta Giunta Martino (University of Geneva)
15:55 - 17:10 | Marta Giunta Martino (University of Geneva), The Roots of Contestation within Institutions
Discussant: Candice Delmas (Northeastern University)
This is an in-person workshop. Attendance is open but requires registration. To register please send an email to Marta.Giunta@unige.ch by 5 March 2023.
17-18.03.2022 | Online and at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
Accountable and trustworthy institutions? - Second EnTrust Research Project’s Workshop
Thursday 17.03, 14-18:30
14:15-15:30 | Michele Bocchiola, Emanuela Ceva, Marta Giunta Martino (University of Geneva), Endogenous Institutional Trustworthiness
Discussant: Carla Bagnoli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
15:30-16:45 | Chiara Cordelli (University of Chicago), Privatization, Representation, and Accountability
Discussant: Matthieu Debief (University of Geneva)
17:15-18:30 | Petr Urban (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague), Enhancing Ethical Culture in Czech Civil Service Institutions
Discussant: Serkan Seker (University of Geneva)
Friday 18.03, 9:30-12:30
09:30-10:45 | Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen), Institutional Decay (co-authored with F. Hindriks and R. Wittek)
Discussant: Maria Paola Ferretti (Goethe University Frankfurt/Main)
11:15-12:30 | Chiara Valsangiacomo (University of Zürich), Designing Liquid Assemblies Against the Ungovernability Objection
Discussant: Sara Amighetti (University of Zürich)
This is a hybrid workshop. All times are in CET. Attendance is open, both in presence and from remote, but requires registration. To register please send an email to Marta.Giunta@unige.ch by 13 March 2022. Papers will be pre-circulated among registered participants.
09-10.12.2021 | University of Zurich, Switzerland
Vested Interest and Democracy - Workshop
Co-hosted by the Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies and DemocracyNet, organized by Olivier Ruchet (University of Zurich, Department of Political Science) and Odile Ammann (University of Lausanne, Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice, and Public Administration). With a keynote lecture by Emanuela Ceva (Université de Genève).
The recording of the keynote lecture is available here.
7 - 8.09.2021 | Online
Institutional Trustworthiness - MANCEPT Workshops
Session 1: Tuesday 7.09, 12-17:30 (13-18:30 CEST)
Jörn Wiengarn (University of Cologne): “Trustworthy Institutions”
Andrew Kirton (University of Leeds): “Trustworthy Institutions and the Sense of Efficacy”
Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva), Michele Bocchiola (University of Geneva), Marta Giunta Martino (University of Geneva): “Institutional Trustworthiness. An endogenous perspective”
Session 2: Wednesday 8.09, 12-17:30 (13-18:30 CEST)
Laura Burkhardt (University of Bonn): “Trustworthiness or Institutional Reliability? Exploring a conceptual difference”
Matt Bennett (University of Essex): “Institutional trustworthiness is political”
Daniella Meehan (University of Glasgow): “Institutional Vices of Distrust”
The fee for non-speaking attendees is 15£, and grants access to all MANCEPT workshops. After registration and payment, please email michele.bocchiola@unige.ch to receive the zoom link.
26.05.2021 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm (CET) | Online and at Maison de la Paix
The Inaugural Geneva Debate - The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Members of the Jury: Prof. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou (The Graduate Institute), Prof. Suerie Moon (The Graduate Institute), Prof. Emanuela Ceva (Université de Genève), Ms Kritika Khanijo (World Health Organization), Mr Mario Jiménez (GAVI / WEF Global Shaper).
Moderator: Mr Marcel Mione, Journalist and Host – Géopolitis, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS).
19.05.2021 | 5 pm—8:00 pm (CEST) | Online
Center for Ethics, Politics, and Society - Book workshop with Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola Ferretti on
Political Corruption: the Internal Enemy of Public Institutions. Oxford University Press 2021
Discussants: Camila Vergara (Columbia University); Mark Warren (University of British Columbia)
06.05.2021 | 1:30 pm—5:30 pm | Online
Should we listen to those who deny science? - Workshop
22.04.2021 | 6:15 pm (CET) | Zoom
La corruption politique : un problème d’éthique institutionnelle - Emanuela Ceva (Université de Genève).
19.03.2021 | 9 am—1:30 pm (CET) | Zoom
Debating Trustworthiness - EnTrust Research Project’s Inaugural Online Workshop
Speakers: Karen Jones (University of Melbourne), Thomas Simpson (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), Katherine Hawley (University of St Andrews), Emanuela Ceva (Université de Genève).