During the conference “Politics, economics, and ethics of the current states of emergency”, young researchers, mostly Phd Candidates, will present their findings on a variety of topics related to socio-political and economic dimensions of the current pandemic and lockdown situations.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

9:00–9:10 Welcoming remarks
Michał Kuś, Deputy Director of the Institute of Political Science, The University of Wrocław
Paweł Nowakowski, General Chair, The University of Wrocław

9:10–11:10 1st Session (Chair: Paweł Nowakowski)
9:10–9:30 Dawid Megger, Lockdown policy in the perspective of Austro-libertarian welfare economics
9:30–9:50 Matteo Mastracci, Living under the umbrella of semantic constitutionalism: state of emergency and executive powers
9:50–10:10 Fatma Alakbarova, Thinking about Civil Disobedience in a Global Pandemic
10:10–10:30 Denis Gerlich, How to protest during the pandemic era? Polish Women’s protest and “The Handmaid’s Tale” symbols
10:30–10:50 Nadia Gubernat, Post-pandemic reality – a chance for a Social Democratic renaissance in the V4 region?

10:50–11:10 DISCUSSION

11:10–11:30 BREAK

11:30–13:30 2nd Session (Chair: Paweł Nowakowski)
11:30–11:50 Thananan Khantee, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): The Political Challenge for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Countries in The Covid Era
11:50–12:10 Paulina Kozioł, Is state of emergency a key element of constitution? The Italian scenario
12:10–12:30 Aliyu Bello Garba, Political economy of state of emergency: case studies of Nigeria
12:30–12:50 Md Hussin Alam, Covid 19 and citizen’s behavior in Bangladesh: challenges and solution
12:50–13:10 Md Mufassir Rashid, Covid 19 and Growing Inequality in Global South: A Post Structuralist Perspective

13:10–13:30 DISCUSSION

13:30 Summary and closing
Paweł Nowakowski, General Chair, Wrocław University