Current Edition
VII Graduate Conference of the Geneva Colloquium in Political Theory
19 and 20 February 2026
Department of Political Science & International Relations University of Geneva
Programme 19.02.2026
Room M6220
13:00 - 14:15 Keynote Talk
Chair: Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva)
Kim Angell (Affiliate Researcher at The Norwegian Nobel Institute, and Guest Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at UiT–The Arctic University of Norway)
A Two-Level Justification of Democracy
14:15 - 15:45 Graduate Session 1
Chair: Patrizia Pedrini (University of Geneva)
Antonio Pio De Mattia (Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University)
Beyond Proceduralism: Elenctic Justification and Political Legitimacy after Discourse Ethics
Beatrice Bella (University of Geneva)
Dirty Hands Politics: Just Another Type of Corruption?
15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:45 Graduate Session 2
Chair: Marta Dainesi (University of Geneva)
Gergana Boncheva (Erasmus Institute for Philosophy of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Informal Employment and Reciprocity: Why It’s Not Enough to Play Fair
Edoardo Vignocchi (University of Pavia)
Taxation as a Constitutive Political Practice
19:30 - Conference Dinner (La Cave Valaisanne)
20.02.2026
Room M6220
9:00 - 10:30 Graduate Session 3
Chair: Beatrice Bella (University of Geneva)
Caterina Donelli (Université catholique de Louvain; research center: Hoover Chair in Social and Economic Ethics)
Limiting Wealth to Address the Climate Crisis: A Normative Case for Limitarianism
Elena Libera (University of Oxford)
Affective Bonds to Place and Environmental Instability in Liberal Democracies
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15 Graduate Session 4
Chair: Matthieu Debief (University of Geneva)
Xan Fernando Boullón Tato (Pompeu Fabra University, Law & Philosophy Research Group)
Reconceptualizing Republican Obligations Toward Future Generations: Beyond Intergenerational Domination
Alba Verrecchia (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)
Reparative Knowledge Politics: Rethinking Democracy’s Epistemic Legitimacy in an Epistemically Despotic World
12:15 - 13:00 Buffet Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:30 Graduate Session 5
Chair: Ruben Marciel (University of Geneva)
Mathis Nicole Desmau (Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University)
Value Judgments and the Democratic Legitimacy of Economic Expertise: Beyond the Demarcation Model
Anna-Katharina Boos (University of Zurich)
Algorithmic Wronging: Why Some Decisions Should Not Be Automated
14:30 - 15:45 Keynote Talk
Chair: Matteo Gianni (University of Geneva)
Susanne Burri, (Associate Professor in Applied and Normative Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Zurich)
On the Moral Limits of Conscription
The 2026 GECOPOL Graduate Conference is co-sponsored by the University of Geneva’s School of Social Sciences and Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite) in cooperation with the research project ISTAP (Intestate Trust Over Asylum Policies) funded by a grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation.