Schedule (Timezone UTC)
Online workshop “Labor Justice and the Transformation of Work”
July 21-23, 2021, online
Wednesday 21
12-12.15h Opening remarks.
12.15-13.30h Keynote address: Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus Rotterdam), “Socialism Unrevised.” Discussant: Andrew Williams (ICREA & UPF).
13.30-14.30h Pascal Brixel (Clemson), “Equality Is Not Enough: Freedom, Work, and the Limits of Republicanism.” Discussant: Yunhyae Kim (Harvard).
14.30-14.45h Break
14.45-15.45h Sandrine Blanc (INSEEC) and Tim Meijers (Leiden), “Justice Inc.” Discussant: Jeffrey Moriarty (Bentley).
Thursday 22
12-13h Denise Celentano (Research Centre on Ethics, Montreal), “Normative Concerns of Algorithmic Management in the Light of Gig Workers' 'Tricking the Algorithm' Practices.” Discussant: Thomas Ferretti (LSE).
13-14h Zsolt Kapelner (CEU), “Workplace Democracy and the Value of the Worker-Society Relation.” Discussant: Pierre-Yves Néron (Lille).
14-14.15h Break
14.15-15.15h Samuel Mortimer (Wharton, UPenn), “Participatory Attitudes and the Attribution of Moral Responsibility in a Business Corporation.” Discussant: Tom Parr (Warwick).
15.15-16.15h Caleb Althorpe (Western), “Meaningful Work, Nonperfectionism, and Reciprocity.” Discussant: Samuel Arnold (Texas Christian).
Friday 23
12-13h Alastair James (Melbourne), “The Proximity of Labour and Capital: An Unexamined Difficulty for the Just Distribution of Discretionary Time.” Discussant: Malte Jauch (Essex).
13-14h Julian Jonker (Wharton, UPenn), “Behavioral Data and the Right to Strike.” Discussant: Stuart White (Oxford).
14-14.15h Break
14.15-15.15h Santiago Mejia (Fordham), “Technological Unemployment and a Cultural Crisis of Intelligibility.” Discussant: Ruth Yeoman (Oxford).
15.15-16.30h Keynote address: Lisa Herzog (Groningen), “Fairness in the Distribution of Occupational Duties” (coauthored with Frauke Schmode). Discussant: Jan Kandiyali (LSE).
*All times are UTC.
July 21-23, 2021, online
Wednesday 21
12-12.15h Opening remarks.
12.15-13.30h Keynote address: Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus Rotterdam), “Socialism Unrevised.” Discussant: Andrew Williams (ICREA & UPF).
13.30-14.30h Pascal Brixel (Clemson), “Equality Is Not Enough: Freedom, Work, and the Limits of Republicanism.” Discussant: Yunhyae Kim (Harvard).
14.30-14.45h Break
14.45-15.45h Sandrine Blanc (INSEEC) and Tim Meijers (Leiden), “Justice Inc.” Discussant: Jeffrey Moriarty (Bentley).
Thursday 22
12-13h Denise Celentano (Research Centre on Ethics, Montreal), “Normative Concerns of Algorithmic Management in the Light of Gig Workers' 'Tricking the Algorithm' Practices.” Discussant: Thomas Ferretti (LSE).
13-14h Zsolt Kapelner (CEU), “Workplace Democracy and the Value of the Worker-Society Relation.” Discussant: Pierre-Yves Néron (Lille).
14-14.15h Break
14.15-15.15h Samuel Mortimer (Wharton, UPenn), “Participatory Attitudes and the Attribution of Moral Responsibility in a Business Corporation.” Discussant: Tom Parr (Warwick).
15.15-16.15h Caleb Althorpe (Western), “Meaningful Work, Nonperfectionism, and Reciprocity.” Discussant: Samuel Arnold (Texas Christian).
Friday 23
12-13h Alastair James (Melbourne), “The Proximity of Labour and Capital: An Unexamined Difficulty for the Just Distribution of Discretionary Time.” Discussant: Malte Jauch (Essex).
13-14h Julian Jonker (Wharton, UPenn), “Behavioral Data and the Right to Strike.” Discussant: Stuart White (Oxford).
14-14.15h Break
14.15-15.15h Santiago Mejia (Fordham), “Technological Unemployment and a Cultural Crisis of Intelligibility.” Discussant: Ruth Yeoman (Oxford).
15.15-16.30h Keynote address: Lisa Herzog (Groningen), “Fairness in the Distribution of Occupational Duties” (coauthored with Frauke Schmode). Discussant: Jan Kandiyali (LSE).
*All times are UTC.
This conference is organized by Iñigo González-Ricoy, Adrián Herranz, Jahel Queralt, and Chris Zhang within the remit of the UPF Law and Philosophy research group, and is part of the research project "Justice at Work: A Normative Analysis of Nonstandard Forms of Employment," which is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, the Spanish Research Agency, and the European Regional Development Fund (PGC2018-095917-A-I00).