What should the EU do about #Hungary? 🇪🇺🇭🇺 New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out! We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be. 🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...

📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels & Papers 🏛️ Authority, Authoritarianism, and Political Theory 🪑 @tlechtable.bsky.social & @ascherz.bsky.social ⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/sOfsXUu #PoliSky #CallforPapers #Democracy

New special issue out! 🎉 “Legitimate International Authority and Institutional Diversity” — edited by @oisinsuttle.bsky.social & me in Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. How can we judge the legitimacy of diverse international institutions? 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

How can: -we build resilience in times of overburdening threats -we re-imagine what democracy & the rule of law look like in turbulent times -the EU adapt to emerge stronger? At the European #RuleofLaw Conference 2025, our opening panel brings together voices from journalism, academia & practice⬇️

🗳️ Restoring democracy after years of erosion is hard work 🇪🇺 In a new IGCC blogpost, @chrishillion.bsky.social , @tommasopavone.bsky.social & I argue that "frontsliding" may require restorative disobedience—proportionate defiance of entrenched illiberal structures. 👉 ucigcc.org/blog/poland-...

Check out JEPP's collection on EU responses to democratic backsliding, bringing to together some of newest research on the topic! Including one of my papers about what the EU should do

AG Ćapeta recently explained why Frontex may be held liable for fundamental rights violations that occur during joint return operations. LAURA SALZANO on this latest development in the applicants’ quest for accountability in WS v Frontex. verfassungsblog.de/we-were-just...

New paper w/ @chrishillion.bsky.social & @tommasopavone.bsky.social What does it take not just to defend democracy—but to rebuild it? Developing the concepts of democratic frontsliding and restorative disobedience we analyze how liberal democracy can be restored: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Presenting work on democratic frontsliding at this great AuthLIB workshop in Budapest. Thank you for the very helpful discussion!

Our "Defending Liberalism" workshop is underway at @ceudeminst.bsky.social 🗨️ What are the normative limits of protecting democracy from illiberal actors? How can we respond to their varieties? Our agenda: www.authlib.eu/defending-li... 🗣️ @zmiklosi.bsky.social @zsolt.bsky.social & Andres Moles

Follow the Stockholm Center on Global Governance for updates! @scgg-official.bsky.social The center brings together researchers at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and beyond for events, interdisciplinary research, and policy in global governance. #polisky #Europesky

Suspending Hungarian citizenship for dual nationals, violations of freedom of assembly and the attempt to ban Pride🏳️‍🌈 -- the Orbán government is escalating its efforts to stifle dissent and weaken human rights protections in Hungary🇭🇺. Our 2 new briefs explain the plans ➡️ helsinki.hu/en/legislati...

The Department of Philosophy at Stockholm University is looking to hire a PhD in practical philosophy: philjobs.org/job/show/28426 Deadline: 31. January Come and join us in beautiful Stockholm!

How should the EU respond to democratic backsliding in its own member states? 📜 In my latest paper, I tackle the pressing challenge of democratic backsliding in EU member states such as Hungary and Poland—an issue that threatens the EU’s core values of democracy, the rule of law, and human rights.

Last chance to apply for this 2-year postdoc in philosophy at the Stockholm Center on Global Governance! Deadline is the 15. October. See details here: www.su.se/english/abou...

The proofs are corrected and the first reviews are online. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 is coming! Very grateful to Paul Magnette, Wojciech Sadurski and Judith Sargentini for their endorsements 🙏 www.hurstpublishers.com/book/protect...