May 30-31, 2012, Blinken European Institute Faculty Workshops at Columbia Global Centers | Europe
Religion, Legal Pluralism, and Human Rights: European and Transatlantic Perspectives
Legal pluralism is now being embraced as the just way to accommodate increased religious diversity in consolidated western liberal democracies, as a way to “privatize” or fragment state sovereignty by giving law making prerogatives to “private religious communities.” This conference will address the theoretical, normative, and political issues raised by legal pluralist demands. Our focus will be on the debates, developments, and cases in Europe and the United States. Some papers will address the European human rights regime, others the legal politics of particular nations individually or in comparative perspective. Our goal is to consider the meaning of the new pressure religious claims and of the assertions made by plural sources of law, placed on traditional frameworks under stress.
Jean L. Cohen, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Columbia-Paris I Alliance Visiting Professor 2012
The Alliance Program would like to congratulate Professors Renaud Le Goix, Elise Huillery and Eduardo Perez for their selection as Alliance Visiting Professors for the academic year 2012-2013.
BNP Paribas Scholarships (for Alliance Program students specializing in Finance)
- William Bench, MSc in Financial Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique and Columbia University
- Aurore Bouyer, JD/Master in French Law, Université of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and Columbia University
- Konstantin Mehl, Dual Master of International Affairs, Sciences Po and Columbia University
Jerome Lohez Foundation Scholarships (for Alliance Program students)
- Andres Lizcano Rodriguez, Dual Master of International Affairs, Sciences Po and Columbia University
- Antoine Desir, MSc in Operations Research, Ecole Polytechnique and Columbia University
GRANT FOR AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
The Partner University Fund (PUF), a fund from the French Embassy, awarded a grant to the “Joint African Studies Program,” a collaborative project led by Professor Mamadou Diouf (Columbia University) and Professor Richard Banégas (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne). This multi-faceted project aims to support transnational research, student mobility, faculty exchange and publications in African Studies between the two partner institutions over the next three years.
ALLIANCE PROGRAM SCIENCE AND POLICY SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM
The challenges facing the 21st century are simultaneously socially, politically, and scientifically complex. As science continues to grow ever more specialized and policy struggles with new international demands we must forge a deep connection between the two, in order to secure a sustainable future. At the intersection between science and society, the interdisciplinary field of sustainable development has the potential to bridge these gaps.
Alliance Program’s Science and Policy Summer School will facilitate this dialogue during a week-long workshop in Paris, June 27-July 4, at Columbia University’s Reid Hall in Paris. Led by Prof. Laurence Tubiana, the summer school brings together students from US and European universities to meet international professors and industry and policy experts. These speakers will discuss and work with students as well as lecture on global problems facing the scientific and policy communities.
Confirmed Guest Speakers:
Laurence Tubiana, Founder of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), Professor at Sciences Po and Columbia University
Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Jeff Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Claude Henry, Economist and Physicist, Professor at Sciences Po and Columbia University
Lecture/Discussion Topics
The role of technocrats in democracies
The debate of scientific uncertainties
Bringing science to policymakers
Policy roadmaps and the need for connecting with scientists
Building collaborative institutional structures
Activism, science, and policy
Developing environment and climate change law
Curriculum:
Guest Speakers will deliver a short presentation of their understanding of relevant issues, after which they will engage in discussion in the realm of linking science and policy. During the program, students will develop research topics and divide into working groups. Each group will be assigned with the task of understanding how science and policy can be better linked within the realm of a chosen topic. The groups will review existing institutional structures and challenges, identify relevant needs for scientists and policy makers, and design recommendations founded in research.
Applications are now being accepted. For more information, check out the blog or contact spss-info@googlegroups.com.
Created
in the fall 2002, the Alliance Program is a non-profit transatlantic joint-venture
between Columbia University and three French prestigious institutions,
The École Polytechnique, Sciences Po and the Université
of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne.
Alliance is an innovative program whose aim is to initiate and
accompany new initiatives in the fields of education cooperation,
research collaboration, and policy outreach. Over the last seven
years the Alliance’s scope of activities have included
the organization of numerous academic conferences both in
Paris and
in New York, the setting up of international multidisciplinary
research teams, and the creation of joint-courses and curricula
targeting the students of its founding partners.
In the Press, Oct 1 2005:
Le Monde de l'Education
" Un des nec plus ultra des reseaux internationaux des grandes écoles s'appelle Alliance.."
by Julie Chupin
In the Press, Nov 19 2005:
France Amerique, Edition
Amerique du Figaro
"Le programme Alliance:
une plate-forme de
talents franco-americains"
ALLIANCE JOINT PROJECT AWARD RECIPIENTS (2012)
