Antoinette Scherz
Associate Professor in Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University
Stockholm Center on Global Governance
ARENA, University of Oslo, ENROL – Enforcing the rule of law: What can the European Union do to prevent rule of law deterioration from within?
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- What should the EU do about #Hungary? 🇪🇺🇭🇺 New ARENA Europa podcast ep. is out! We often ask what’s feasible instead of what’s right when it comes to #RoL enforcement in the #EU. @vmakszimov.bsky.social asked me about what “the right thing” might be. 🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
- Ep. 1 in our mini-series on #Hungary 🇭🇺 is out! Too often we ask what's feasible, rather than what's right, when it comes #RoL enforcement in the #EU. Tune in for a 🎙️ w/ @ascherz.bsky.social about what “doing the right thing” could look like. 🔗 Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/2lyLtQi...
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- New special issue out! 🎉 “Legitimate International Authority and Institutional Diversity” — edited by @oisinsuttle.bsky.social & me in Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. How can we judge the legitimacy of diverse international institutions? 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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- 🗳️ Restoring democracy after years of erosion is hard work 🇪🇺 In a new IGCC blogpost, @chrishillion.bsky.social , @tommasopavone.bsky.social & I argue that "frontsliding" may require restorative disobedience—proportionate defiance of entrenched illiberal structures. 👉 ucigcc.org/blog/poland-...
- Check out JEPP's collection on EU responses to democratic backsliding, bringing to together some of newest research on the topic! Including one of my papers about what the EU should do
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- New paper w/ @chrishillion.bsky.social & @tommasopavone.bsky.social What does it take not just to defend democracy—but to rebuild it? Developing the concepts of democratic frontsliding and restorative disobedience we analyze how liberal democracy can be restored: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 w/ @chrishillion.bsky.social & @ascherz.bsky.social! How can governments restore liberal democracy after a period of democratic erosion? We theorize "democratic frontsliding" & how obstructions to frontsliding can be overcome, using Poland/the EU as a case: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- Presenting work on democratic frontsliding at this great AuthLIB workshop in Budapest. Thank you for the very helpful discussion!
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- The Department of Philosophy at Stockholm University is looking to hire a PhD in practical philosophy: philjobs.org/job/show/28426 Deadline: 31. January Come and join us in beautiful Stockholm!
- How should the EU respond to democratic backsliding in its own member states? 📜 In my latest paper, I tackle the pressing challenge of democratic backsliding in EU member states such as Hungary and Poland—an issue that threatens the EU’s core values of democracy, the rule of law, and human rights.
- 💡 My analysis reveals that suspension of voting rights is the more democratically preferable option, offering a legitimate way for the EU to uphold its values without undermining its democratic foundations.
- Last chance to apply for this 2-year postdoc in philosophy at the Stockholm Center on Global Governance! Deadline is the 15. October. See details here: www.su.se/english/abou...
