[DemocracyNet.eu-list] Invitation to public hybrid roundtable “Open Constitutional Democracy”

[Chiara Valsangiacomo-Balmelli]

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<mailto:chiara.valsangiacomo-balmelli at unil.ch>.

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Chiara Valsangiacomo-Balmelli, Ph.D.
University of Lausanne
Center for Public Law
+41 (0)79 266 06 45<tel:+41792660645>
chiara.valsangiacomo<mailto:chiara.valsangiacomo at ucd.ie>-balmelli at unil.ch
Personal website<https://chiaravalsangiacomo.owlstown.net/>


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