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Workshop

Center for Critical Democracy Studies, The American University of Paris

Cities have long served as centers of economic activity, cultural innovation, and political experimentation. Yet, their role and status within larger political systems remain a subject of ongoing debate. In recent years, calls for granting greater autonomy to cities have gained momentum, driven by challenges such as urbanization, climate change, and growing inequalities. This event invites examination of the conditions under which cities should be granted autonomy, the implications of autonomy for equality, and the challenges specific to cities in navigating their relationship with regional, national, and global governance systems. The workshop鈥檚 aim is to foster a dialogue on whether autonomy (and in which form? which constitutional status?) is the appropriate framework for empowering cities or if alternative approaches, such as empowerment through subsidiarity, are better suited to achieving justice and effective governance.

Organized by:听Nathana毛l Colin-Jaeger听(础鲍笔),听Nefeli Lefkopoulou听(Sciences Po Paris),听Marc Goetzmann听(Universit茅 de Tours).

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DAY 1

Thursday, June 12

10h00-10h30 -听Welcome & Coffee

10h30-12h45 -听Session 1

• Nir BARAK听(Ben Gurion University) |听Assessing Justification for Municipal Autonomy
• Bartosz BISKUP听(Universit茅 de Tours) |听Partiality, Autonomy, and the Right to the City
• Oskar STEINER & Luca VENGA听(CEE, Sciences Po Paris) |听What 鈥楢uto鈥� for the City? Automation and Othering in Making of City Autonomy

12h45-14h15 -听Lunch

14h15-16h30 -听Session 2

• Nufar AVNI听(Politecnico di Torino, Hebrew University) |听Local autonomy in motion: The Case of Municipally-initiated Weekend Public Transportation
• Oriane ROTY听(Universit茅 de Tours) |听French Community Land Trust and the Management of Housing Crises
• Chiara CERBONE听(University of Parma) |听Urban Autonomy and Food Policies: The Case of Milan as a Model for Local Governance

16h30-16h45 -听Coffee Break

16h45-17h45 -听Keynote:听Raul MAGNI BERTON听(ESPOL, Universit茅 Catholique de Lille) |听Free Our Cities

17h45-19h45 -听Free Time

19h45 -听Dinner

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DAY 2

Friday, June 13

09h30-10h00 -听Breakfast

10h00-12h15 -听Session 3

• Maddalena VIVONA听(University of Graz) |听Who Owns the Ballot
• Philip RENNINGER听(University of Arizona) |听Sovereignty, Self-Government, Subordination: The Modi Operandi of Urban Law
• Benjamin BOURCIER听(ESPOL, Universit茅 Catholique de Lille) |听The principle of cooperation and non-cooperation and relative autonomy?

12h15-12h30 -听Closing Remarks

12h30-16h30 -听Lunch