Reclaiming Legitimacy: Universities, Elites, and the Renewal of Democracy

Reclaiming Legitimacy: Universities, Elites, and the Renewal of Democracy

This international roundtable brings together leading scholars and public intellectuals to examine the contemporary crisis in higher education and its implications for democratic life. 

This international roundtable brings together leading scholars and public intellectuals to examine the contemporary crisis in higher education and its implications for democratic life. 

Welcome and Institutional Remarks
Paolo Boccardelli, Rector of Luiss
Pasquale Ferrara, President of Reset DOC

Panel 1 – Rebuilding Trust and Civic Responsibility
Arjun Appadurai, Professor Emeritus, New York University
Craig Calhoun, Professor, Arizona State University
Chris Higgins, Chair of the Department of Formative Education, Boston College

Panel 2 – Turning Ideas into Practice
Silja Häusermann, Professor, University of Zurich
Giovanni Orsina, Head of the Department of Political Science, Luiss
Shalini Randeria, Former President, Central European University

Moderator
Giancarlo Bosetti, Vice-President, Reset DOC

 

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