Yale University, Respublica and the European Climate Foundation: “Toward Citizen-Legislators? The Case of the French Citizen’ Convention for Climate (2019-21)” Day 2.

Yale University, Respublica and the European Climate Foundation present a three day symposium: 

“Toward Citizen-Legislators?  The Case of the French Citizen’ Convention for Climate (2019-21).”

See the full schedule and register online at https://campuspress.yale.edu/citizenlegislators.

Second Session

The perspectives of the observers

• Chair: Jane Mansbridge (Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government)
• Moderator: Gilles-Laurent Rayssac, President of Res publica

Speakers:

• Adrien Fabre (researcher at the Paris school of economics): “Who are the Citizens of the Convention for Climate?”/ “Who are the citizens of the French Convention for Climate?”
• Jean-Michel Fourniau (Research Directod at the IFSTTAR): “Gouverner une assemblée citoyenne? Retour sur le rôle du comité de gouvernance de la CCC”/ “Governing a Citizens’ Assembly. Analysis of the role of the CCC’s governance committee”
• Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet (researcher at the CIRED) et Hélène Guillemot (researcher at the Alexandre Koyré Centre: IFRIS): “The relationship between experts and citizens in the proposals of the group ‘Housing’ of the CCC”
• Simon Baeckelandt (doctoral student, University of Lille) and Dimitri Courant (doctoral student, University of Lausanne & CRESPA): “L’impartialité introuvable? Influences légitimes et illégitimes au sein de la CCC”/ “Impartiality not found? (Il)Legitimacy of influences in the CCC”
• Christiane Rafidinarivo (Associate Professor of Political Science, International Relations and Geopolitics at the Institute of Political Studies of Madagascar / CEVIFOP) : “Le tirage au sort fait-il justice épistémique? Le cas des citoyens ultramarins comme législateurs dans l’espace public politique de la Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat”/ “Does Random Selection Do Epistemic Justice? The Case of Ultra-Marine Citizens as Legislators in the political space of the CCC”
• Eric Buge (French Council of State): “Did the citizens of the Citizens’ Climate Convention work as legislators?”
• Léo Cohen (member of the CCC’s ruling committee, independent consultant): “Le citoyen législateur, complément indispensable à une démocratie représentative rénovée?”/ “The citizen legislator, an indispensable complement to a renovated representative democracy?”
• Hélène Landemore (Associate Professor of Political Science, with Tenure, Yale University): “Can citizens make the law? Evidence from the French CCC”
• Mie Inouye (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Bard College) and Vatsal Naresh (Co-editor of Constituent Assemblies and Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism)

Panel of Citizens:

• Amandine Roggeman (citizen, member of the CCC)
• William Aucant (citizen, member of the CCC)
• Guy Kulitza (citizen, member of the CCC)
• Claire Morcant (citizen, member of the CCC)
• Tristan Dourouguin (citizen, member of the CCC)

Schedule:

• 3pm CET / 9am ET: Introduction to the second session (5 minutes)
• 3:05pm CET / 9:05am ET: Summary of the researchers’ findings and observations (8 x 10 minutes)
• 4:25pm CET / 10:25am ET: Dialogue with the audience (15 minutes)
• 4:40pm CET / 10:40 am ET: The panel of citizens comments on the researchers’ findings and observations (4 x 5 minutes)
• 5:00pm CET / 11:00 am ET: Dialogue with the audience (20 minutes)
• 5:20pm CET / 11:20 am ET: Open Debate (90 minutes)
• 6:50pm CET / 12:50 pm ET: Conclusion of the second session – Jane Mansbridge
• 7:00pm CET / 1:00 pm ET: End of the second session