The Future Generations Conference held on October 3rd 2024 at UCLouvain’s Brussels campus provided a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue on the political and societal responsibilities we face in shaping the future for upcoming generations.
The goal of the conference was to explore and discuss how Future Generations should become represented in European decision-making. What are our political options to address intergenerational conflicts? How is society thinking about its long-term future? Is it legally, and ethically possible to represent them in the political process without their presence? What new methods, laws, and processes are necessary to address these questions?
The presentations from the key speakers of the day were compiled and published in a special conference publication, which serves as a valuable resource for those seeking a deeper understanding of the themes discussed.
The contributions are:
- Institutions for Future Generations: An Introduction to the Scholarly Debates (Iñigo González-Ricoy)
- Institutions for Better Representing Future Generations: What Current Generations Think (Malcolm Fairbrother)
- Future Generations: a Perspective from Philosophy (Charlotte Unruh)
- How to represent Future Generations in Democratic Systems? (Maija Setälä)