The Horizon 2020-funded project Reconsidering European Contributions to Global Justice (GLOBUS) will be launched in June 2016. The aim of the project is to critically assess the EU's impact on global justice. GLOBUS Coordinator Helene Sjursen (ARENA Centre for European Studies) will gather scholars from different parts of the world to address both the principled and practical dilemmas involved in developing a foreign policy to improve conditions for global justice.
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GLOBUS Kick-off Conference Brochure (pdf)
While the first day of the conference is open to the public, the second day will be devoted to internal project sessions.
Registrations are closed. Please contact Geir Kværk if you would like to attend the conference.
Thursday 9 June 2016 |
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| 9.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 9.15 |
Welcome Presentation of the GLOBUS project |
I: Justice in a globalised worldHow should we think about justice beyond the jurisdiction of the state? What are the key challenges to justice in the context of globalisation? |
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| 9.40 |
Justice as non-dominance, as impartiality, or as mutual recognition? |
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| 10.15 |
Keynote lecture: Global justice against global finance Many accounts of global justice are free-standing, disconnected from a diagnosis of the obstacles to it. This lecture takes a different path. Starting from an account of the structures of globalising financialised capitalism, Nancy Fraser proposes an account of justice that can inform, and help to coordinate, struggles against it. Nancy Fraser, Member of GLOBUS Scientific Advisory Board |
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Comments Q&A session |
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| 11.15 | Coffee break |
II: Transborder issues and the vulnerability of states and citizensIncreased flows of migration, climate change, changing patterns of trade, and security risks challenge borders and affect peoples’ interests without regard for their status or citizenship. What are the specific claims of justice emanating from these fields? Who does the EU recognise as rightful claimants to justice within these domains? How does the EU proceed to determine whose concerns should be included? |
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| 11.45 |
Climate justice |
| Migration Sonia Lucarelli University of Bologna |
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| Cooperation and conflict Ben Tonra University College Dublin |
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| Trade and development Pundy Pillay University of the Witwatersrand |
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Comments Panel discussion Chair: Helene Sjursen |
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| 13.15 | Lunch |
III: Gender justiceIn the context of globalisation, feminists link up across national borders to claim recognition for women’s rights. Acknowledging gender equality as a key justice concern, Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström launched a strategy for a feminist foreign policy. But what does a feminist foreign policy look like, and what challenges arise in its realisation? |
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| 14.15 |
The quest for a feminist foreign policy and challenges to peace diplomacy Q&A session Chair: Helene Sjursen |
| 15.00 | Coffee break |
IV: BRICS perspectives on global justiceWhat are the most prominent justice claims emanating from emerging powers? There may be diverging perspectives on what would be adequate procedures for resolving concerns for justice. To what extent, and how, do the EU’s policies take heed of the claims from these states and from their citizens? |
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| 15.30 |
Brazil India China South Africa |
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Comments Panel discussion Chair: Helene Sjursen |
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| 17.00 |
End of conference
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17.15 |
GLOBUS General Assembly meetingMeeting room Skillebekk |
| 19.00 |
Reception and dinner |
Friday 10 June 2016 |
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The second day of the conference is devoted to internal sessions and is not open to the public. |
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Practical
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About
GLOBUS is coordinated by ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo and has partners in Italy, Germany, Ireland, South Africa, Brazil, India and China, in addition to Norway.
The project is funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme, Societal Challenges 6: Europe's contribution to a value-based global order and its contestants.