External engagements in 2026
14-16 Jan 2026 Research retreat of the Programme ’Democracy and Higher Education’, Sigtuna
Stiftelsen
29 April 2026 Guest Lecture, Series on ’Dialogues on Democratic Resilience’, Law Faculty, Cambridge
University
27-29 May 2026 Editorial meeting, Oxford Handbook of Democratic Self-Defence, Pontifical
Catholic University of Chile, Santiago
12-13 Jun 2026 Invited speaker, Workshop 'Postliberalism and its Critics', Swedish Defence University,
Stockholm
6-10 July 2026 World Congress of Constitutional Law, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá
(Workshop 28 ’Academic freedom under pressure’)
Fall 2026 Guest Lecture, Series on ’The potentials of democracy’, University of Halle & Freidrich
Ebert Stiftung
External engagements in Fall 2025
26-29 Aug 2025 ECPR General Conference, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (section chair)
19 Sept 2025 Fullbright Welcome Reception, Host to Fullbright MA student Stephen Blinder, IDEA
14 Oct 2025 Invited talk on compulsory voting, Gong (NGO), Zagreb
20 Oct 2025 Attending, Conference 'A week on academic freedom', Uppsala
22 Oct 2025 Invited discussant, Roundtable with Verfassungsblog, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Nordic
Countries, Stockholm.
7 Nov 2025 Invited discussant of Lisa Herzog's talk based on her book The Democratic
Marketplace, Higher Research Seminar, Uppsala University
14 Nov 2025 Invited discussant of Cristina Lafont's lecture on sortition, Symposium 'The Politics of
Democracy' in honour of Hubertus Buchstein's retirement, Alfried Krupp Institute of
Advanced Study, Greifswald (via Zoom)
19-21 Nov 2025 Organizer, Workshop in preparation of Oxford Handbook of Democratic Self-Defence &
editors' meeting, Leiden University
1 Dec 2025 Jury member, Franca Feisel 's PhD thesis 'The EU's Democratic Self-Defence: A
Reflexive Approach', Dept of Law, EUI Florence
Events and public talks in Spring 2025
6 Feb 2025 Invited speaker, PPE seminar, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm
13 March 2025 Invited speaker, Political Theory seminar, Stockholm University
1-2 Apr 2025 Keynote lecture on 'Forgotten Institutions: Ostracism', University of Vienna
16-17 May 2025 Invited speaker, Symposium on 'Democratic Theory at a Time of Anti-gender
Movements' & Redescriptions annual editorial meeting, Université Paris 8
26-27 May 2025 Organiser, Workshop on 'Democratic Self-Defence: Normative Perspectives', Uppsala
University
28 May 2025 Invited speaker, Symposium 'From the Weimar Constitution to the Venice
Commission', Dept of Law, Uppsala University
12 June 2025 Invited speaker, Workshop on Democratic Innovations, New Europe College,
Bucharest
4 July 2025 Invited speaker, MANCEPT Workshop on the Ethics of Democratic Resilience,
University of Manchester
Events and public talks, 2024
8 January PhD examination committee, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki.
1 February Palme Professorship seminar, 'Experience of Crisis', Law Dept, Uppsala University
18 Feb-5 Apr Visiting Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago de Chile (Host: Cristobal
Rovira Kaltwasser).
20 March Invited speaker, Research Colloquium, Instituto de Ciencia Politica, Pontifical Catholic
University of Chile
10 May Redescriptions annual editorial meeting, Helsinki
14-15 May Co-organizer: Annual conference, Swedish Network for Political Theory, Uppsala University.
27-28 May Co-organizer: Conference 'Populism and Democratic Defence in Europe', Roskilde University
29 May Chair, Patrick Nitzschner's mock PhD defence, Lund University
3-4 June Keynote speaker, 'Militant Democracy and Constitutionalism', University of Nicosia &
Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation, Nicosia.
5-8 Sept APSA Annual Meeting (paper presenter and roundtable discussant), Philadelphia NJ
27-28 Sept Invited speaker, Workshop 'The Moral Dilemmas of Resistance', CEU Budapest
23 October Invited speaker, Research Colloquium, Civilspace project, LMU Munich
29-30 Nov Invited speaker, Symposium 'The Future of Liberal Democracy’', Yale-NUS College, Singapore
5 Dec Invited speaker, Higher Seminar, University of Gothenburg
6 Dec Chair, Patrick Nitzschner's PhD defense, Lund University (Opponent: Maeve Cooke, TCD)
Events and public talks, 2023 (in reverse order)
14-15 Dec Invited speaker, International workshop, WZB Berlin
19 October Paper presenter, Political theory seminar, Uppsala
28 Sept Invited speaker, Workshop ‘Resisting the autocratic turn’, Brussels
25 Sept Invited commentator, Siri Sylvan's PhD manuscript conference
18-22 Sept Carlsberg project writing retreat, Versailles/Paris
15-19 July IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2 June Examining committee at Viktor Schulin-Elm's PhD defense, Stockholm University
16-17 May What is the social bond of democracy? International Workshop, Uppsala
20 April Invited speaker, State of exception and democratic self-defense, Dept. of Law, Uppsala
19 January Paper presenter, Political theory seminar, Uppsala
