Past activities (selection):
2011
“Should Liberal-Democratic Governments Regulate the Offshoring of Medicine Tests by Western Pharmaceuticals?” 2011 Annual Conference of the Association of Legal and Social Philosophy, University of Warwick, July 2011.
Co-director (with Stefan Rummens) of the political theory sessions at the annual meeting of the Dutch Political Science Association (politicologenetmaal), Amsterdam, June 2011.
Invited presentation on global norms at the international workshop on “Professional Ethics in a Globalized World: Towards a Unified East West Perspective,” Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar, May 2011.
Guest lecture in course on social and political philosophy on John Rawls, Philosophy Department, University of Amsterdam, April 2011.
"What is Neutrality?" paper to be presented at The Center for Ethics, University of Toronto, March 2011 (with Wibren van der Burg).
"How Should European Civic Integration Policies be characterized?,” the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, March 2011.
Discussant for plenary presentation by Raf Geenens (Leuven) at conference on Cosmopolitanism and Global Institutions, Radboud University Nijmegen, January 2011.
Chair of plenary discussion on "Minorities in the Dutch Legal Order: Protected or Threatened?", annual winter meeting of the Dutch Society of Legal Philosophy, Amsterdam, 21 January 2011.
2010
"The Concept of Citizenship in Civic Integration Tests," Annual Meeting of the Netherlands-Flemish Socio-Legal Studies Association, Middelburg, 16 December 2010.
"Medicine tests Abroad," guest lecture in course "Comparative Law," Amsterdam University College, December 2010.
"Medicine tests Abroad," guest lecture in course "Contemporary Debates," Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Political Science, November 2010.
“Should Liberal-Democratic Governments Regulate the Offshoring of Medicine Tests by Western Pharmaceuticals?” Annual Meeting of the Netherlands School for Research in Practical Philosophy, Groningen, 9 October 2010.
Discussant for plenary presentation by Stephen Legomsky (Washington University School of Law), Radboud University, Department of Law, October 2010.
“Civic integration, a normative perspective” Key note lecture, Symposium ‘Identity and civic integration’ Institute for Integration and Social Efficacy, University of Groningen, 15 June 2010.
Conference organization: "Moral Cosmopolitanism & Positive International Law: And Never the Twain Shall Meet?”, Faculty of Law, UvA, June 2010. Speakers included Pablo Gilabert (Concordia University, Montreal), Saladin Meckled-Garcia (University College London), Roland Pierik (UvA) en Wouter Werner (VU University Amsterdam).
"Can Cosmopolitanism Survive Institutionalization?" Paper presented at symposium on Moral Cosmopolitanism & Positive International Law: And Never the Twain Shall Meet?
University of Amsterdam Law School, June 2010
"Een voorstel tot herziening van het sociale zekerheidsstelsel," Seminar over grondslagen van de Sociale Zekerheid, Sociale Verzekeringsbank, Amstelveen, 21 May, 2010.
Guest lecture in course on social and political philosophy on John Rawls, Philosophy department, University of Amsterdam, April 2010.
“Testing civic integration tests," IMES seminar, University of Amsterdam, March 2010.
“Testing civic integration tests,” Wine and discussion meeting, Centre for Migration Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, February 2010.
“Moral Cosmopolitanism & Positive International Law: and Never the Twain Shall Meet?” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, 09 February 2010.
"Political Philosophy for Earthlings," guest lecture in Masters Seminar on Research Methods, Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Political Science, January 2010.