[DemocracyNet.eu-list] Democracy Studies Annual Lecture UZH - 28.11.2024

[IPZ democracystudies]

Dear colleague in Democracy Studies,

You are invited to the Democracy Studies Annual Lecture 2024:

Thursday 28 November 2024
AFL<https://www.plaene.uzh.ch/AFL>  F 121 h.18.30

Climate change as political catastrophe
Ross Mittiga<https://www.rossmittiga.com>

In a 2018 special report, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of “catastrophic” outcomes unless states were to undertake “unprecedented” action “across all sectors of society” before 2030. This has fueled climate emergency declarations among activist groups and, increasingly, among local, state, and supranational governments. But what exactly counts as a "climate catastrophe," and what does catastrophic climate change portend for contemporary societies?
In this talk, I will argue that climate change is or may soon become catastrophic in a pointedly political sense, insofar as it threatens to undermine the material conditions that make justice - and by extension stable (democratic) government - possible. I will then use the lens of catastrophe to bring into focus some pressing questions concerning how to navigate trade-offs between fairness and precautionary efficacy in the design of climate policy, the permissibility of authoritarian climate emergency powers, and the nature and role of climate disobedience.

Moderated by Hannah Werner<https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/people/employees/hawern.html>, University of Zurich

Please register now on the online form<https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/activities/Democracy-Studies-Annual-Lecture.html>

We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Best Regards,

Daniel Kübler, Director - Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies
Sofia Bollo, Manager - Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies


Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies DPDS
University of Zurich | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Graduate School (c/o Department of Political Science)
Affolternstrasse 56
CH-8050 Zurich
Office AFL-F-118
+(0)41 44 634 50 22
Office days: Wed, Thu. Homeoffice: Fri
democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch<mailto:democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch>
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/democracystudies<http://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/democracystudies>

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From: Sofia Bollo <bollo at ipz.uzh.ch> on behalf of IPZ democracystudies <democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch>
Date: Friday, 20 September 2024 at 15:53
To: IPZ democracystudies <democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch>
Subject: Democracy Studies UZH - HS24 Activities
Dear colleague in Democracy Studies,

We hope the first semester week went fine and you started full of energy.

Please find below this semester’s Democracy Studies events to advertise in your network and mark down in your calendar.

Thursday 21 and Friday 22 November 2024
Democracy Studies Module I<https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/index.html#/details/2024/003/SM/51234146/50000007/Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917238/Doctorate%2520Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917259/Political%2520Sciences>
with Hwa Young Kim<https://www.philosophie.uzh.ch/de/seminar/people/research/politics_cheneval/kim.html> in AFL<https://www.plaene.uzh.ch/AFL> F 172/173
This course explores the fundamental principles and debates surrounding democratic theory. We start by examining the value of democracy, whether it is purely instrumental, or whether it has intrinsic value. We then discuss the relationship between democracy, equality, truth, and its political authority. Finally, in the second half of the course, we discuss non-ideal theories of democracy, namely political authority in the real world, representation, and the obligations of citizens. Students will engage with classic texts along with recent developments within debates in democratic theory.
Registration via e-mail to Sofia Bollo (democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch<mailto:democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch>).

Friday 25 October and Wednesday 20 November 2024
Democracy Studies Workshop Democracy in Practice - Democracy Goes to School<https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/index.html#/details/2023/003/SM/51188936/50000007/Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917238/Doctorate%2520Faculty%2520of%2520Arts%2520and%2520Social%2520Sciences/50917259/Politikwissenschaft>
with Monika Walids (FHNW)<https://www.fhnw.ch/de/personen/monika-waldis-weber> in AFL<https://www.plaene.uzh.ch/AFL> F 101 and Bern Bundeshaus
Workshop organized in collaboration with the ZDA and the School of Education of the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland PH/FHNW. The first day of the workshop will be held at the Institute of Political Science UZH with a seminar by Monika Waldis (ZDA and PH/FHNW) on the current state and challenges of civic education in the Swiss school system. On the second day of the workshop, participants will have the chance to engage directly and will get involved in the «SpielPolitik!» Schule nach Bern // Die Politiksimulation im Bundeshaus simulation game.
Registration via e-mail to Sofia Bollo (democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch<mailto:democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch>).

Thursday 28 November 2024
Democracy Studies Annual Lecture<https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/activities/Democracy-Studies-Annual-Lecture.html>
With Ross Mittiga<https://www.rossmittiga.com> in AFL<https://www.plaene.uzh.ch/AFL>  F 121 h.18.30
On the implication of climate change for democratic governance
Registrations on the online form<https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doctorate/democracy-studies/activities/Democracy-Studies-Annual-Lecture.html>

Thanks for your interest, and we wish you all a productive semester.

Best Regards,

Daniel Kübler, Director - Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies
Sofia Bollo, Manager - Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies

Doctoral Programme Democracy Studies DPDS
University of Zurich | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Graduate School (c/o Department of Political Science)
Affolternstrasse 56
CH-8050 Zurich
Office AFL-F-118
+(0)41 44 634 50 22
Office days: Wed, Thu. Homeoffice: Fri
democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch<mailto:democracystudies at ipz.uzh.ch>
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/democracystudies<http://www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/democracystudies>

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