Normativities of Distrust

While trust is commonly regarded as a form of social glue that enables cooperation and collective action, distrust is often framed as a disruptive force that undermines coordination and social cohesion. The workshop Normativities of Distrust brings together scholars working on (dis)trust to examine the conceptual, normative, social, epistemic, political, and affective dimensions of distrust. Rather than approaching distrust merely as a deficit or pathology, the workshop explores its ambivalences and normative complexities.

The workshop addresses questions such as:

• How can distrust be conceptualized in relation to trust and related phenomena such as suspicion or skepticism?
• How does distrust operate in contexts of accountability deficits, corruption, or institutional failure?
• How is distrust constituted within and across different scientific contexts and communities?
• When is distrust warranted?
• What normative assumptions underlie distinctions between “well-placed” and “misplaced” distrust, and how are these justified?

Speakers: 

• Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva)
• Ilaria Cozzaglio (University of Hamburg)
• Jason D’Cruz (University at Albany, SUNY / Harvard University)
• Marco Dell’Oca (UC Davis)
• Gabriel Dorthe (ETH Zürich)
• Katherine Furman (University of Liverpool)
• Andreas Kaminski (TU Darmstadt)
• Carolyn McLeod (Western University)
• Nadia Mazouz (ETH Zürich)
• Hanna Metzen (University of Konstanz)
• Belén Pueyo (ETH Zürich)
• Melissa Salm (UNC Chapel Hill)
• Futura Venuto (University of Bern)

Registration will be confirmed on a rolling basis until capacity is reached.

Registration: [email protected]