What role does space play for politics? And what does a 'democratic space' look like? In this paper, out now in @spaceandpolity.bsky.social , I look at how the work of Jean-Luc Nancy might help us understand those questions: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very grateful to @maxim-v-asseldonk.bsky.social for organising this amazing workshop, which I had the pleasure of attending yesterday! A really wonderful day of talks and discussions.

Less than a week left to submit abstracts for this event!

Reminder! The deadline for abstract submissions for this wonderful event is less than 3 weeks away now!

Event announcement! On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen. We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes. CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Vorige week sprak ik samen met Luuk de Boer bij Radboud Reflects over soevereinen: wie zijn ze, wat motiveert ze, en wat zegt het over een democratische rechtsstaat en de legitimiteit van macht dat de populariteit van dit gedachtegoed toeneemt? Kijk het hier terug: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhp9...

No ifs, no buts, no education cuts! WOinActie Nijmegen.

What happens if constitutions, as indispensable protections of democracy, themselves threaten to stifle democracy? In this new paper in @globcon.bsky.social I draw primarily on the work of Claude Lefort and Martin Loughlin to address that question. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

More publication news! In this paper, @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social and me cross borders between geography and philosophy. We draw on Nancy and Esposito to give broader philosophical grounding to geographical concepts such as 'borderscapes'. Available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New publication! In this article, new in @krisisjournal.bsky.social I address the idea that 'the demos' does not exist as a distinct entity. To sustain its legitimising role in democratic theory, I propose viewing the demos as a prefigurative concept. Read it here: doi.org/10.21827/kri...

STATEMENT WOinACTIE De deal die CDA, CU, JA21 en SGP met Geert Wilders sluiten, is volstrekt onacceptabel en verwerpelijk. De onderwijsbezuinigingen zijn funest voor universiteiten, steden, regio’s en uiteindelijk voor heel Nederland. Dat zeggen tal van maatschappelijke partners met ons. 1/