SAP sponsored event: Rethinking Compulsory Voting
University of Geneva
December 8, 2018 8:45 am — 5:00 pm
Free
Contact Nenad Stojanović for more information.
This workshop is funded by the Society for Applied Philosophy.
It is an academic event organised in the context of the Geneva Colloquium in Political Theory (GECOPOL), a series of guest talks and conferences that take place every semester at the University of Geneva
Registration is free but places are limited for catering purposes. If you would like to register, or have any other questions, please contact Nenad Stojanović, Département de science politique et relations internationales & Institut d’études de la citoyenneté (InCite), Université de Genève (nenad.stojanovic@unige.ch; 0041765585541).
Programme
8:45
Arrival of participants; coffee and tea
9:15
Opening remarks: Nenad Stojanović (U de Genève, organisor)
9:20
Keynote speech 1: Annabelle Lever (Sciences Po, Paris) "What is the alternative to compulsory voting? Some reflections on a democratic challenge"
9:50
Discussion
10:10
Keynote speech 2: Anthoula Malkopoulou (Uppsala U) "Compulsory voting, equal representation and the threat of populism"
10:40
Discussion
11:00
Break
11:20
Lachlan Umbers (U of New South Wales): "Partisanship, compulsory voting, and the right not to vote"
11:40
Chiara Destri (Goethe-U., Frankfurt): "The act of voting"
12:00
Comments by Matteo Bonotti and discussion
12:40
Lunch break
14:00
Keynote speech 3: Matteo Bonotti (Monash U) "Compulsory voting and partisanship"
14:30
Discussion
14:50
Break: coffee and tea
15:10
Andrei Poama (Leiden U): "Making offenders vote: democratic expressivism and compulsory criminal voting"
15:30
Presentation by Miljan Vasić (U of Belgrade): "Condorcet's Jury Theorem and compulsory voting"
15:50
Comments by Nenad Stojanović and discussion
16:30
Concluding remarks (all)
17:00
End of the workshop