The next conference as part of the PhD in Political Science will take place on Monday, December 2nd, 2024.

VENUE
Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon
Room 326, Ed. 4

SPEAKER
José Gomes André
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Letters
University of Lisbon

MODERATOR
Giulia Daniele
Assistant Professor at Iscte's School of Sociology and Public Policy
Deputy Director CEI-Iscte

SYNOPSIS

Analysis of the 2024 US elections, focusing on the consequences of the results for US domestic and foreign policy. Structural political issues will also be considered, namely those relating to the democratic process, political discourse and the social effects of this electoral cycle.

José Gomes André holds a PhD in Political Philosophy from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, with a dissertation on the political thought of James Madison. Between 2010 and 2016, he did a post-doctorate on federalism, within the horizon of modern and contemporary political philosophy. He is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, where he teaches subjects in the context of Political Philosophy, History of Contemporary Ideas and North American Political Theory. He is the author of several articles and books on these areas, focusing on authors such as Kant and Rawls, North American political thought and federalism. He is a commentator for RTP on US-related political issues.