EPLab • Reading Group

Sofia Estudante on “Generational Sovereignity”

Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group

The next session of the Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group will be hosted by Sofia Estudante (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) who will be presenting a paper by Axel Gosseries (2016), “Generational Sovereignity”, Institutions for Future Generations (Chap. 6). Oxford University Press.


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
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)