The conference, running from Nov 8th @ 2 pm to Nov 10th @ 5 pm, focuses on the intersections of democracy, social justice and citizenship in diverse fields of criminalisation in Europe, asking in particular about what we term “the dilemmas of democracy” that follow from the policies and practices of criminalisation as we have documented in our work. The conference includes contributions by representatives of NGOs and activist groups engaged in fields of criminalisation in Europe, and also by humanities and social science scholars who have influenced our work and thinking. As an event, then, the conference is intended to be a space for exchanging with other academics, community groups, NGOs and policy makers on possible strategies to rethink democracy in light of the dilemmas extracted from our work.
