From chiara.valsangiacomo-balmelli at unil.ch Mon Aug 3 17:46:40 2026 From: chiara.valsangiacomo-balmelli at unil.ch (Chiara Valsangiacomo-Balmelli) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 15:46:40 +0000 Subject: [DemocracyNet.eu-list] =?windows-1252?q?Invitation_to_public_hybri?= =?windows-1252?q?d_roundtable_=93Open_Constitutional_Democracy=94?= Message-ID: Dear friends of DemocracyNet, We are pleased to share the invitation to an upcoming public roundtable, “Open Constitutional Democracy: Reconciling Deliberation and Constitutional Democracy”, which will take place at the University of Lausanne and online on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, from 4:30 to 6:45 pm. The event will bring together leading experts in the field of democratic innovations for an interdisciplinary conversation about the constitutional role and design of deliberative mini-publics. Free entrance by registration until August 25 at 12 noon: https://events.unil.ch/register/729 Speakers will include: André Bächtiger · University of Stuttgart Simone Chambers · University of California, Irvine Alice el-Wakil · University of Copenhagen David Farrell · University College Dublin Roberto Gargarella · University of Buenos Aires Alexander Guerrero · Rutgers University Silvia Suteu · European University Institute Chiara Valentini · University of Bologna Pierre-Etienne Vandamme · Université catholique de Louvain Yanina Welp · University of Girona The roundtable is organized by Odile Ammann and Chiara Valsangiacomo-Balmelli (University of Lausanne, Centre of public law), with funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The event is part of the broader Trans-Atlantic Platform project, “Open Constitutional Democracy: Reconciling Deliberation and Constitutional Democracy”, led by principal investigators David Vitale (University of Warwick), Michael Pal (University of Ottawa), and Odile Ammann (University of Lausanne). For further information, please contact us at chiara.valsangiacomo-balmelli at unil.ch. -- Chiara Valsangiacomo-Balmelli, Ph.D. University of Lausanne Center for Public Law +41 (0)79 266 06 45 chiara.valsangiacomo-balmelli at unil.ch Personal website -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: