The conference focuses on critically examining various aspects of the relationship between coercion and well-being with a multidisciplinary approach. During the Conference, participants will discuss their papers in groups led by a scholar. This will give them feedback in order to finalize their papers for publication after the Conference.

LaW Network – Doctoral Conference 2024 Edition

Presentation

The project LaW Network – Doctoral Conference launches a partnership between the Universities of Nantes, Birmingham, Florence, Murcia and Kyiv. Under the EUniWell Seed Funding Program, this partnership takes the form of a cycle of conferences every two years with the first one to be held at the University of Nantes on the 6th and 7th of May 2024. The first conference will focus on critically examining various aspects of the relationship between coercion and well-being according to a multidisciplinary approach. During the Conference, participants will discuss their papers in groups led by a scholar. This will give them feedback in order to finalize their papers for publication after the Conference

The conference will focus on the adoption of coercive laws and measures in the name of well-being, that is, on the understanding that they aim to protect people’s rights and well-being. This coercive approach to pursuing well-being through law can be discerned not only in the practice of individual States but also in the policies and practices of international and European organizations (such as the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union). Moreover, coercive law as we understand it here emerges in various legal domains beyond criminal law. An examination of the coercive approach to well-being oriented law must encompass various aspects of law, policy and practice on the national and international level, including law-making and law reform, criminal law, public law, civil law, environmental law, medical law, artificial intelligence and algorithmic coercion (that could be used within coercive rationale) as well as human rights. Given the variety of domains as well as different actors captured, this consequently calls for a multidisciplinary approach that covers a variety of topics.

Therefore, and for the purpose of this conference, the concept of coerciveness is used here in a very broad sense referring to constraints and limitations on freedom in order to protect people’s rights through the use of different mechanisms. When it comes to well-being, although there is no consensus on a single definition, there is a general agreement that subjective well-being entails at least three elements: positive emotions, absence of negative emotions, satisfaction with life. It can be related to economic and social rights. Therefore, it is most commonly used in relation to the environment, health, culture (with conventional law), security (with algorithms) and property. Furthermore, the use of well-being is often preferred in international texts over other concepts such as general happiness, and has a concrete character that can be verified by examining national constitutions.

Application guidelines

• Date limite : 8 janvier 2024

• Langue : Anglais
• Profil de candidats : doctorants et jeunes docteurs.
• Maximum 700 mots
• Format PDF
• Times New Roman, Police 12, Interligne 1,5
• Candidature à déposer sur : https://lawnetwork.sciencesconf.org/

Selection criteria

• Relevance to the thematic of the conference
• Clarity of problematic or interest of the topic in question
• Clarity of reasoning and understanding of the topic
• Quality of the research and references used
• Ability of interconnecting to disciplines
• Individually prepared, without co-authoring
• Not published previously nor submitted for publication

Organizing Committee

• Aïda IBRAHIM, PhD Student in Law and Computer Science, University of Nantes
• Nour DALLA, PhD Student in European Union Law, University of Nantes
• Gunay ISMAILOVA, PhD Student in International Human Rights Law, University of Birmingham
• Kateryna FUTORIANSK, PhD Student in International Law, University of Kyiv

Scientific Committee

Sera composé en janvier de doctorants et de professeurs des universités partenaires