Junior Scholars Workshop 2020: New Approaches to Global Constitutionalism

In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Editorial team of Global Constitutionalism, has decided to run its Junior Scholars Workshop online.  It will be held  on 16-17 July 2020, but rather than meeting at the University of Southampton we will meet onllne through video conferencing. To accommodate this change, and in recognition of the disruptions caused by the pandemic, we have extended the deadline for abstracts until 1 May 2020. We are currently assessing possible options for delivering papers and giving feedback on them remotely. Further details will be provided in the meantime.

As announced previously, we invite paper proposals on any topic related to global constitutionalism. Thus we welcome any proposals that consider, broadly construed, the foundations, limitations, and contestations of the principles and norms of political order and in the transnational, international, or global context.

The workshop aspires to advance the interdisciplinary character of global constitutionalism and to promote the creation of networks of scholars working in cognate fields.  Thus, we invite submissions from a broad range of disciplines including International Law, Political Science, International Relations, Comparative Constitutional Law, Comparative Politics, Political Theory and Philosophy. While our primary audience for the workshop is early career researchers, we will accept submissions from more senior scholars.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

• International courts and contemporary challenges to international courts

• Human rights

• The rule of law from a global perspective

• Contemporary challenges to democracy

• The legitimate role of the judiciary in the global order

• Contestation of global norms

• Global justice

• Transnational democracy

• Post-colonial critiques of global constitutionalism

• Non-western approaches to global constitutionalism

• The implications of the rise of populist and nationalist movements for global constitutionalism

• Global constitutionalism and cultural diversity

In order to apply, please submit a paper abstract of up to 400 words and an academic biography of 150 words at: globcon-journal@soton.ac.uk.  

The new deadline for submissions is May 1st 2020. 

If you have any questions, please contact: globcon-journal@soton.ac.uk.