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Anja Karnein on “What’s Wrong With Climate Change”

Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group

The next session of the Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group will be hosted by Anja Karnein [Binghamton University (SUNY)] who will be presenting a work in progress entitled: “What’s Wrong With Climate Change”. This presentation will be based on the following paper that will be circulated in advance: Anja Karnein (2022), What’s wrong with the presentist bias? On the threat of intergenerational domination, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2062215.


The Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group will meet every month as part of the EPLAB research project “Present Democracy for Future Generations” (PTDC/FER-FIL/6088/2020) to discuss a published paper, or work in progress related to the project’s theme.


For anyone wishing to attend in person, the group will be at room SE1. Bring your own laptop/mobile phone and audioset for Zoom connection and perfect hearing! To join the session on Zoom, click here.


If you are interested in joining the group’s mailing list, receiving updates to the schedule, Zoom invitations, and the selected papers prior to the meetings, please write to devoncass@fcsh.unl.pt.


The Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group is co-organised by Devon Cass, Inês Cisneiros, José Pereira and Zachariah Tailor.

Next sessions
19 apr – Sofia Estudante
"Generational Sovereignity"
Axel Gosseries (2016), Institutions for Future Generations (Chap. 6). Oxford University Press.

17 may – Inês Cisneiros
"Moving Beyond Theories of Intergenerational Justice"
Michael K. MacKenzie (2021), Future Publics. Oxford University Press.

21 jun – José Gusmão
"Intergenerational Fair Play" (work in progress)