<font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="default"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Call for Papers: <b>Revisiting the challenges of democratic inclusion in theory & practice</b></span></font></p><font size="3"> </font><p class="default"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">University of Zurich | November 16-18, 2020</span></font></p><font size="3"> </font><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">This workshop, which is co-hosted by</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;" lang="EN-US"> the <font color="#1154cc"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/democracy-studies/doctoral-program.html" title="https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/democracy-studies/doctoral-program.html">Doctoral Program Democracy Studies</a> </font>and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://democracynet.eu/" title="https://democracynet.eu/">DemocracyNet</a><font color="#1154cc">, </font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">seeks to bring together renowned academic experts and practitioners from the field of democratic inclusion, with the intention to develop new critical understandings of the role of research in fostering democracy and re-addressing inclusion in the face of today's challenges. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></font> </div><p><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">We invite paper submissions on the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">context, the subject and the means of democratic inclusion, broadly defined. We are particularly interested in topics such as  revisiting the boundaries of inclusion, inclusive political governance and new frontiers of democratic innovations.</span></font> </p><font size="3"> </font><p class="default"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">These and other topics will be focal points of interest for this workshop which aims at bringing together researchers from different disciplines to engage in academic discussions about issues related to political inclusion. We encourage junior researchers to present their (working) papers and to take the opportunity to gain feedback.</span></font></p><p class="default"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></p><font size="3" face="Default Serif,Times New Roman,Times,serif"> </font><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Confirmed speakers </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.7pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">- Prof. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"><font color="#1154cc"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.hevs.ch/en/rad-institutes/institut-travail-social/collaborateurs/assistant-professor-uas/kurt-16551" title="https://www.hevs.ch/en/rad-institutes/institut-travail-social/collaborateurs/assistant-professor-uas/kurt-16551">Stefanie Tamara Kurt</a></font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">, </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.hevs.ch/en/rad-institutes/institute-of-social-work/" title="https://www.hevs.ch/en/rad-institutes/institute-of-social-work/">School for Social Work HES-SOValais-Wallis</a><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">, project manager at </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://nccr-onthemove.ch/" title="https://nccr-onthemove.ch/">NCCR on the move </a><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:.7pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">- Dr. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-sowi/professuren/niesen/team/ahlhaus-svenja.html" title="https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-sowi/professuren/niesen/team/ahlhaus-svenja.html">Svenja Ahlhaus</a>, Research Associate, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-sowi/ueber-den-fachbereich/fachgebiete/fachgebiet-politikwissenschaft.html" title="https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-sowi/ueber-den-fachbereich/fachgebiete/fachgebiet-politikwissenschaft.html">University of Hamburg, Department of Political Science</a><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN-US">- Dr. Ming Zhuang, Associate Researcher, Chengdu Academy of Social Sciences, Co-Founder of NGO ‘Social Equity and Participation Center’ </span></p><font size="3" face="Default Serif,Times New Roman,Times,serif"> </font><p><font size="3" face="Default Serif,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> </span></font></p><font size="3"> </font><p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">The workshop attendance is free and is open to both paper presenters and non-presenters, but registration is required and subject to seat availability.</span></font></p><font size="3"> </font><p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">The deadline to submit paper abstracts (max 300 words) for the workshop is September 13, 2020. </span></b></font></p><font size="3"> </font><p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">Acceptance notifications will be sent by the end of September.</span></font></p><font size="3"></font></font><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">Registration for non-paper presenters opens at a later point.</span></font></p></font><br><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></font><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">You can find the Call for Papers and more information here:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <font color="#1154cc"><a href="https://democracynet.eu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://democracynet.eu/cfp-inclusionws/</a></font></span></font></p><font size="3"> </font><p><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#1154cc"> </font></span></font></p><font size="3"> </font><p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">The workshop organizers,</span></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3" face="Default Serif,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Su, Masakazu & Palmo</font><br></span></font></p><font size="3" face="Default Serif,Times New Roman,Times,serif">  </font></font><br><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p></font><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></font><br><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><div><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <div><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <div><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Optima",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">———————————————</span></p> <div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Palmo Brunner (Ms.)</span></font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">PhD researcher and assistant</span></font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Department of Political Science </span></font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">University of Zurich</span></font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace">Affolternstrasse 56 | CH-8050 Zürich</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace"> </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace">+41446345843 | <a href="mailto:brunner@ipz.uzh.ch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font color="#954f72">brunner@ipz.uzh.ch</font></a></font></div> </font></div> </font></div> </font></div></font></div></font></div></font></font><div></div></font>