An Event Honouring the Career of Professor Albert Weale

SCHEDULE

DAY 1 

1300-1430 Session 1 – Religion and the Social Contract

• Cécile Laborde (Oxford)
• Valentina Gentile (LUISS, Rome)
• Peter Jones (Newcastle)
• Discussant: Dario Castiglione (Exeter)
• Chair: Sue Mendus (York)

1430-1500 Tea

1500-1645 Session 2 – Social Contract Theory

• Matt Matravers (York)
• Andreas Føllesdal (Oslo)
• Bob Sugden (UEA)
• Ruth Zimmerling (Mainz)
• Discussant: Jeff King (UCL)
• Chair: Emily McTernan (UCL)

1700-1800 Roundtable - Public Practical Reasoning

• Onora O’Neill (Cambridge)
• Nick Ross (London)
• Sandy Thomas (Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition)
• Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey (LSE)
• Chair: Albert Weale (UCL)

18:00-20:00 Drinks Reception

DAY 2 

930-1100 Session 3 - Democracy & the Social Contract

• Claudia Landwehr (Mainz)
• Annabelle Lever (Sciences-Po)
• Ian O’Flynn (Newcastle
• Discussant: John Wilesmith (UCL)
• Chair: Annabelle Lever (Sciences-Po)

1100-1115 Tea

1115-1230 Session 4 - Environmental Policy and the Precautionary Principle

• Andy Jordan (UEA)
• Susan Owens (Cambridge)
• Hugh Ward (Essex)
• Discussant: Jane Heal (Cambridge)
• Chair: Sarah Birch (KCL)

1230-1330 Lunch

1330-1430 Session 5 - Priority Setting in Healthcare Policy

• Benedict Rumbold (Nottingham)
• Vicki Charlton (KCL)
• Discussants: Adam Oliver (LSE), Polly Mitchell (KCL)
• Chair: Peter Littlejohns

1430-1530 Roundtable - The EU

• Oliver Gerstenberg (UCL)
• Madeleine Hosli (Leiden)
• Richard Bellamy (UCL)
• David Coen (UCL)
• Chair: Jeffrey Howard (UCL)

1530-1600 Closing Remarks by Albert Weale