Working Groups
WG2: Norms of Public Argument: Concepts and Methods
The primary objective is a normative investigation of concepts and methods to measure the quality of arguments in public policies. Public arguments, as they are understood in WG2, are arguments that concern items of national or international policy or law making, and agents communicate such arguments in the public sphere. This WG involves philosophers, legal and political theorists, as well as linguists and other scholars who investigate public arguments from a variety of theoretical viewpoints.
WG2 specifically engages with the kinds of normativity that characterize public arguments. The group’s task is to develop a catalogue of concepts of public argument, of the kinds of normativity pertinent to the evaluation of public arguments, and of the methods for studying them. We do this in close collaboration with colleagues in WG1, who develop tools for the empirical study of public argument, and in WG3, who develop tools for the application of argumentation theories in argument design.
| Name | Affiliation | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Zenker | frank.zenker@fil.lu.se | Lund U. | SE |
| Jan Albert van Laar | j.a.van.laar@rug.nl | U. Groningen | NL |
| Christopher Tindale | ctindale@uwindsor.ca | U. Windsor | CA |
| Tvrtko Jolić | tvrtko@ifzg.hr | U. Zagreb | HR |
| Lisa Storm Villadsen | lisas@hum.ku.dk | U. Copenhagen | DK |
| Mette Bengtsson | bengtsson@ruc.dk | U. Roskilde | DK |
| Juho Ritola | juho.ritola@utu.fi | U. Turku | FI |
| Juha Räikkä | jraikka@utu.fi | U. Turku | FI |
| Isidora Stojanovic | isidora.stojanovic.nicod@gmail.com | Institute Jean Nicod | FR |
| Gregor Betz | gregor.betz@kit.edu | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | DE |
| Istvan Danka | danka.istvan@gtk.uni-neumann.hu | John von Neumann University | HU |
| Maeve Cooke | maeve.cooke@ucd.ie | U. College Dublin | IR |
| Karim Sadek | karim.sadek@ucd.ie | U. College Dublin | IR |
| Christoph Lumer | lumer@unisi.it | U. Siena | IT |
| Ori Aronson | ori.aronson@biu.ac.il | U. Bar-Ilan | IL |
| Danutė Adomavičiūtė | adomaviciute.d@gmail.com | U. Mykolas Romeris | LT |
| Jean Wagemans | J.H.M.Wagemans@uva.nl | U. Amsterdam (UvA) | NL |
| Catarina Dutilh Novaes | c.dutilhnovaes@vu.nl | Free Amsterdam (VU) | NL |
| Mariusz Urbański | murbansk@gmail.com | Adam Mickiewicz University | PL |
| Paweł Jabłoński | pawel.jablonski@uwr.edu.pl | U. Wrocław | PL |
| Paweł Łupkowski | pawel.lupkowski@gmail.com | Adam Mickiewicz University | PL |
| Maciej Pichlak | maciej.pichlak@uwr.edu.pl | U. Wrocław | PL |
| Maciej Witek | maciej.witek@usz.edu.pl | U. Szczecin | PL |
| Marcin Lewiński | m.lewinski@fcsh.unl.pt | U. Nova de Lisboa | PT |
| Dima Mohammed | d.mohammed@fcsh.unl.pt | U. Nova de Lisboa | PT |
| Erich Rast | erich@snafu.de | U. Nova de Lisboa | PT |
| Pedro Abreu | pedroabreu@fcsh.unl.pt | U. Nova de Lisboa | PT |
| Javier Gonzalez de Prado Salas | jgonzalezdeprado@gmail.com | U. Nova de Lisboa / UNED Madrid | PT / ES |
| Anca Gata | anca.gata@ugal.ro | U. Galati | RO |
| Lilian Bermejo-Luque | lilian.bermejoluque@gmail.com | U. Granada | ES |
| Javier Rodríguez-Alcázar | frodguez@ugr.es | U. Granada | ES |
| Steve Oswald | steve.oswald@unifr.ch | U. Fribourg | CH |
| Thierry Herman | thierry.herman@unine.ch | U. Neuchâtel | CH |
| David Lanius | david.lanius@kit.edu | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | DE |
| Davide Grossi | d.grossi@rug.nl | U. Groningen | NL |
| Federico Puppo | federico.puppo@unitn.it | U. Trento | IT |
| Milos Taliga | milos.taliga@umb.sk | U. Matej Bel | SK |
| Harald Wohlrapp | harald.wohlrapp@uni-hamburg.de | U. Hamburg | DE |
| Alexandru Carlan | alex.carlan@comunicare.ro | National School for Administration and Political Studies | RO |
| Michael Morrau | michael.morreau@uit.no | Tromsoe U. | NO |
| Sophia Hatzisavvidou | s.hatzisavvidou@bath.ac.uk | U. Bath | UK |
| George Bondor | bondor@uaic.ro | U. Iasi Alexandru Ioan Cuza | RO |
| Petar Bodlović | p.bodlovic@rug.nl | U. Groningen | NL |
| Léa Farine | lea.farine@unine.ch | U. Neuchâtel | CH |
| Diego Castro Amenabar | d.r.castro.amenabar@rug.nl | U. Groningen | NL |
| Blake Scott | blake.scott@kuleuven.be | KU Leuven | BE |
| Merita Xhumari | xhumarimerita@gmail.com | U. Tirana | AL |
| Martin Hinton | martin.hinton@uni.lodz.pl | U. Łódź | PO |
| Jens Kjeldsen | jens.kjeldsen@uib.no | U. Bergen | NO |
| Brian Larson | blarson@law.tamu.edu | U. Texas A&M | US |
| Erik Persson | erik.persson@fil.lu.se | Lund U. | SE |
| Colin Guthrie King | colinguthrie.king@unibas.ch | U. Basel | CH |
| Mindaugas Gilaitis | mindaugas.gilaitis@fsf.vu.lt | Vilnius U. | LT |
| Bianca Cepolaro | bianca.cepollaro@gmail.com | U. Studi di Milano | IT |
| Vasileios Syros | vasileios.syros@jyu.fi | U. Jyvaskyla | FI |
| Daniel de Oliveira Fernades | daniel.deoliveirafernandes@unifr.ch | U. Fribourg | CH |