Public engagement

I occasionally write blog posts as part of the Justice Everywhere cooperative of political theorists. Here are a some recent examples:

• “Can Our Current Academic Model Go On in the Age of AI?”, https://justice-everywhere.org/general/can-our-current-academic-model-go-on-in-the-age-of-ai/, 8 September 2025.
• “Envy and Fair Burden-Sharing: There and Back Again”, https://justice-everywhere.org/general/envy-and-fair-burden-sharing-there-and-back-again/, 20 January 2025.
• “Why Not Remote Voting?”, https://justice-everywhere.org/general/why-not-remote-voting/, 10 June 2024.
• “More Open Access, More Inequality in the Academia”, https://justice-everywhere.org/general/more-open-access-more-inequality-in-the-academia/, 8 January 2024.
• “Artificial Intelligence and the Role of Political Philosophers”, https://justice-everywhere.org/general/artificial-intelligence-and-the-role-of-political-philosophers/, 1 May 2023.
• “‘Whataboutism’ About Justice”, https://justice-everywhere.org/general/whataboutism-about-justice/, 7 November 2022.
• “Are Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Unjustly Disenfranchised?”, http://justice-everywhere.org/general/are-persons-with-intellectual-disabilities-unjustly-disenfranchised/, 31 January 2022.
• “Should we revive the ancient practice of ostracism?”, http://justice-everywhere.org/general/should-we-revive-the-ancient-practice-of-ostracism/, 3 May 2021.
• “Who should pay the costs of pandemic lockdowns?”, http://justice-everywhere.org/general/who-should-pay-the-costs-of-pandemic-lockdowns/, 16 November 2020.
• “Electoral justice in pandemic times”, http://justice-everywhere.org/general/electoral-justice-in-pandemic-times/, 4 May 2020.
• “Compulsory voting and same-sex marriage referendums”, http://justice-everywhere.org/general/compulsory-voting-and-same-sex-marriage-referendums/, 30 September 2019.

I’ve sometimes written short pieces in Romanian on contemporary salient issues as seen through the lens of political or moral philosophy. Here are some examples:

• “Tragedia triajului. Despre etica alocării resurselor medicale limitate în timpul COVID-19”, https://unibuc.ro/tragedia-triajului-despre-etica-alocarii-resurselor-medicale-limitate-in-timpul-covid-19/, 31 March 2020.
• “Stanga si valoarea libertatii”, http://www.contributors.ro/editorial/stanga-si-valoarea-libertatii/, 17 April 2019.
• “Referendumul de modificare a constitutiei si respectul fata de democratie”, http://www.contributors.ro/editorial/referendumul-de-modificare-a-constitu%c8%9biei-%c8%99i-respectul-fa%c8%9ba-de-democra%c8%9bie/, 25 September 2018.
• “Populismul si problema legitimitatii democratice”, Punctul critic, 2, https://www.ideeaeuropeana.ro/coperti/2017/07/Punctul-critic-nr-2_2017_site.pdf, 2017.

I’ve occasionally given interviews in the (predominantly Romanian) media (e.g. Libertatea, Hotnews, Gandul, Panorama, Adevarul, BBC World) on various topics relevant to ethics or political science.

As part of the activities of the Bucharest Center for Political Theory I’ve co-organized a number of publicly open events, such as the three editions of the Bucharest Conference in Analytical Political Theory (2019, 2022, 2023), a lecture series with international and Romanian speakers and a weekly workshop (during the academic terms), focusing on particular topics in political philosophy.