Global Justice and Populism
Organized by Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric
and the Global Justice Network
Hosted by the Max Weber Programme, European University Institute
LocationThe European University Institute, Fiesole (Florence), Italy
DatesJune 3rd - 4th 2019
OrganisersMiriam Ronzoni (Manchester) & Tiziana Torresi (Adelaide)
ProgrammeMonday, June 3rd
10.15 - 10:30 Welcome
10.30 - 12.30 Panel 1:
- Corrado Fumagalli (LUISS): “Anti-immigration Appeals and the Rigid Supply-and-Demand Logic of Populism”
- Christopher Meckstroth (Cambridge): “Populism, Cosmopolitanism, or Democratic Realism?”
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.30 Panel 2:
- Benjamin Moffitt (Australian Catholic University) and Jonathan Kuyper (Queen’s University Belfast): “Transnational Populism, Democracy, and Justice”
- Kai Spiekermann (LSE): “Why Populists Do Well on Social Networks”
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 18.00 Panel 3:
- Dimitris Efthyimou (Frankfurt): “EU migration, Access to Welfare Rights and Populism”
- Eleonora Milazzo (EUI): “Failing Solidarity: Assessing EU Member States Motives For Non-Compliance In The Crisis Of The EU Asylum System”
20.00 - Late Workshop Dinner
Tuesday, June 4th
09.45 - 11.15 Keynote Session 1:
- Nadia Urbinati (Columbia): “Between Democracy and Something Else: The Hard Case of Populism in Power”
11.15 - 11.30 Short Break
11.30 - 13.00 Keynote Session 2:
- Benjmain McKean (Ohio State): “Populism and Global Justice: Separated at Birth?”
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 - 16.00 Panel 4:
- Maria Varaki (King’s College London): “Ethical Leadership and the Global Compact on Migration in an Era of “Populist Sovereignism”: A Test of Phronesis and Imagination”
- Laura Santi Amantini (Genoa): “Containing Populist Anti-immigrant Sentiments: Is Government’s Action Legitimate?”
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 - 18.30 Panel 5:
- Tom Theuns (Utrecht): “Containing Populism at the Cost of Democracy?”
- Fabio Wolkenstein (Aahrus, via Skype): “Partisan Complicity in Democratic Backsliding”
The event is sponsored by the DFG grant to Global Justice Theory Practice Rhetoric, with matching funding from the University of Manchester and the Max Weber Programme at the EUI.
Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric (TPR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal which publishes original research in international political theory, with special emphasis on global justice. We are particularly interested in bridging the gap between political theory, empirical research, and the study of political practices and communication. 
