Mobilization, Interaction, Contention:
Relations Between NGOs/Civil Society and States in Times of COVID-19
An Interdisciplinary Workshop
June 23, 28 and 30, 2021
Organizers: Omri Grinberg, Katharina Konarek and Deborah Shmueli
Via Zoom
Day I – June 23 (Wednesday) | ||
| 16:00 Israel time | Opening comments: Stefan Ihrig, Director of the Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES), Department of General History at the University of Haifa | |
| 16:10 – 17:40 | Round table: COVID-19 and NGOs/Civil Society | |
| Chair: Michal Almog-Bar, Head of the Institute for the Study of Civil Society and Philanthropy in Israel, at the School of Social Work and Social Welfare, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | ||
Participants: Steffen Hagemann, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Tel Aviv | ||
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Panel A: Dynamics of Scale in State and NGO/Civil Society Responses to COVID-19: A 4-Continent Comparative Perspective | |
Chair: Katharina Konarek, HCGES | ||
Participants: Natalia Bueno, George Avelino, Ciro Biderman, Daniel da Mata, and Leonardo R. L. Bueno, Getulio Vargas Foundation: Can we work together during times of need? Evidence from an experiment in slum settlements in Brazil Hillel Schmid: No Love Story: Relations Between the Government and Civil Society Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Israel Piergiuseppe Parisi and Marynka Marquez: Co-Produced Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the City of York Alice Robinson, Naomi Pendle and Peter Hakim Justin: South Sudanese NGO and local government responses to COVID-19 | ||
| Discussant: Alissa Bellotti, HCGES | ||
| Link to Opening and round table recording Link to Panel A recording | ||
DAY II- June 28th (Monday) | ||
| 18:00-19:30 | Panel B: State Regulation (Legislation and Bureaucracy) During COVID-19: Macro Perspectives | |
| Chair: Deborah Shmueli, National Knowledge and Research Center for Emergency Readiness and the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions | ||
Participants: Katharina Konarek: COVID 19 and European Solidarity – A make it or break moment for the European Union Anthony DeMatte: Civil Society Laws in East Africa: A Comparative and Institutional Analysis Reut Marciano: Consulting firms’ role in policy formulation – conceptualization and evidence from Canada and the COVID19 pandemic Suparna Chaudhry and Andrew Heiss: Derogations and Democratic Backsliding: Exploring the pandemic’s effects on civic spaces | ||
| Discussant: Amanda Reinke, Kennesaw State University | ||
| Link to Panel B recording | ||
DAY III – June 30 (Wednesday) | ||
| 18:00-19:30 | Panel C: From Publics to Civil Society: Changes in Collective Cohesion During COVID-19 | |
| Chair: Omri Grinberg, Post-doc fellow, The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions | ||
Participants Hannah Mayne: Orthodox synagogue practice and public space during the COVID-19 pandemic Ela Drazkiewicz: Political critique, political trust, conspiracy theories and civil organisations: understanding state-non-state relations at the time of Covid-19 pandemic Guy Shalev: Doctors on the Frontlines: When COVID-19 became Israel’s New Enemy, Palestinian Physicians were Called for Duty | ||
| Discussant: Amalia Saar, Associate professor at the anthropology department, the University of Haifa | ||
| 19:30-19:45 | Conference closing comments: Eli Salzberger, Head of the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions | |
| Link to Panel C and closing remarks recording | ||
Monday, January 17
10:00 – 10:10 –
Eli Salzberger, Head of the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, Opening words
10:10 – 11:20 –
Elena Abrusci, Brunel University London, A local response to a global phenomenon? The role of national, regional and international human rights institutions in supporting social media companies tackling online hate speech.
Chair: Gad Barzilai, University of Haifa
11:20 – 11:30 –
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:40 –
Tegan Snyman, Erasmus School of Law, Recognising gender identity as an internationally protected ground against hate speech.
Chair: Ido Rosenzweig, University of Haifa
12:40 – 12:50 –
Coffee break
12:50 – 14:00 –
Giovanni De Gregorio, Centre for Socio-legal Studies, University of Oxford, The Lawlessness of Moderating Online Hate Speech.
Chair: Karolina Placzynta, TU Berlin
Tuesday, January 18
10:10 – 11:10 –
Keynote presentation: Prof. Gabriel Weimann, Department of Communication at University of Haifa, The Virus of Hate.
Chair: Dr. Martin Emmer, FU Berlin
11:10 – 11:25 –
Coffee break
11:25 – 12:35 –
Laura Dellagiacoma, IDZ, Online platforms users and the perpetration of online hate speech: the opposite effects of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation.
Chair: Laura Ascone, TU Berlin
12:35 – 12:50 –
Coffee break
12:50 – 14:00 –
Ursula Kristin Schmid, Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich, How Social Media User Perceive Different Forms of Online Hate Speech.
Chair: Sünje Paasch-Colberg, FU Berlin
Wednesday, January 19
10:10 – 11:20 –
Efrat Fudem, College of Management & Assaf Derri, University of Haifa, Some of them Want to Abuse you: Re-adjusting Defamation Law to Combat Hate-Speech Abuses of Freedom of Speech.
Chair: Hadeel Abu Hussein, University of Haifa
11:20 – 11:35 –
Coffee break
11:35 – 12:45 –
Eva Nave, Leiden University, Online hate speech a legal conceptualization.
Chair: Anne van Aaken, University of Hamburg
12:45 – 13:00 –
Coffee break
13:00 – 14:10 –
Leon Ritter, Hagen University, The Impact of National Hate Speech Regulations on Citizens’ Perceptions of Democratic Freedoms.
Chair: Amnon Reichman, University of Haifa, The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions
14:10 – 14:30 –
Concluding remarks
