First international conference of deliberating Universities Network unidelib

Universities Deliberating for a Livable Planet

International Conference
23rd May 2025
Institut d’Etudes Politiques Fontainebleau – UPEC
Amphitheatre

Programme

9h - Coffee and Posters
9h30 - Introduction Émilie Frenkiel (UPEC, LIPHA) and Chloé Santoro (UPEC, LIPHA)

10h – Keynote speech : Mark Warren (University of British Columbia) - When, Where, and Why Might Elected Political Elites Reach for Democratic Innovations?

10h30 – “University Democracy”: institutional ecosystem, tools and governance issues when incorporating deliberative processes into the university

Arnauld Leclerc (Nantes Université)
Filippo Bignami et al (SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland)
Laurent Devisme (Nantes Université)

Discussion: Lisa Disch (University of Michigan) and Yves Sintomer (Université Paris 8)

12h15 Lunch and posters

13h30 - A School for Democracy? Involvement, effects and skills acquisition for participating students

Lucile Bouré (UPEC, LIPHA)
Emilie Frenkiel (UPEC, LIPHA)
UNIDELIB collective (Nantes U, Rennes U, USN, USPN, UPEC)

Discussion: Lise Hermann (University of Exeter) and Philip Lindsay (Bard College)

15h Coffee break

15h15 - Sciences with and for society: the role of universities in supporting democratic processes of ecological transition and the status of expertise

Jón Ólafsson et al. (University of Iceland)
Selma Tilikete (Université Paris 8)
Nelly Niwa (UNIL)
Julie Mayer (Université de Rennes)

Discussion and final words: Graham Smith (University of Westminster) and Émilie Frenkiel (UPEC, LIPHA)

17h End of the conference