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PERSPECTIVES on Agency and Participation 15-16th of May, 2014 IUSS, Palazzo del Broletto, Piazza della Vittoria 15, Pavia (Italy) Sala del Camino Synthesis The workshop aims at offering an

1 PERSPECTIVES on Agency and Participation 15-16th of May, 2014 IUSS, Palazzo del Broletto, Piazza della Vittoria 15, Pavia (Italy) Sala del Camino Synthesis The workshop aims at offering an interdisciplinary forum for the of different views of agency and of its implications for issues of individual and collective participation. The current debate on these topics appears to be fragmented. The goal of the workshop is to bridge interdisciplinary divisions and to provide space for a fertile sharing of perspectives, which allows a better comprehension of how different ideas of agency and participation may inform the debate on justice, democracy, equality, responsibility, and sustainability. Structure The workshop is articulated along the following three main sections: A conceptual introduction to agency Implications I: individual and collective agency Implications II: participation and responsibility Implications III: participation and change The sections aim at enhancing the understanding of the structural features of agency and of its implications in the domain of morality, politics, and economics What empirical and moral properties qualify human agency? Can we ground the equal treatment of individuals in their sharing the same morally relevant agential capacities? Can we attribute agency to such collective entities as groups? When and how is individual agency used to pursue collective goals? How can we link it to collective responsibilities? What form of political participation maximally

2 realizes citizens agential capacities? How do cultural and social factors interact with participation and its effectiveness in contributing to social justice? Each section will comprise presentations from different disciplinary backgrounds and a guided. Speakers Due to the specificity of the subject and the relatively tight timeframe, invited speakers will be asked to present either a summary paper or a short synthesis of past and ongoing work on the subject within their field. The presentations will aim to introduce the audience to concepts, conceptions, analytical tools, open questions, and research results concerning the workshop topic. Participation The participation to the workshop is free. To register please send an to enrica.ruaro@unipv.it by May 8th.

3 Programme Thursday, 15 th of May An Introduction to the Concept of Agency Fondazione Welcome Address Giangiacomo Feltrinelli e IUSS Emanuela Ceva Enrica Chiappero Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Nadia von Jacobi workshop (organizers) IUSS e Università di Pavia Rational agency: a constructivist account Moral Coffee Break Agency and equality Political Individual Development capabilities and Economics collective achievements Comments and Carla Bagnoli Università di Modena Ian Carter Jean-Luc Dubois Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Marseille Emanuela Ceva

4 Thursday, 15 th of May Individual Agency and Collective Agency Collective actions, obligation and responsibility Political Multilevel entitlements, enforcement and collective goods Law Coffee Break Individuals and Social Ontology collectivities Are modern philosophical accounts of wellbeing excessively individualistic? Comments and Economics and Adina Preda University of Limerick Elisabetta Silvestri Anna Moltchanova Carleton College Minnesota Mozaffar Qizilbash University of York Nadia von Jacobi IUSS

5 Friday, 16 th of May Agency, Participation, and Responsibility Selfless Agency? and Cognitive Sciences Political agency and Political public autonomy Coffee Break What's wrong with Political deliberative democracy? Shared social responsibilities Comments and Economics Michele Di Francesco IUSS Valeria Ottonelli Università di Genova Valentina Pazé Università di Torino Lorenzo Sacconi Università di Trento Peter Herrmann EURISPES

6 Friday, 16 th of May Participation and Change Local management of common Cultural resources: agency Anthropology and participation Participation in urban transformation processes Urban Studies Coffee Break Participation and Development inequality Economics People as the 'principal' of democracy. Some insights from the Political Science Five Stars Movement's populist rise in Italy Comments and Mauro van Aken Università Milano- Bicocca Serena Vicari Università Milano- Bicocca Siddiqur Osmani University of Ulster Flavio Chiapponi Enrica Chiappero IUSS and

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