IOS Position Paper & Reactions
How are open societies transforming and what is our role therein? In this IOS Position Paper, authors Flor Avelino, Carolina Castaldi, Rutger Claassen and Anna Gerbrandy renew and refine the notion of open societies and relate it to a diversity of normative perspectives and processes of institutional transformation. This Position Paper invites academic communities in IOS, Utrecht and beyond to engage in a renewed debate and exchange on openness in contemporary times.
Reactions
The European Union as an Institution for Open Societies 鈥 Reaction by the EU Platform on the position paper Transforming Open Societies
In their position paper 鈥淭ransforming Open Societies鈥, Flor Avelino, Carolina Castaldi, Rutger Claassen, and Anna Gerbrandy address the question 鈥淗ow can open societies and their institutions be understood, studied and developed in the face of ongoing societal challenges and needs?鈥. The present document is a short reflection by authors Martijn Huysmans and Ton van den Brink on behalf of the EU Platform, applying the framework of the position paper to the EU and taking up some of the questions raised in it.