Welcome to the Conference Website
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This event is generously sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Sciences at UWE Bristol, the Bristol Law School, the Social Science Research Group, Social Science in the City, NewHoRRIzon, and the Royal Institute of Philosophy. For info please contact francesco.tava@uwe.ac.uk
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SUCCESS!
We thoroughly enjoyed both the research panels and the public engagement event of 'Interdisciplinary Perspective on European Solidarity'. Lots of food for thought and calls to action. Many thanks to all the participants! See below live-tweet and pictures.
The Organisers
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International Conference |
Research Pilot |
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The conference will consist of five research panels that will explore themes such as solidarity's contested definition; the social actors involved in its formation; redistribution and cooperation; etc. See the Conference Programme for more info.
Public Engagement Event (info here)The conference will host the 26th instalment of Agora Europe: a permanent and itinerant symposium that aims at discussing the future of Europe and the potential of each country to reshape the European political space. Everybody is welcome.
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A Research Pilot on solidarity, bioethics, and RRI will be held on 25 June. The Pilot is sponsored by NewHoRRIzon and will involve researchers from various disciplines discussing the idea of solidarity against the backdrop of responsible innovation.
Student EngagementStudents are particularly welcome to each and every part of the conference. Students from various branches of the UWE Department of Social Sciences and from the Bristol Law School will be invited to engage in discussions with our speakers.
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The medium of integration of civic solidarity within and across national borders [...] is a necessary condition for joint political will-formation and hence for both the communicative generation of democratic power and the legitimation of the exercise of political authority.
Jürgen Habermas
