The Possibility of Global Governance An ethics of care for our contemporary coexistence. Abstract The Possibility of Global Governance is a reflective exercise in the applied philosophy of ethics, and to some extent also in the poetics of ethics. My aim is to present a normative ethics idea open for reflection and discussion, namely that […]
Register here Beyond Strongmen: Masculinities, Backlash, and the Future of Democracy Abstract Across Europe and beyond, new “strongman” politics mobilize resentment, revive sexist stereotypes, and turn certain masculinities into weapons against gender equality and democracy. What happens to democracy when dominance, aggression, and exclusion are sold as the only “real” masculinity? This lecture asks […]
Children as Climate Citizens – Presentism with Long-Term Interests Abstract: Based on her book, Kata Dozsa presents the concept of “children as climate citizens” across three key avenues of participation: climate governance, grassroots youth social movements, and climate litigation. Presentism is a defining feature of children’s climate citizenship: children living today are directly and disproportionately affected by climate change, with immediate […]
Register here Democracy and resilience in Africa : Case study of Senegal Abstract Following the political and societal debates that have been taking place around the world since the 1960s, the project explores issues specific to Africa in the context of nation building, decolonisation and/or neocolonisation: underdevelopment and precariousness; socio-political changes; the Cold War […]
Challenges of human-centric journalistic innovation in the era of artificial intelligence Abstract While generative AI promises efficiency gains in newsgathering, production, verification, and audience engagement, it also raises significant concerns regarding accuracy, bias,transparency, and professional autonomy. Drawing on a review of public service media AI initiatives and expert insights from Europe and Canada, as well […]
Focus on the “Unusual Suspects”: Exploring Understudied Underrepresented Groups in Representative Democracies The Election, Public Opinion and Parties Working Group of the ABSP and the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS) organise a workshop on Exploring Understudied Underrepresented Groups in Representative Democracies. About the Workshop This workshop focuses on the “unusual suspects” of representative democracies […]
Register here Fake news and Asian perspectives: Lessons learned, problems persisting, and emerging threats This presentation reexamines the evolving landscape of misinformation and disinformation, focusing on the Asian region, drawing on insights from the COVID-19 pandemic, and extending into the current period shaped by rapid technological advancements, such as the rise of GenAI. Building on almost a […]
Foes or Fellow Citizens? Perception of Democratic Legitimacy and Political Polarization Bio Rebekka Kesberg is a senior researcher at the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). She completed her PhD in social psychology at Ulm University (Germany), where she studied how human values shape perception, attitudes, and behavior. Following her PhD, she […]
Why AI Technosolutionism Harms Democracy and Deliberation Abstract Technology has recently entered the scene of deliberative democracy, both as a subject of deliberation and as a way to improve deliberative processes. The hegemonic position in this debate within the deliberative democracy community appears to be that, while it is not a bulletproof solution, technology—and more […]
This Seminar is part of our regular Thursday seminar series, which normally take place at Lunchtime on Thursdays. This seminar will, however, exceptionally take place on Thursday afternoon at 15:00 and instead of Lunch we will offer an aperitif afterwards. By registering via the link you will register for the entire Thursday seminar series and […]
Register here Enhancing Quality Electoral Governance for Democratic Consolidation in Ghana’s Fourth Republic Abstract Ghana has made significant progress with democratic governance since returning to multiparty politics in 1992. Since then, competitive election has been the driving force behind its journey to democratic institutionalization. Yet what has obscured scholarly analysis is the grandiose web of […]
Unpacking the Framing of Democracy in EU Institutional Discourses on Disinformation Mitigation Abstract How do European institutions frame democracy in their discourses and policies about disinformation mitigation? Disinformation is often presented by EU institutions as a threat to democracy that must be resolved (Navarro et al., 2025), which has led to the development of multiple intervention strategies. […]