Leader: Enrico Biale (UPO); Other collaborator(s): UNISR
This study will deal with just political relations among generations, included future ones. Current political rhetoric prays on current age-identities, by advertising policies that selectively benefits one generation over the other, fostering generational polarization, and systematically underrepresenting some interests at stake (e.g. future generations, vulnerable senior citizens, young people). A theory of political justice is needed to devise an account of fair generational relations and equal representation of their interests and values. Our analysis would evaluate if this perspective is empirically sound and normatively acceptable to defuse generational polarization and ensure a fair representation of any generational interests (senior citizens, young people, and future generations).
Brief description of the activities and of the intermediate results:
November 2023-March 2024. In this period the work focused on the construction of the Intergenerational Equity Index, together with Task 3 and with the Spoke 7 leader. Our group has singled out the indicators relative to political justice. Our group has moreover worked on the normative standards that democratic societies need to meet in order to ensure political equality among any age group. Preliminary results of this research had been presented at the international workshop "Just Aging" held in Vercelli on December 10-11 2023 (organized with task 3), whose papers will be shortly submitted as a special issue at an international Journal (CRISSP). Other presentations were delivered as uploaded in the repository.
Brief description of the activities and of the intermediate results:
The main output of the task, which is still in progress, is the intergenerational equity index together with WP3. The specific contribution to the Index of this task concerns the political unbalance between different age groups and the related unjust representation of interests .A post-doc has been hired to collect data and assist the team in designing the index. The post-doc presented his preliminary findings in a WP seminar on October 3.
Brief description of the activities and of the intermediate results:
Enrico Biale, along with Laura Santi Amantini, Davide Pala, and Gloria Zuccarelli, organized an international conference titled "Age, Race, Gender, and Class: Understanding Intersecting Injustices," which took place in Vercelli on January 16 and 17. Additionally, he is editing a special issue on "Just Ageing," to be published in the "Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy," in collaboration with Anna Elisabetta Galeotti. Biale is also co-authoring a paper with Gloria Zuccarelli that will be included in this special issue.
Enrico Biale, Marco Miglino, Laura Santi Amantini, and Gloria Zuccarelli are collaborating with other members of Spoke 7 on the Intergenerational Justice Index. Enrico Biale organized the seminar "Limitarianism Across Time," held in Vercelli on March 27. Additionally, Enrico Biale and Gloria Zuccarelli have submitted a paper entitled "Empowering Youth in an Aging Democracy" for a special issue of the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. Laura Santi Amantini has also submitted a paper for the same special issue, entitled "Young Citizens, Mobility, and Unequal Access to Voting."
Task 1 & Task 3.
Members: Enrico Biale, Elisabetta Galeotti, Carlo Burelli, Davide Pala, Laura Santi Amantini, Gloria Zuccarelli, Cristobal Ruiz
Months: April 2025-June 2025
Activities
During the relevant period, the members of the two tasks have been working together at the Index of Intergenerational Justice, no the basis of the new indicators introduced in the Index and proposing a distributive scale to weight different indicators according to the normative principles proposed in the Index.
Meanwhile, the two tasks have also drafted the policy brief relative to discrimination and unfairness across age groups, as promise for month 30 of the milestones of WP1. To the policy brief, contributions have been provided also by task 5 (Elisabetta Venezia) e by WP 2 of Spoke 7.
The articles for the Special Issue of Crititical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy have been submitted and have been accepted. Task 1 e Task 3 have contributed with three original articles, respectively by Elisabetta Galeotti, Enrico Biale and Gloria Zuccarelli, Laura Santi Amantini.
A collective book for Carocci is now in preparation with essays of all members of the two tasks.
Enrico Biale has been the representative of Spoke 7 in the Committee for the selection of abstracts for the Second General Meeting of AGE-It at Naples in October 29-31, 2025.
Special Issue CRISPP
Peer Reviewed Publications
Books
Workshops and seminars (together with Task 3)