PATRICIA MINDUS
Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University
Born in Stockholm on 04/08/1976 (nationality Swedish)
[email protected]
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Academic posts & titles
Associate Professor
Practical Philosophy, Uppsala University
Tenure Spring 2011 – current
Wallenberg Academy Fellow
Uppsala University
2014-2019
Abilitazione nazionale
Full professor in political philosophy
2014
Abilitazione nazionale
Associate professor in philosophy of law
2013
Docentur
Practical Philosophy, Uppsala University
2012
Research Associate
IRI – Legal Informatics Institute
Law School, Stockholm University
Autumn 2014
Visiting fellow
European University Institute, Law Department
Spring 2014
Visiting fellow
Glasgow University, Law School
Spring 2013
Visiting fellow
University of Girona, Catedra Cultura Juridica
Spring 2010
Research fellow
Department of Political Studies
University of Turin
2006-2011
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Assistant professor
Department of Political Studies, University of Turin
Political Theory
2003-11
Assistant professor
Department of Political Science, University of Aosta
Theory of Human Rights
2006-11
Assistant professor
Department of Economics, University of Bergamo
History of Political Thought
2005-06
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Academic Education
Advanced training program in academic management
Leadership for Women, Uppsala University
2012-14
PhD in EU Studies
Department of Political Studies University of Turin
Dissertation: Citizenship. The Debate, the Concept and the European Case
2006
Master/ DEA in Political Thought
Sciences-Po, Paris, France
2002
MA in Political Philosophy
Roma III University, Rome, Italy
Summa cum laude
2000
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Teaching
Associate Professor
Practical Philosophy, Uppsala University
Tenure Spring 2011 – current
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Jurisprudence (Philosophy of Law), Ethics, Advanced Ethics at the
Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University
Political Theory, Department of Political Science, Uppsala University
Seminars in EU Law & Public Law, Law School, Stockholm University
Global Legal Research and Information Management (GRiM) at Law School,
Stockholm University
Garcia Maynez Lectures 2015
In collaboration with David Dyzenhaus, Jean D’Aspremont, Pau Luque
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ITAM, Mexico City
Autumn 2015
Co-director of the Uppsala University PPE-Program
KOSA, modelled on the Oxford Philosophy, Politics and Economics program
2011 – current
Faculty member of the International Master Program
Global Rule of Law and Constitutional Democracy
Faculty of Law, University of Genova
2011 – current
Nominated for Uppsala University pedagogical prize 2012
Awarded the teacher-of-the-year prize at Abbey School, Torino 2010
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Research projects
My research is mainly in legal and political theory.
1. Citizenship and migration studies, in relation to rule of law practices
As Wallenberg Academy fellow I look at how European migration routes live
up to the rule of law.
As PI I also direct the project funded by Vetenskapsrådet (2013-2016)
Arbitrary Law-making in Today’s Citizenship and Border Control Policies.
A presentation of my research in Swedish is available here
2. Democracy and political liberty in relation to ICTs
I co-directed the transdisciplinary research program KUSKO on
communication and organization of knowledge production 1800-2020,
funded by the University of Uppsala, Faculty of Humanities (2012-2014).
As research associate at the Stockholm University Institute for Legal
informatics (IRI), I would like to develop research on Internet & Society
within the framework of the international collaboration Network of Centers,
together with i.e. Nexa Center Politecnico di Torino, Oxford Internet
Institute, EUI and the Berkman Center at Harvard.
I have written about digital democracy and more recently about Internet
governance.
A presentation from a conference I recently organized is available here
3. Legal realism and the concept of justice
I have written extensively on legal realism, e.g. the award-winning
monograph A Real Mind on Axel Hägerström (2009), and some work on the
history of the concept of justice.
As President of the Swedish section of Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts
und Sozialphilosophie (IVR), I promote research in Legal Theory,
Jurisprudence, Philosophy of Law in Sweden.
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Funding ID
Since 2003, I have taken part in national and international research projects, as team-member
and PI.
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Grants as PI
Wallenberg Academy Fellowship 2014-2019 – Do routes to citizenship in the EU live up to
the rule of law? (5 milj. SEK, excl. co-funding)
Arbitrary Law-making in Today’s Citizenship and Border Control Policies 1,8 million SEK
from Vetenskapsrådet 2013-2016
KUSKO: Knowledge societies - Communication and organization 3 million SEK from
Uppsala University 2011-2013
Roman Conceptions of Justice (7,500 EUR) Hagendahls Minnesfond & Rausing Foundation
2013-2014
Public Domain and Democracy in the Digital Age (International conference) 120,000 SEK
from Cassel Foundation, SALT & Uppsala University 2014-2015
European Citizenship: Twenty Years On 156,000 SEK from Vetenskapsrådet 2012-2014
European Citizenship: Twenty Years On (publication costs for ensuing volume) 27,000 SEK
from Fornanders Fond (Lund University) 2012-2013
Citizenship: Comparative Research on Swedish and EU law 70,000 SEK from Cassel
Foundation Stockholm University 2012-2014
European Citizenship: Twenty Years On (International Congress, complementary costs)
120,000 SEK from Peace and Democracy Forum Uppsala and Wenner-Gren Foundations
European Citizenship: Twenty Years On (Network set up) 35,000 SEK Scandinavian
Network for Studies on EU Law (snef.se) 2012-2013
Postdoc research grant Forms of exclusions – legal, political and social exclusionary practices
involving migrants in the EU 36,000 EUR from Regione Piemonte 2009-2011
Postdoc research grant Citizenship Education in the EU – A Comparative Study 36,000 EUR
Univ. of Turin 2007-09
History of the EU – A Hypertextual Reconstruction 6,000 EUR from IRRE (Istituto
Regionale di Ricerca Educativa del Piemonte) 2003-2004
Democracy and élites. Theoretical Models and Institutional Innovations 20,000 EUR from
Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, at Centro Farneti (Univ. di Torino) 2007
Teorie dell’identità collettiva (5 mil. LIT) from Dip. Filosofia, Roma III 2001-2003
As team-member
PRIN1 2008 Democracy After Democracy
PRIN 2005 Democracy to Come: Between Global Challenges and Particularistic Tendencies
PRIN 2003 Globalization, War and Fundamental Rights
PRIN 2001 Maestri del pensiero giuridico italiano nel XX secolo
The Many Faces of Federalism from Regione Valle d'Aosta 2010-11
Governance: Erosion or consolidation of democracy? from Regione Valle d'Aosta (2009-10)
Ciecia y proceso judicial: prueba y atribución de responsabilidad from Ministerio de
Educatiòn y Ciencia (Spain)
Other
Visiting fellowship
Law School at University of Girona
Joint research program in collaboration with Jordi Ferrer
Funded by Banco Santander
2010
Luisa Guzzo Foundation Prize
7000 EUR Award received for the monograph A Real Mind
2009
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PRIN is the name of the big projects sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Research and University that typically
involve research groups in 5-10 universities.
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Academic administration (Sweden only)
20% of my salary is currently funded by the Faculty of Humanities Uppsala University for
my work in research and academic management.
Ordförande i Historiska-filosofiska fakultetens arbetsgrupp för lika villkor
2012-14; omvald 2014-2016
Suppleant ledamot i elektorsförsamlingen inom humanistiskasamhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet
2013-2016
Ordinarie ledamot i valberedning för val av dekanus och fakultetsnämnd
2013-2014
Ordinarie ledamot i Filosofiska institutionens styrelse
2012 –
Skyddsombud vid Filosofiska institutionen
2011-2013; omvald 2014-2016
Nominering elektorsreserv till VR:s val av styrelse
2013
Sakkunnighetsuppdrag
Tillsättning av lektorat i mänskliga rättigheter, Lunds Universitet (2013)
Tillsättning av lektorat i rättsvetenskap, Örebro Universitet (2015)
Betygsnämndsledamot vid disputation
Katarina Bernt Rasmussen, Stockholms Universitet Dnr SU FV-4.2.9–2323-13 (2013)
Maria Svedberg, Stockholms Universitet Dnr SU FV-4.2.9–0467-14 (2014)
Tor Freyr, Uppsala Universitet Dnr UU HistFilFak 2014/40 (2014)
Michael Dubois, KTH Stockholm Dnr A-2014-1905 (2015)
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Memberships
President of IVR-Sweden
Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts und Sozialphilosophie
Elected April 2014
Research Associate at IRI
Legal informatics Institute, Stockholm University Law School
Member of the scientific board of the book series
Law and Philosophy Library (Springer)
Understanding life online (Oxford Internet Institute Studies)
Editorial advisory board: Research on Political Activism in the Information Age (IGI)
Editorial advisory board: Handbook of Political Campaigning in the Information
Age (IGI global)
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Member of the scientific board of the journals
Theoretical and Applied Ethics, Teoria Politica (founded by Norberto Bobbio) and
Isonomia
Honorary fellow of the Pluralism, Democracy, and Justice Research Group,
University of Tromsø, Norway on Global Justice
Founding member of Scuola per la buona politica di Torino
Memberships
SIFP (Società Italiana di Filosofia Politica)
SPI (Society for the Philosophy of Information) life membership
IVR (Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts und Sozialphilosophie)
Nordic Network for Political Theory
Corresponding member
Digital Library for Open Humanities – DILOH
Awarded Label Equipex from the French government in 2012
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Other
I regularly organize international conferences and workshops. Most recently
organized events include the international conferences Public Domain & Democracy
in the Digital Age (2014) and European Citizenship – Twenty Years On (2013). In
2011 I organized the Centennial International Conference Hägerström and Modern
Social Thought and in 2009 the Centenario Bobbio Conference in Turin. I direct the
biannual workshop at IVR World Congress on Legitimacy in the digital age.
I am keynote speaker at the XXVII World Congress of the International Society for
the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Washington D.C. (2015) and often try
to give talks in extra-academic settings: recent talks at utrikespolitiska förening i
Uppsala, filosofiska föreningen, VR:s kvartalsseminarium, Istituto di cultura italiana,
Filosofidagarna, EU kommissionens medborgardialog, EUROPOL, Consulta
Torinese per la Laicità delle Istituzioni. I am also founding member of the Scuola per
la buona politica di Torino.
I am proficient in four languages: Fluent in Swedish (native), English, French and
Italian; passed the exams for translator at the EU Parliament in 1999. Working
knowledge of Spanish and read German.
I have published extensively in several languages and some work has also been
translated (Slovenian and Chinese); my new book will come out in Italian, English
and Spanish. My list of publication includes three monographs, editing of two special
issues, four edited volumes, some twenty-five articles and other shorter scientific
publications, a textbook, an encyclopaedia entry and extensive review work.
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List of selected publications
MONOGRAPHS
 Cittadini e non. Forme e funzioni dell’inclusione e dell’esclusione, Firenze University Press, 2014
 A Real Mind. The Life and Work of Axel Hägerström, Springer, Boston/Dordrecht 2009
Reviewed in Theoria, ARSP, Int J Semiot Law Oikeus 1/2010: 60–63 and SvT 2012/2
EDITED WORKS
 Editor of the Special Issue European Citizenship: Twenty Years On German Law Journal (August
issue, 2014, vol. 5)
 Legisprudence/The Theory and Practice of Legislation Special Issue on “Realist Conceptions of
Legislation” Vol. 1, Number 1, June 2013, co-ed. Pierre Brunet & Eric Millard
 The Legacy of John Austin’s Jurisprudence, co-ed. Michael Freeman, Springer, Boston/Dordrecht
2012. Best selling ebook in its category 2013
 Axel Hägerström and Modern Social Thought co-ed. Stephen P. Turner, Sven Eliaeson (Oxford:
Bardwell Press 2014) [reviewed LoStato 2014/3]
 Legitimacy 2.0 – E-democracy and Public Opinion in the Digital Age. Selected papers from the IVR
Special Workshop, co-ed. A. Greppi, M. Cuono, in Law, Technology and Society – IVR Proceedings,
Goethe University Press, Frankfurt a.M. 2013
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
 ‘Disenfranchisement and Arbitrary Law-making in Today’s Citizenship Policies’ (co-author M.
Cuono) (forthcoming 2015)
 Libertà politica e nuove tecnologie (forthcoming in Ragion Pratica 2015)
 Perché la democrazia è nordica? Alf Ross e il dibattito sulla democrazia (forthcoming in Analisi &
Diritto 2015)
 Realism Today. On Dagan’s Quest Beyond Cynicism and Romanization of Law. International
Journal for the Semiotics of Law, October 2014.
 Dimensions of European Citizenship in German Law Journal special issue on European Citizenship,
August 2014
 Theorizing Conflicts and Politicisation in the EU. In A. Greppi (ed.), The Changing Role of Law in
the Age of Supra- and Transnational Governance, Nomos, Baden-Baden 2014
 What Does E- add to Democracy? Designing an Agenda for Democracy Theory. In J. Bishop (ed.),
Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age, IGI Global 2014, 200-223
 Social Tools and Legal Gears: Hägerström on the Nature of Law. In S. Eliaeson et al. (eds.), Axel
Hägerström and Modern Social Thought, Bardwell Press 2014, 257-282
 Axel Hägerström on Law-making. Legisprudence/The Theory and Practice of Legislation Volume 1,
Number 1, June 2013, 7-32
 La magia dei diritti soggettivi nel realismo scandinavo. Materiali per una cultura giuridica (2012:2)
479-502
 Cittadinanza, identità e il sovrano potere di escludere. Ragion Pratica (2012) Vol. 39, Number 2,
477-494
 Between Democracy and Nationality: Citizenship Policies in the Lisbon Ruling (co-author M.
Goldoni) European Public Law, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2012, 351-371
 Austin and Scandinavian Realism. In M. Freeman (ed.) The Legacy of John Austin’s Jurisprudence,
Springer 2012, 73-106
 ‘Gli anni svedesi di Ernst Cassirer e il confronto con Axel Hägerström’ (2012) Rivista di filosofia
CII, 2, 277-304
 Doppiando il Capo Horn della scienza del diritto. Sull’oggettivismo post-metafisico quale
fondamento del positivismo inclusivo. Teoria politica, 2012(2), 143-160
 Global Harmony and Rule of Law: An Empirical-Analytic Approach in Thomas Bustamante & Oche
Onazi, eds., Global Harmony and the Rule of Law. Proceedings of the 24th World Congress of the
IVR, vol. I, Franz Steiner Verlag, Leipzig 2012.
 Chi decide sul futuro del federalismo europeo? In E. Vitale (ed.), Quale federalismo?, Giappichelli,
Torino 2011, 117-142
 Sorting Out Modern Emergency Rules - A Theoretical Framework. Redescriptions. Finnish Yearbook
for Political Philosophy 2010:14, 109-134
 Anatomia del cittadino. Tre modi di intendere la cittadinanza e alcuni problemi indesiderati. Analisi e
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Diritto, 2009, 73-97
 The Contemporary Debate on Citizenship. Some Remarks on the Erased of Slovenia. Revus –
European Constitutionality Review 2009:9, 29-44, Slovenian version transl. by Jernej Ogrin.
 Nostalgia per Cincinnato? Elementi per una fenomenologia dell'emergenza. Materiali per una cultura
giuridica, 2007: 2, 481-523
 Sociedad Civil y ciudadanía en la tradición del bienestarismo. In J.M. Sauca, M.I. Wences (eds.)
Lecturas de la sociedad civil. Una mapa contemporáneo de sus teorías, Trotta, Madrid 2007, 219-244
 Axel Hägerström. In A. Peczenik (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Jurisprudence, Legal Theory and
Philosophy of Law, Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts und Sozialphilosophie (2005)
 Il letto di Procuste. L'inadeguatezza del lessico politico moderno per l'Europa. Teoria politica,
2004:3, 35-62
WORKING PAPERS
 (in preparation) Multistakeholderism in IXP Governance, with Giovanni Sartor (EUI Law
Department) and Ben Wagner (Berlin) for the Berkman Center Internet & Society (Harvard)
 Europeanisation of Citizenship within the EU: Perspectives and Ambiguities, Jean Monnet Series of
Working Paper (2008), 2-28.
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Some Recent Talks
2015
 Population Design as a Constitutional Issue – Garcia Maynez Lectures, with David Dyzenhaus, Jean
D'Aspremont, Pau Luque, at ITAM, México City (scheduled November 2015)
 The Wrath of Reason and The Grace of Sentiment: Vindicating Emotion in Law, keynote at the
XXVII World Congress of the International Society for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy,
Washington D.C.
at IVR World Congress, Georgetown, Washington D.C. (July 2015)
2014
 Citizenship: An Arbitrary Idea of Our Time?, Utrikespolitiska föreningen i Uppsala (1/12/2014)
 Che cosa significa essere cittadini oggi?, Scuola per la Buona Politica di Torino Seminario
“Questione sociale oggi” (14/11/2014)
 Book presentation Cittadini e no at Università di Torino, Dip. Culture Politiche e Società
(13/11/2014)
 Cittadini e no, at University of Palermo, PhD in Human Rights (22/10/2014)
 What Does Citizenship Mean Today?, at Istituto di cultura italiana Toronto (25/9/2014)
 Dimensions of Citizenship in Multilevel Settings, Round Table on Multilevel Citizenship in the EU,
with Willem Maas & Ettore Recchi at the Political Science Department, Glendon College University,
Toronto (24/09/2014)
 La citoyenneté et son contraire dans l’Union européenne - Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montreal, in
collaboration with the EU-funded project Performigrations (23/09/2014)
 Érosion ou consolidation de la citoyenneté européenne?, at McGill, CEUE, & Institut d’Études
européennes Université de Montréal (22/09/2014)
 Public Domain & Democracy in the Digital Age, Uppsala (19/09/2014) [video here]
 Perché la democrazia è nordica? Alf Ross e la teoria della democrazia, XX Seminario Annuale di
Filosofia del diritto, Università di Genova (5/7/2014)
 Libertà politiche e nuove tecnologie at Seminario di Ragion Pratica, Bocconi Buisness School, Law
Department (13/06/2014)
 Some Fundamental Challenges of Citizenship – in the EU and Beyond, Prague Academy of Science
CELAPA (15/04/2014)
 Realism Today. On Dagan’s Quest Beyond Cynicism and Romanization of Law, Paris Nanterre
Centre de Théorie du Droit (27/03/2014)
 Citizenship in the Age of Migrations, at EUROPOL Serious & Organized Crime Futures Forum
(12/03/2014)
2013
 EU Citizenship & Democratic Legitimacy, key-note speech, Glasgow Law School (14/01/2013)
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 Austin & la tradition réaliste du droit, key-note speech, Centre de Théorie du Droit, Paris Nanterre
(04/02/2013)
 European Citizenship: Consolidation or Erosion?, key-note speech, Law School, Stockholm
University (14/05/2013)
2012
 What Does E- Add to Democracy?, key-note speech, International Congress “Democracy on the Net
– or in the Net?”, University of Aosta (28/06/2012)
 Emergencia y Democracia Constitucional, key-note speech, UNAM, Mexico City (12/06/2012)
 Quid Iuris? Axel Hägerström on Rights, key-note speech, IVR Congress Linköping University
(8/05/2012)
 La magia dei diritti soggettivi nel realismo scandinavo, Seminario in Filosofia del diritto, Facoltà di
Giurisprudenza, Bocconi, Milano (11/04/2012)
 Disenfranchisement As Arbitrary Law-making in Today’s Border Control Policies, at the Higher
Seminar Series in Political Theory, Uppsala University (8/3/2012)
 Open Access as Intellectual Property Strategy in Research and Knowledge-intensive environments,
Winter-school Global Legal Research for PhD students Law School Stockholm (21/2/2012)
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Some recently organised events
Public Domain & Democracy in the Digital Age
In collaboration with IRI – Swedish Institute for Legal Informatics
International Conference in Uppsala, 18-19 September 2014
Video: http://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/kanal/226/video/4423
Webpage: http://www.filosofi.uu.se/Konferenser+och+workshops/2014/public-domain/
Speakers include: Judith Simon (IT University Copenhagen), Luciano Floridi (Oxford), Bert-Jaap
Koops (Tilburg), Mireille Hildebrandt (Radboud Nijmegen), Kristofer Erickson (Glasgow), Sebastian
Haunss (Bremen)
Sponsored by: Wenner-Gren Foundations, Cassel Foundation, SALT, Philosophy/Uppsala, KUSKO
IVR – Swedish section 2014
National conference of the Internationale Vereinigung Für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie
9-10 April 2014
http://www.filosofi.uu.se/digitalAssets/221/221151_workshop-april-2014.pdf
European Citizenship – Twenty Years On
International Conference at Gustavianum, Uppsala
21-22 March 2013
Webpage: www.europeancitizenship.se
Video: http://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/kanal/121
Speakers: Rainer Bauböck (EUI), Andreas Føllesdal (Oslo), Dora Kostakopoulou (Warwick), Pavlos
Eleftheriadis (Oxford), Ulf Bernitz (Stockholm), Kees Groenendijk (Nijmegen), Albert Weale (UCL),
Willem Maas (York, Canada), Agustìn Menendez (Léon), Jo Shaw (Edinburgh), Christian Joerges
(Bremen), Adrian Favell (Sciences-Po), Stefano Giubboni (URGE), Michelle Everson (Birbeck)
Sponsored by: Vetenskapsrådet, Cassel Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundations, Uppsala Forum for
Democracy, Peace and Justice, Nätverket för Europarättsforskning, Fornanders Fond, Department of
Philosophy/Uppsala
Hägerström and Modern Social Thought
International Conference at Juridiska Institutionen, Uppsala, 23-24 September 2011
Webpage: www.hagerstromcentenary.se
Program and speakers: http://www.hagerstromcentenary.se/program.html
Sponsored by: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Department of Philosophy/Uppsala, Law School/Uppsala,
Magnus Bergwalls Stiftelse
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