Programme
Monday, 26th November 2018
Venue: Aula Nievo, Palazzo del Bo
9:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 10:00
Welcome Addresses
Annalisa Oboe, Vice Rector for Cultural, Social and Gender Relations, University of Padova, Italy
Marco Mascia, Director Univeristy Human Rights Centre "Antonio Papisca", University of Padova, Italy
Gerd Oberleitner, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Security, UNI-ETC, University of Graz, Austria
Koen De Feyter, Law and Development Research Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium
10:00 – 12:00
Opening plenary session
chaired by: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova, Italy
Yvonne M. Donders, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‘Shelter Cities: Defending the Human Rights Defenders’
Ivan Koprić, University of Zagreb, Croatia
‘New Citizenship, New Local Policies, but the Same Old Human Rights? A Need for Innovative Local Policies and Re-Defined Human Rights in Contemporary Europe’
Josep Maria Llop, University of Lleida, UNESCO Chair in Intermediate Cities, Spain
‘Urban planning as a recognition and implementation of the right to the city’
12:00 – 12:30 Discussion
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Parallel Research Panels
14:15 – 16:15
Panel 1. ‘Smart Cities and Human Rights’
chaired by Koen De Feyter, Law and Development Research Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Hadi Pendar, University of Art, Soroush Masoumzadeh and Salar Kamjoo, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Theran, Iran
Investigating the strengths and challenges of utilizing navigation apps in the procedure of transformation of a traditional city toward a smart city wit emphasize on the human rights, related to the urban design qualities; Case study: Tehran, Iran.
Poorva Priyadarshini, Architect and Urban Planner, India
Challenges of vendors and their exclusion from their functional territories: A case of Varanasi ghats, India.
Lucas Costa dos Anjos and Maria Clara Oliveira Santos, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Urban landscapes and dystopian scenarios: smart cities for whom? Tales of inclusionary and exclusionary practices
Hikmet Kirik and Yaser Murshed, Istanbul University, Turkey
A Citizen-Centric Approach For Smart City Development in Developing Countries
Saeed Rostamalizadeh, Trade Promotion Organization of Iran
The Right to Privacy Ignored in Smart Cities Mission
Alessandro Carrieri, University of Torino, Italy
At the Edge Of The smart-City, Between new apartheid and old resistance
Panel 2. ‘Governing New Religious Diversity in the City’
chaired by Olga Breskaya, University of Padova, Italy
Gozde Orhan, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey
Religious Freedom Governance or Institutionalization of a Heterodox Religion?Turkey’s Urban Policies With Respect to Alevi Population
Cristina Ghanem, University of Padova, Italy
Integrating Muslim migrants with a gender perspective? An Analysis of the multilevel governance of integration policies in the city of Brussel
Adriana Michilli, University of Padova, Italy
Inter-Religious Dialogue in Post-Conflict Societies: An Analysis of Application in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Educational System
Christiane Lembert-Dobler, Friedensbüro der Stadt Augsburg, Germany
The Peace Office Augsburg and the Round Table of Religions Augsburg – Chances and Conflicts in a modern diverse society
Magdalena Ratajczak, Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych, Poland
City as a meeting place
Panel 3. ‘Microfinance to Start-up Bottom-up Social Changing Initiatives’
chaired by Sara Tonini, South Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), University of Cape Town, South Africa
Laura Andrea Duarte Reyes, University of Padova, Italy, Nadia Fernanda Sanchez, She-Is Foundation, Colombia, and Giulia Fattori, Microfinanza Srl, Italy
Microfinance as a means for women empowerment in the Colombian post conflict scenario: Transformational development or a tool for better managing poverty
Manoj Fernando, University of Tasmania, Australia
Microfinance for social inclusion in post-conflict states
Bharat Singh Thapa, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
The Social Impact of Microfinance in Nepal
Andrea Calzolari, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, Domenica Federico, e-Campus University, Italy, Antonella Notte, e-Campus University, Italy, Lucia Poletti, University of Parma, Italy, Matteo Solivo, Microfinanza s.r.l., Italy, Giulio Tagliavini, University of Parma, Italy
Contextualizing Microcredit in Europe: a Focus Group Exploration in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, and Italy
Monica Rossolini, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy
Financial (il)literacy vs Individual’s behavior. Evidence on credit card repayment patterns
16:30– 18:30
Panel 4. ‘Cities as International Actors – Shifting Normative and Political Frameworks’
chaired by Gerd Oberleitner and Lisa Heschl, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Security, University of Graz / UNI-ETC, Austria
Raffaele Marchetti, Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali “Guido Carli”, Italy
The diplomacy of italian cities and human rights
Petra Bendel and Janina Sturner, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
The two-way “glocalisation” of international law or how cities become international actors in migration governance
Alejandro Fuentes, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sweden
Human Rights Cities: An institutional model of governance for the realization of fundamental rights at local levels
Karina Gomes da Silva, Independent Journalist and Human Rights Consultant , Germany
New Urban Agenda and Human Rights Cities: Mutual Learning between the Global and the Local
Barbara Oomen, University College Roosevelt Utrecht University, The Netherlands
The role of city networks in human rights glocalization
Panel 5. 'Beyond the State-centric Approach to Human Rights – Challenges and Opportunities in Human Rights Implementation, Protection and Development by Sub-state and Non-state Territory Based Entities'
chaired by Peter Johansson, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Paul Gready and Liz Lockey, University of York, UK
Indicators for Sustainable and Just Cities: A Case Study of the SDGs and Human Rights Indicators in York (UK)
Gülay Günlük-Şenesen, Istanbul University, Turkey
Human Rights Responsive Budgeting: A Step forward from Intention to Commitment?
Elif Durmus, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Cities’ Engagement with Human Rights – A Preliminary Typology
Monika Mayrhofer, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Austria
Monitoring human rights – the role of cities
Cristiano Gianolla, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Heritage as a Postcolonial Human Rights Border
Panel 6. ‘Evaluating the City: Problems, Prospects and Migration Flows’
chaired by Lilija Alijeva, Martin Crook and Damien Short, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, UK
Yelda Yücel, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Perspectives in ‘human rights’ measurement in the city context: Case of Turkey
Claudia Araujo, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal
New Municipalism in Spain and Migration Management: a Comparative Study of Barcelona in Comú and Ahora Madrid
Andrea Mora, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Internal migration and urban (dis)integration in Neo-liberal States. Exploring the third “season” of informal urban growth in Lima, Peru
Michela Trentin, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Who has a “right to the city”? The case of Brixton’s gentrification and the struggle for the urban space
Silvia Mazzocchin, University of Padova, Italy
Managing urban space towards intercultural and sustainable cities. A case study of the neighborhood Arcella, Padua
19:30: Dinner
Tuesday, 27th November 2018
9:30 – 12:00
Plenary Round Table ‘The local struggles for human rights: policy- and action oriented perspectives’
chaired by Damien Short, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, UK
Francesco Martone, 'In Difesa Di' Network, Italy
'Strategies and tools for human rights defenders protection and support: the case of the Italian CSO Network "In Difesa di"'
Aysel Madra, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden
'A Framework for building human rights cities in Turkey'
Desirée Campagna, University of Padova, Italy
'Cities as laboratories of participatory governance of culture'
Frédérique Hanotier, Human Rights Cities Network, Belgium
'Human Rights Cities Network : challenges & opportunities'
Discussion
The Conference is organized in the framework of the activities of the International Joint Ph.D. Programme 'Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance', and is organised in collaboration with:
Human Rights Consortium, University of London
School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg
European Training Centre for Human Rights and Democracy and UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security, University of Graz
South Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), University of Cape Town
Law and Development Research Group, University of Antwerp
The Conference is organised with the sponsorship of the University of Padova and of the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, in cooperation with the Bachelor Degree Programme in "Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights" and the Master's Degree Programme in "Human Rights and Multi-level Governance" and with the support of the research project Measuring Microfinance Impact in the EU (Memi) funded by EIB University Research Sponsorship.