[PHILOS-L] Milan Workshop on Democratic Elections
Chiara Destri
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I am delighted to announce the workshop “What Are Democratic Elections For?”, organised within the project REVoTED—Rethinking Elections: Voter Trust, Equality and Democracy.
The workshop will take place on Wednesday, 24 June 2026, from 10:00 to 18:45, and on Thursday, 25 June 2026, from 9:45 to 15:45, at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, SPS Seminar Room (Passione side), Via Conservatorio 7, Milan.
It will also be possible to attend the workshop remotely via Zoom. Those who wish to attend, whether in person or remotely, are kindly asked to register via the following link: https://www.revoted.eu/workshop.html. The registration deadline is Thursday, 18 June 2026 for in-person attendance, and Tuesday, 23 June 2026 at noon for remote attendance.
The programme will feature papers by Enrico Biale, Udit Bhatia, Valeria Ottonelli, Ryan Pevnick, Joseph Lacey, Elena Ziliotti, Carlo Burelli, Giulia Bistagnino, Kevin Elliott, and Chiara Destri.
More information, including the full programme, is available on the workshop page.
Please find below a timetable for the workshop.
Best regards,
Chiara Destri
chiara...@unimi.it
Assistant Professor (RtdA),
Department of Social and Political Science, University of Milan, Italy
Latest articles
Destri, Chiara (2025), 'Is Partisanship Dysfunctional for Representative Institutions?’, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Online First,
https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.70052
Destri, Chiara and Carlo Burelli (2025), ‘Does Your Vote Matter That Much? On the Ground of Electoral Duties’, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 28(5): 737–754,
https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2025.2524978
Häggrot, Marcus Carlsen and Chiara Destri (2025), ‘Proportional Non-Voter Sortition: Legislative Inclusion for Non-Voting Citizens’, Perspectives on Politics, 23(3): 847-864,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592724001415
What Are Democratic Elections For?
Workshop Programme
Milan, 24–25 June 2026
Department of Social and Political Sciences — SPS Seminar Room (Passione side)
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Wednesday, 24 June |
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10:00 – 12:15 |
Chair: Chiara Destri (Università di Milano) Enrico Biale (Università del Piemonte Orientale) Back to Pareto: Unpacking the Neo-Reactionary Challenge to Democracy Udit Bhatia (King’s College London) Rule-Breaking Democratic Competition: A Normative Inquiry |
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12:15 – 13:45 |
Lunch break |
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13:45 – 16:00 |
Chair: Federica Liveriero (Università di Pavia) Valeria Ottonelli (Università di Genova) Elections, External Voting and the Democratic Injustice Loop Ryan Pevnick (New York University) Presumptive Political Equality |
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:30 – 18:45 |
Chair: Federica Liveriero (Università di Pavia) Joseph Lacey (University College Dublin) Moral Coping in Election Campaigns Chiara Destri (Università di Milano) Democratic Elections, Equality, and Trust |
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Thursday, 25 June |
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9:45 – 12:00 |
Chair: Nicola Riva (Università di Milano) Elena Ziliotti (City University of Hong Kong) The Normative Role of Elections in Contemporary Confucian Political Theory Carlo Burelli (Università del Piemonte Orientale) Representation Without Elections: Rescuing Democratic Responsiveness Through Personalized AI Representatives |
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12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30 – 15:45 |
Chair: Greta Favara (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele) Giulia Bistagnino (Università di Milano) Democratic Representation and Political Autonomy Kevin Elliott (Yale University) Toward an Ethics of Citizen Decision-Making: A Framework for Democratic Theory |
Each session consists of two presentations (30–40 minutes), each followed by a 30-minute discussion.
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