Political Legal and Moral Theory Research Group @CEU

On the 9th we will host you in the CEU Senate Room for a series of presentations from multiple perspectives on the contemporary crisis in liberal democracy.

We hope to see you there!

Dear all,

We cordially invite you to the final event of the Fall Term - our 'Democracy in Crisis' concluding workshop.

We welcome you on the 8th of december in Brotfabrik (around the corner from CEU) for our keynote speech by former CEU President and Rector Michael Ignatieff.

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

Dear All,
You are hereby cordially invited to the next event on the POLEMO calender on Tuesday the 25th of november. Sanjar Akayev (CEU) will explore the very contemporary relevant question 'When can one (permissibly) withdraw from society?'.
We hope to see you there!

Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"

We are greatly looking forward to this talk and hope to see many of you there - on site at CEU or online!

Nevertheless, it is also necessary for judges to possess the moral and epistemic virtues that ensure their impartiality, properly understood. This requirement has implications, for the training and selection of judges and for the composition of the judiciary.

Fernando will explore the traditional ideas about judicial impartiality and the simple fact that judges obviously see and are aware of the parties involved in each legal proceeding. In his paper, Fernando will argue that this is also normatively desirable.

Next wednesday we are hosting Fernando De Los Santos Menendez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) for a presentation of his draft paper 'Towards an independent Judiciary - The moral and epistemic virtues that judges should display'.

Our Granddad is 100 and fought in D-day and he thinks Farage is the right man to sort Britain out. He says he reminds him of one of the commanders he fought alongside with distinction. In the next few weeks he's going to auction off his medals and donate all the money to Reform. Anyone know how much an Iron Cross is worth?

Absolute perfection. #Reform

This crucial puzzle for Democracy in Crisis forms the next seminar in our series in cooperation with the Workshop on Democratic Constitutionalism at the University of Vienna.

We live in an era of autocratization, which puts into the spotlight the question of political legitimacy. Matej Cibik explores this topic November 5th in his talk ‘Legitimacy and its role: What happens when the bad guys take over?’

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Dear all, hereby the zoom - link for today's seminar:

ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/9209898267...

Everyone is welcome from 17.30 in the CEU Senate Room,
or online.

We hope to see you there!

Dear all, we are looking forward to the next event in our Democracy in Crisis - series, in cooperation with the Workshop on Democratic Constitutionalism at UniWien.

Tuesday 28 Oktober we will be hosting Pierre-Etienne Vandamme from UC Louvain for his talk 'Rescuing Democracy by Renewing it?'

We greatly look forward to this, and hope to see many of you there (or online).

Dear all,

We hereby invite you to join us for our next seminar, on wednesday 15th of october, featuring University of Sheffield's Jimmy Lenman.

On the 7th of oktober at 18.00, we welcome UniWien's Fabio Wolkenstein for his presentation 'Backsliding' and the problem of linear narratives of democratic development', a part of his ongoing book project.

We hope to see you all there.

Dear all,

We hereby cordially invite you to the opening seminar of our Fall Term Democracy in Crisis - cooperation with the Workshop on Democratic Constitutionalism at the University of Vienna.

Polemo will open their Fall Term Democracy in Crisis seminar and workshop series with a screening of Starship Troopers - one of the best cinematic depictions of the emotional appeal of fascism - on tuesday 23 september at seven thirty at the Central European University Campus in Vienna, Room D-002.

The Political Theory research group will organise a Democracy in Crisis seminar and workshop series during the Fall Term. We open this series with a movie night on 23 september, with a screening of Starship Troopers - one of the best cinematic depictions of the emotional appeal of fascism.

Polemo will open their Fall Term Democracy in Crisis seminar and workshop series with a screening of Starship Troopers - one of the best cinematic depictions of the emotional appeal of fascism - on tuesday 23 september at seven thirty at the Central European University Campus in Vienna, Room D-002.

The Political Theory research group will organise a Democracy in Crisis seminar and workshop series during the Fall Term. We open this series with a movie night on 23 september, with a screening of Starship Troopers - one of the best cinematic depictions of the emotional appeal of fascism.

A look at the housing policies of Vienna, where we work and live. Recommended - both for reading as for living and working.

We will keep you all updated as soon as the list of activities for the next academic year starts to take shape.

We want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Sanjar Akayev and Deborah Biging for their excellent work this year, both in organizing the seminars as in hosting the 6th Polemo Symposium that was succesfully held at Central European University the past few days.

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The picture shows Peter Verpoorten.

I'm very happy to announce that Matthew Haji-Michael @theruleoflawguy.bsky.social and myself Peter Verpoorten @peterverpoorten.bsky.social have been elected as Research Group co-chairs for the coming academic year 2025-2026. We will do our utmost best to honor the trust placed in us going forward.

We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance.

More info: edu.nl/9admd
Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)

How does excessive wealth harm democracy?
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?

🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.

🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online

Details:
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Registration:
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