We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Barcelona Workshop in Political Theory. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers based in Catalan universities specialising in political theory or applying political theory perspectives to their research.

Date: Thursday 29 June 2023

Venue: Auditori Mercè Rodoreda, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Time: 09.00h – 15.40h

PROGRAM

9.00-09.15: Welcome

9.15-10.00: Keynote lecture
Jahel Queralt, Professora Titular (UPF Dret)
Political Theory: A tool kit

10-10.30: Alejandro Cortés-Arbeláez, PhD candidate (UPF Dret) Judges Without Robes: A Republican Approach to Participatory Judicial Review. Discussant: Iñigo González Ricoy (UB)

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-11.30: Jaume Montes, PhD candidate (UB Sociologia)
The republican federalism of Francisco Pi i Margall: A fiduciary conception of sovereignty. Discussant: Ivan Serrano (UOC)

11.30-12.00: Joana Pena Tarradelles, MA Student (UPF Polítiques)
Are coercive language policies fair? A normative proposal building on the multilingual convergence model. Discussant: Daniel Cetrà (UB)

12.00-12.15 Coffee Break

12.15-12-45: Zarina Kulaeva, PhD candidate (UOC Dret, Polítiques i Economia)
The de-democratization of climate change. The differential impact of authoritarian environmentalism: A systematic review. Discussant: Anna Clot Garrell (UB)

12.45-13.15: Rubén Marciel, Postdoctoral researcher (UB Filosofia)
Deliberative newsworthiness: What should be news in democracy. Discussant: Marisa Iglesias (UPF)

13.15-14.30: Lunch break

14.30-15.00: Marina Carré Molina, PhD candidate (UPF Ciències Polítiques)
Emancipatory Masculinities: The psycho-political redefinition of male identity in the city of Barcelona. Discussant: Raimundo Viejo (UB)

15.00-15.30: Tatiana Llaguno, Postdoctoral researcher (U. Groningen & UB)
How to theorize dependence? A critical approach. Discussant: Óscar García Jaén (UPF)

15.30-15.40 Closing remarks

Organisation committee: Daniel Cetrà, Raül Digón, Núria Franco-Guillén, Marc Sanjaume-Calvet and Sergi Morales-Gálvez.