The Fourth Annual Amsterdam Graduate Conference in Political Theory 
Conference programme

Location: 4th floor, Adam Smith Room, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tuesday, May 30th

9:30–9:55     Coffee and registration
9:55–10:00   Introduction

10:00–11:30  Democratic Representation
                      Chaired by Emi Visser

Erica Yu (Erasmus University Rotterdam) 
Dynamic deliberative representation: How should representatives respond to others’ arguments?

Palle Bech-Pedersen (University of Hamburg)
Elections, Sortition, and the Danger of Oligarchy

Pablo Rivas-Robledo (University of Genoa)
How we model competence and expertise changes the way we determine which is the appropriate voting rule

11:30–11:45     Break

11:45–12:45    Political Realism
                       Chaired by Enzo Rossi

Ying Chen (University of Hamburg)
Democratizing Meritocracy: A Realist Critique of Confucian Meritocracy

Ivane Lomidze (Ilia State University)
Particularist principles and realist normativity​

12:45–13:45    Lunch

13:45–15:15    Justice, Ethics, and the Climate
                       Chaired by Justin Bernstein

Marta Giunta Martino (University of Geneva)
Moral Disagreement and Contestation within Institutions
    
Karri Heikkinen (University College London)
Why Intergenerational Sufficientarianism Is Not Enough (Or Too Much!)
    
Gideon Frey (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Is Sustainable Prosperity Possible?

15:15–15:30     Coffee Break

15:30–17:00    Keynote: Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick)

17:00–17:05    Closing

19:00-22:00   Conference dinner:  Abyssinia, Jan Pieter Heijestraat 190, 1054 MN Amsterdam

Wednesday, May 31st

9:30–09:55    Coffee and registration
9:55–10:00     Opening

10:00–11:00     Domination, Power, Security
                         Chaired by Marina Uzunova

Lucas Rijana (University of Buenos Aires/University of San Andrés) 
Freedom as Status: Structural Domination And Widespread Prejudice In Neorepublican Theory

Josette Daemen (Leiden University)
The ethics of security: A value-pluralist account

11:00–11:15     Break

11:15–12:45    Political Theory Across Global, National, and Local Levels 
                      Chaired by Akshath Jitendranath
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Juuso Rantanen (King’s College London)
Civil society and the State – uneasy companions or archnemeses?

Maria Vieira (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Two concepts of cosmopolitanism

Elisabetta Gobbo (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Housing allocation and spatial inequality: the exclusionary city space

12:45–13:45    Lunch

13:45–15:15    Feminism and Political Theory
                       Chaired by Lilith Lee

Stephanie Deig (University of Lucerne)
Performing Resistance: Defiant Rights-Claiming Practices in the Ni una Menos Movement

Solmu Anttila (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Recognition theory and standpoint epistemology 

Ruby Schofield (University of Groningen)
Rethinking Empowerment: Conceptual Engineering as a Feminist Philosophical Intervention

15:15–15:30    Coffee Break

15:30–17:00    Keynote: Jennifer Page (University of Zürich)

17:00–17:05    Closing