Alice el-Wakil
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Alice el-Wakil
@anewq.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Political theory, democracy, referendums, democratic innovation, representation
Next week @ucph.bsky.social: Alasia Nuti (@alasianuti.bsky.social) on "Affective Polarization, Democratic Backsliding, and the Binding Role of Media Systems" in the Political Theory Seminars
📍Wednesday, Oct. 29, 14.00
➡️ Information and registration: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro...
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Big congratulations to you both, @aureliabardon.bsky.social & @bboudou.bsky.social! Very, very impressive time and contributors’ management skills.
September 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This Fall semester at the University of Copenhagen (@ucph.bsky.social): a new edition of the Political Theory Seminars 🤓🪩

With @beckmanprof.bsky.social, @alasianuti.bsky.social and @j-benson.bsky.social y.social

More information and registration: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro...

#poltheory
August 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In Zurich next week: Inequality and Deliberation Summer School - and the keynote, roundtable and morning seminars are open to registered auditors 🤓

Registration link: www.ema.uzh.ch/en/register/...

@democracynet.bsky.social #Zurich #Democracy #DemoInno #DemocracyStudies
June 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"... committing to not knowing where it is going and the shape it will ultimately take is core to doing this work well ..."

New piece by Emily Beausoleil, "Decolonizing Deliberation: Experiments from Aotearoa New Zealand," doi.org/10.1017/S000...
June 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"Kant's Two Versions of the Perfect Republic" by Michael Kryluk (University of Oslo) in the Political Theory Seminars

Thursday, May 2, at 14.00, University of Copenhagen

➡️ politicalscience.ku.dk/events/kants...
April 29, 2024 at 1:31 PM
What should legitimate processes of international law- and policy-making among democratic peoples look like? A talk by Francis Cheneval on "Demoicratic Representation in and by International Organizations"

April 25, 15:00, Uni. of Copenhagen, City Campus

politicalscience.ku.dk/events/demoi...
April 15, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Many thanks to @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social, @simonechambers.bsky.social, @stepherev.bsky.social, @apoama.bsky.social, @micastre.bsky.social, and many more for insightful comments, questions, suggestions, encouragements at various phases of development of the paper!
December 15, 2023 at 7:16 AM
Nov. 23 at 14.00: "Is the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change legitimate?"
with Antoinette Scherz (Stockholm University)

Political Theory Seminars
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

More info & registration: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro...
November 16, 2023 at 9:27 AM
CfP: "Democracy from the perspective of citizens" workshop at the Nordic Political Science Congress (NoPSA), June 25-28, 2024 in Bergen
Deadline to apply: December 15, 2023

More information on the congress and full CfP here (see p. 15 for ours): static1.squarespace.com/static/64478...
November 7, 2023 at 9:36 AM
Nov. 2 at 14.00: "Work and the Work Ethic: A Critique of Postwork Arguments" with Keith Breen (Queen's University Belfast)

Political Theory Seminars, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (City campus)

🔵 Registration information: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro...
October 29, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Oct. 5, 14.00, University of Copenhagen, City Campus: "Legal Contestation as Democratic Participation? Strategic Litigation and Democratic Theory"

We're lucky to welcome Svenja Ahlhaus (@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social) to open this term's Political Theory Seminar!

politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro...
October 4, 2023 at 9:32 AM