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Justice, Citizenship and Democracy


Justice and citizenship have a major role to play in contemporary society: how to fairly (re)distribute wealth? What is national identity based on? How can democracy and human rights be defended? Are we at risk of being governed by judges? At the ULB, jurists, criminologists, philosophers, sociologists, political scientists and historians are looking at these issues from different angles, ranging from political philosophy and legal theory to the study of institutions in Belgium and abroad. The judiciary and the prison system are also an integral part of the study of democracy, being specifically addressed by several ULB research teams. Electoral systems constitute a special focus, part of a broader research focus on politics. Changes in democracy and social relations and the democratic transition in Eastern European and Mediterranean countries represent further key focuses of the work conducted by our research teams. S imilarly, ULB researchers are conducting in-depth analyses of issues involving gender and minorities. Finally, particular attention is accorded to communication, new information technologies, social networking, and organisation and management of digital information in knowledge sharing and data transfer, many of which have the potential to help construct new forms of citizenship and democracy.