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Call for Papers Theme: Are migrants entitled to vote? Subtitle: On migrants' political inclusion through electoral rights Type: International Workshop Institution: Justice and Migration Research Group, KU Leuven Location: Leuven (Belgium) Date: 8.–9.12.2022 Deadline: 28.8.2022 __________________________________________________ Migration poses a challenge within democratic frameworks, in academia as in state practice. One reason why scholars struggle with justifying democratic inclusion (or exclusion) of migrants is the longeval tradition of conceptualizing the state as an independent unit whose citizens’ political views and conceptions of the good overlap and are discretely distinct from those that develop elsewhere. Much of the normative debates stems from the politico-philosophical tradition that would conceptualize migration and democratic inclusion as two independent areas of study. However, migration constitutes an ethically pressing, tangible example of what the fundamental question of democratic inclusion is about. This workshop seeks to gather and discuss possible approaches to the intersection of justice in migration and democratic theory. The theoretical challenges mentioned above have a number of practical implications. We are interested in questions that range from tackling those theoretical premises as well as their real world implications. We look for papers on the following or related topics: - Which tools does democratic theory provide to fruitfully approach questions of migratory justice? - How does the problem of the definition of the demos affect our understanding of territorial sovereignty and border controls? - Should electoral rights be approached through the prism of procedural or substantive democratic standards? How do different accounts of democratic legitimacy frame the permissibility of electoral rights differentiation between citizens and denizens? - Does the democratic culture of a country have legitimate consequences for migrants' inclusion? (e.g. do countries with mandatory voting have a stronger duty to include migrants? Should countries with a stronger tradition of public debate have higher language requirements?) - Should arguments from the perspective of migration justice be prioritized over democratic concerns? How does migration justice impact questions of democratic theory? - What if any should be the requirements (e.g. citizenship, residence, language proficiency) for political participation? - Should requirements for political participation change at different jurisdictional levels? (e.g. should such requirements be less strict at more local levels?) - What is the right place and form of political agency that temporary migrants are entitled to? For example, should they be able to participate in elections in their sending or host country? Or should they be steered towards other forms of political agency? - Should migrants with multiple citizenship be able vote (or run for office) in more than one country? - Are there categories of migrants that should have prompter access to electoral rights? Can this be the case, for instance, for political refugees? Or within frameworks such as the Commonwealth citizenship? This list is non-exhaustive, and submissions on related topics are welcome. Confirmed speakers - Arash Abizadeh (McGill University) - David Owen (University of Southampton) - Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva) - Alex Sager (Portland State University) - Eva Erman (Stockholm University) Submissions We have space for three more external speakers on our program. If you are interested in participating in this expert workshop, please submit an anonymized abstract of no more than 500 words, along with an email including your name, title, and affiliation to: eleonora.dannib...@kuleuven.be The format of this particular panel is pre-read. Abstracts should therefore be developed into a full paper. Participants will be asked to give a brief (5-10 min) presentation of their paper as part of the 1-hour discussion session of their work. The deadline for submission is August 28th, 2022. Notification of acceptance will be provided by September 5th. Key dates Abstracts submission deadline: August 28th, 2022 Notification sent to participants: September 5th, 2022 Final submission of papers: December 1st, 2022 Workshop: December 8th-9th, 2022 Organizers Eleonora d’Annibale Helder De Schutter If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please contact the organizer, Eleonora d'Annibale, at: eleonora.dannib...@kuleuven.be This workshop is organized as part of the “Justice & Migration” project, RIPPLE, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven: https://hiw.kuleuven.be/ripple/justice-and-migration __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
