Kick-off: Reconsidering European contributions to global justice

Since its inception the EU has proclaimed an ambition to promote justice at the global level. But what precisely is the EU’s contribution to global justice? And what would a just foreign policy look like? The kick-off conference of the GLOBUS project was held in Oslo on 9-10 June 2016.

Time and place: June 9, 2016 9:00 AM – June 10, 2016 5:00 PM, Parkveien 68, Oslo

John Erik Fossum, Nancy Fraser, Erik O. Eriksen, Helene Sjursen (Photo: ARENA)

Report from the event: GLOBUS launched in Oslo

GLOBUS Kick-off Conference Brochure (pdf)

The Horizon 2020-funded project Reconsidering European Contributions to Global Justice (GLOBUS) was launched on 1 June 2016. The aim of the project is to critically assess the EU's impact on global justice. GLOBUS Coordinator Helene Sjursen gathered scholars from different parts of the world to address both the principled and practical dilemmas involved in developing a foreign policy to improve conditions for global justice.

While the first day of the conference was open to the public, the second day was devoted to internal project sessions.

Thursday 9 June 2016

9.15	Welcome Ole Petter Ottersen Rector, University of Oslo Presentation of the GLOBUS project Helene Sjursen GLOBUS Coordinator, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo
I: Justice in a globalised world How should we think about justice beyond the jurisdiction of the state? What are the key challenges to justice in the context of globalisation?
9.40	Justice as non-dominance, as impartiality, or as mutual recognition? Erik O. Eriksen ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo
	Q&A session
10.15	Keynote lecture: Global justice against global finance Many accounts of global justice are free-standing, disconnected from a diagnosis of the obstacles to it. This lecture takes a different path. Starting from an account of the structures of globalising financialised capitalism, Nancy Fraser proposes an account of justice that can inform, and help to coordinate, struggles against it. Nancy Fraser, Member of GLOBUS Scientific Advisory Board New School for Social Research, New York City and Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Oslo
	Comments John Erik Fossum ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo Q&A session
II: Transborder issues and the vulnerability of states and citizens Increased flows of migration, climate change, changing patterns of trade, and security risks challenge borders and affect peoples’ interests without regard for their status or citizenship. What are the specific claims of justice emanating from these fields? Who does the EU recognise as rightful claimants to justice within these domains? How does the EU proceed to determine whose concerns should be included?
11.45	Climate justice Thomas Diez University of Tübingen
	Migration Sonia Lucarelli University of Bologna
	Cooperation and conflict Ben Tonra University College Dublin
	Trade and development Pundy Pillay University of the Witwatersrand
	Comments Chris Lord ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo Panel discussion Q&A session Chair: Helene Sjursen
III: Gender justice In the context of globalisation, feminists link up across national borders to claim recognition for women’s rights. Acknowledging gender equality as a key justice concern, Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström launched a strategy for a feminist foreign policy. But what does a feminist foreign policy look like, and what challenges arise in its realisation?
14.15	The quest for a feminist foreign policy and challenges to peace diplomacy Karin Aggestam Lund University Q&A session Chair: Helene Sjursen
IV: BRICS perspectives on global justice What are the most prominent justice claims emanating from emerging powers? There may be diverging perspectives on what would be adequate procedures for resolving concerns for justice. To what extent, and how, do the EU’s policies take heed of the claims from these states and from their citizens?
15.30	Brazil Leticia Pinheiro State University of Rio de Janeiro India Sreeram Chaulia O.P. Jindal Global University China Yiwei Wang Renmin University of China South Africa David Everatt University of the Witwatersrand
	Comments Mai'a K. Davis Cross ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo Panel discussion Q&A session Chair: Helene Sjursen

Friday 10 June 2016
The second day of the conference was devoted to internal discussions in plenary as well as parallel sessions, and was restricted to project participants.
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Published Mar. 11, 2016 4:14 PM - Last modified Apr. 8, 2019 10:35 PM

Kick-off: Reconsidering European contributions to global justice

Report from the event: GLOBUS launched in Oslo

GLOBUS Kick-off Conference Brochure (pdf)

Thursday 9 June 2016

I: Justice in a globalised world

How should we think about justice beyond the jurisdiction of the state? What are the key challenges to justice in the context of globalisation?

II: Transborder issues and the vulnerability of states and citizens

III: Gender justice

IV: BRICS perspectives on global justice

What are the most prominent justice claims emanating from emerging powers? There may be diverging perspectives on what would be adequate procedures for resolving concerns for justice. To what extent, and how, do the EU’s policies take heed of the claims from these states and from their citizens?

Friday 10 June 2016